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 | 58,680 | $15.86 | $32,980 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 9,900 | $13.09 | $27,220 |
| Sales and related occupations | 7,850 | $12.79 | $26,610 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 5,470 | $9.41 | $19,580 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 5,220 | $13.39 | $27,840 |
| Production occupations | 5,020 | $15.65 | $32,550 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 4,130 | $28.47 | $59,220 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 3,290 | $18.88 | $39,280 |
| Retail salespersons | 3,200 | $10.34 | $21,500 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,550 | $17.01 | $35,370 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 2,340 | $16.28 | $33,860 |
| Cashiers | 2,120 | $8.13 | $16,920 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 2,070 | $11.73 | $24,400 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,860 | $10.98 | $22,850 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,800 | $9.60 | $19,970 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 1,670 | $10.76 | $22,380 |
| Management occupations | 1,590 | $34.62 | $72,020 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,510 | $8.36 | $17,400 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,440 | $24.58 | $51,130 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 1,360 | $10.93 | $22,740 |
| Registered nurses | 1,350 | $24.91 | $51,820 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 1,320 | $17.10 | $35,560 |
| Community and social services occupations | 1,050 | $16.92 | $35,200 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 1,040 | $11.41 | $23,730 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 990 | $8.78 | $18,250 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 960 | $22.82 | $47,460 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 880 | Not available | $45,060 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 850 | $10.90 | $22,680 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 840 | $12.15 | $25,270 |
| Protective service occupations | 840 | $15.78 | $32,820 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 800 | $13.07 | $27,190 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 790 | $10.84 | $22,540 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 770 | $16.45 | $34,210 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 760 | $13.00 | $27,040 |
| Teacher assistants | 740 | Not available | $17,940 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 730 | $26.88 | $55,910 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 710 | $28.51 | $59,300 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 700 | $17.11 | $35,590 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 690 | $14.69 | $30,550 |
| Customer service representatives | 610 | $12.84 | $26,710 |
| Carpenters | 600 | $14.05 | $29,220 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 580 | $9.98 | $20,750 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 540 | $14.26 | $29,650 |
| Home health aides | 520 | $9.72 | $20,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 490 | $20.97 | $43,620 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 490 | $10.02 | $20,850 |
| Personal and home care aides | 450 | $8.38 | $17,430 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 440 | $9.81 | $20,410 |
| Food preparation workers | 430 | $8.89 | $18,490 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 430 | Not available | $45,270 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 420 | $12.66 | $26,340 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 420 | $20.03 | $41,670 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 390 | $9.04 | $18,790 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 390 | $15.25 | $31,710 |
| Bartenders | 380 | $8.37 | $17,410 |
| Construction laborers | 380 | $11.77 | $24,480 |
| Team assemblers | 370 | $13.38 | $27,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 330 | $19.81 | $41,210 |
| General and operations managers | 320 | $37.33 | $77,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 310 | $23.73 | $49,360 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 310 | $10.12 | $21,040 |
| Medical secretaries | 310 | $12.87 | $26,770 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 300 | $9.48 | $19,720 |
| Helpers--production workers | 300 | $11.60 | $24,130 |
| Medical assistants | 300 | $11.45 | $23,810 |
| Security guards | 280 | $9.67 | $20,110 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 270 | $10.39 | $21,600 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 270 | $12.48 | $25,960 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 270 | Not available | $47,260 |
| Tellers | 270 | $10.87 | $22,600 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 260 | Not available | Not available |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 250 | $11.16 | $23,220 |
| Accountants and auditors | 240 | $26.82 | $55,790 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 240 | $20.71 | $43,070 |
| Child care workers | 230 | $8.53 | $17,740 |
| Dishwashers | 230 | $7.86 | $16,340 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 200 | $8.50 | $17,670 |
| Parts salespersons | 200 | $13.52 | $28,120 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 200 | $12.38 | $25,750 |
| Driver/sales workers | 190 | $11.27 | $23,430 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 180 | $12.90 | $26,840 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 180 | $15.95 | $33,180 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 180 | $23.00 | $47,850 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 180 | $21.15 | $43,980 |
| Computer systems analysts | 170 | $39.27 | $81,690 |
