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 | 41,920 | $19.44 | $40,440 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 6,000 | $15.11 | $31,420 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 4,470 | $9.18 | $19,090 |
| Sales and related occupations | 4,370 | $14.01 | $29,140 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 3,960 | $34.13 | $70,990 |
| Production occupations | 3,640 | $16.13 | $33,550 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 1,940 | $26.75 | $55,650 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,910 | $25.21 | $52,440 |
| Management occupations | 1,860 | $41.30 | $85,900 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 1,820 | $13.43 | $27,930 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 1,740 | $18.38 | $38,240 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 1,670 | $12.11 | $25,190 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 1,430 | $18.20 | $37,860 |
| Retail salespersons | 1,410 | $11.37 | $23,660 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 1,290 | $24.97 | $51,950 |
| Cashiers | 1,140 | $9.57 | $19,900 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,130 | $14.57 | $30,300 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,100 | $10.42 | $21,670 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,060 | $7.91 | $16,460 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 1,050 | $28.66 | $59,610 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 1,020 | $30.28 | $62,970 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 930 | $9.63 | $20,040 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 830 | $16.99 | $35,340 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 810 | $13.33 | $27,720 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 790 | $12.01 | $24,980 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 710 | $19.48 | $40,520 |
| Registered nurses | 710 | $27.02 | $56,210 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 700 | $24.80 | $51,590 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 610 | $13.08 | $27,210 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 570 | $17.26 | $35,890 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 560 | $15.13 | $31,460 |
| Community and social services occupations | 560 | $16.00 | $33,290 |
| Food preparation workers | 530 | $8.53 | $17,750 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 530 | $11.82 | $24,590 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 400 | $17.63 | $36,680 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 400 | $11.21 | $23,310 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 390 | $19.12 | $39,760 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 380 | $12.26 | $25,510 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 380 | Not available | $47,050 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 360 | $12.19 | $25,360 |
| Protective service occupations | 360 | $18.63 | $38,740 |
| Biological technicians | 350 | $17.74 | $36,910 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 300 | $9.34 | $19,430 |
| General and operations managers | 290 | $44.24 | $92,020 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 290 | $23.25 | $48,350 |
| Teacher assistants | 290 | Not available | $21,310 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 280 | $12.75 | $26,530 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 280