| Machinists | 170 | $16.60 | $34,520 |
| Computer support specialists | 160 | $15.67 | $32,590 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 160 | $15.72 | $32,700 |
| Insurance sales agents | 160 | $19.23 | $40,000 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 160 | $24.89 | $51,770 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| Social and human service assistants | 160 | $10.92 | $22,710 |
| Civil engineers | 150 | $30.74 | $63,940 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 150 | $25.21 | $52,430 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 150 | $15.74 | $32,740 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 150 | $20.73 | $43,120 |
| Cost estimators | 140 | $27.70 | $57,610 |
| Family and general practitioners | 140 | $90.69 | $188,630 |
| Bill and account collectors | 130 | $13.30 | $27,660 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 130 | $18.75 | $39,000 |
| Chief executives | 130 | $53.81 | $111,920 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 130 | $19.52 | $40,610 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 130 | $19.59 | $40,750 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 130 | $15.41 | $32,050 |
| Medical and health services managers | 130 | $47.88 | $99,590 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 130 | $21.02 | $43,720 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 120 | $17.14 | $35,650 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 120 | $9.48 | $19,720 |
| Cooks, short order | 120 | $9.30 | $19,330 |
| Dental assistants | 120 | $13.10 | $27,250 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 120 | $24.18 | $50,290 |
| Electricians | 120 | $21.63 | $44,990 |
| Financial managers | 120 | $30.67 | $63,790 |
| Legal occupations | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Legal secretaries | 120 | $14.23 | $29,600 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 120 | $22.91 | $47,650 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 120 | $14.96 | $31,110 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 120 | $14.23 | $29,600 |
| Pharmacists | 120 | $44.83 | $93,240 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 120 | $17.31 | $36,000 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 110 | $18.70 | $38,890 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 110 | $12.45 | $25,900 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 110 | $15.53 | $32,310 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 110 | $16.99 | $35,340 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 110 | $10.72 | $22,290 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 110 | $26.90 | $55,950 |
| Printing machine operators | 110 | $13.71 | $28,510 |
| Sewing machine operators | 110 | $10.26 | $21,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 100 | $23.14 | $48,130 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 100 | $26.87 | $55,890 |
| Mental health counselors | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 100 | $17.25 | $35,890 |
| Physician assistants | 100 | $28.72 | $59,730 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 100 | $23.69 | $49,270 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 100 | $17.06 | $35,490 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 100 | $24.09 | $50,110 |
| Word processors and typists | 100 | $14.54 | $30,250 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 90 | $12.60 | $26,210 |
| Computer programmers | 90 | $22.58 | $46,970 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 90 | $8.28 | $17,210 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 90 | Not available | $80,970 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 90 | $21.63 | $44,990 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 90 | $13.70 | $28,490 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 90 | $22.04 | $45,840 |
| File clerks | 90 | $12.00 | $24,960 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders | 90 | $20.56 | $42,770 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 90 | $15.69 | $32,630 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 90 | $20.47 | $42,570 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 90 | $105.54 | $219,530 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 90 | $9.61 | $19,990 |
| Recreation workers | 90 | $10.76 | $22,370 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 90 | $16.93 | $35,210 |
| Bakers | 80 | $10.05 | $20,890 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 80 | $16.07 | $33,420 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 80 | $19.07 | $39,660 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 80 | $34.47 | $71,700 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 80 | $9.06 | $18,850 |
| Food service managers | 80 | $22.04 | $45,850 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 80 | $16.04 | $33,370 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Marketing managers | 80 | $26.65 | $55,440 |
| Mechanical engineers | 80 | $33.62 | $69,930 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 80 | $13.53 | $28,140 |
| Photographers | 80 | $15.08 | $31,360 |
| Roofers | 80 | $10.27 | $21,360 |
| Sales managers | 80 | $37.18 | $77,330 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 80 | Not available | $53,060 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 70 | $18.37 | $38,210 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 70 | $18.92 | $39,350 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 70 | $15.00 | $31,200 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 70 | $14.57 | $30,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 70 | $19.59 | $40,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 70 | $13.93 | $28,980 |
| Graphic designers | 70 | $15.52 | $32,270 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 70 | $12.42 | $25,840 |
| Industrial engineers | 70 | $33.38 | $69,430 |
| Industrial production managers | 70 | $33.93 | $70,570 |
| Loan officers | 70 | $17.58 | $36,570 |
| Occupational therapists | 70 | $25.24 | $52,490 |
| Public relations specialists | 70 | $19.21 | $39,950 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 70 | $25.10 | $52,210 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 70 | $24.94 | $51,880 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 70 | $9.38 | $19,510 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 70 | $10.05 | $20,900 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 60 | $21.10 | $43,890 |
| Dental hygienists | 60 | $24.66 | $51,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 60 | $20.42 | $42,480 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 60 | $30.92 | $64,310 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 60 | $10.27 | $21,360 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 60 | $9.43 | $19,620 |
| Legislators | 60 | Not available | $23,910 |
| Market research analysts | 60 | $25.85 | $53,760 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | 60 | $11.43 | $23,770 |
| Order clerks | 60 | $13.91 | $28,930 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 60 | $16.17 | $33,640 |
| Physical therapists | 60 | $34.04 | $70,800 |
| Real estate sales agents | 60 | $16.52 | $34,370 |
| Social and community service managers | 60 | $21.93 | $45,620 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 60 | $20.74 | $43,140 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 60 | $11.63 | $24,190 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 60 | $22.43 | $46,660 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 50 | $13.93 | $28,970 |
| Computer operators | 50 | $13.66 | $28,410 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 50 | $36.02 | $74,910 |
| Crossing guards | 50 | $10.52 | $21,890 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 50 | $21.69 | $45,110 |
| Food batchmakers | 50 | $9.42 | $19,600 |
| Home appliance repairers | 50 | $13.68 | $28,460 |
| Lawyers | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Librarians | 50 | $22.82 | $47,460 |
| Logisticians | 50 | $20.79 | $43,240 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 50 | $13.71 | $28,510 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 50 | $31.84 | $66,220 |
| Surgical technologists | 50 | $18.67 | $38,820 |
| Tax preparers | 50 | $11.75 | $24,450 |
| Training and development specialists | 50 | $18.73 | $38,960 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Administrative services managers | 40 | $35.01 | $72,820 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 40 | $25.15 | $52,310 |
| Construction managers | 40 | $25.03 | $52,050 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $15.15 | $31,510 |
| Data entry keyers | 40 | $10.81 | $22,490 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 40 | $20.48 | $42,600 |
| Engineering managers | 40 | $43.09 | $89,630 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Funeral directors | 40 | $21.17 | $44,030 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 40 | $9.59 | $19,950 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 40 | $11.64 | $24,200 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 40 | $19.99 | $41,570 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 40 | $10.03 | $20,870 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 40 | $19.60 | $40,760 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 40 | $18.69 | $38,880 |
| Procurement clerks | 40 | $15.36 | $31,940 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 40 | Not available | $50,780 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 40 | $20.76 | $43,170 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 40 | $10.25 | $21,330 |
| Tool and die makers | 40 | $17.79 | $37,000 |
| Advertising sales agents | 30 | $23.57 | $49,020 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 30 | $17.83 | $37,090 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 30 | $41.26 | $85,810 |
| Dentists, general | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 30 | $16.68 | $34,690 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | 30 | $13.19 | $27,430 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 30 | $15.02 | $31,240 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 30 | $7.77 | $16,160 |
| Management analysts | 30 | $40.09 | $83,380 |
| Personal financial advisors | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 30 | $10.48 | $21,800 |
| Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters | 30 | $10.20 | $21,210 |
| Veterinarians | 30 | $30.30 | $63,020 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | Not available | $17.64 | $36,680 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | Not available | $30.25 | $62,920 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | Not available | $21.70 | $45,130 |
| Cooks, fast food | Not available | $7.92 | $16,480 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | Not available | $7.68 | $15,970 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | Not available | $12.52 | $26,050 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | Not available | $27.14 | $56,450 |
| Helpers--carpenters | Not available | $10.14 | $21,080 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | Not available | $14.22 | $29,580 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | Not available | $9.73 | $20,240 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | Not available | $13.83 | $28,760 |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers | Not available | $23.69 | $49,270 |
| Respiratory therapists | Not available | $24.15 | $50,230 |
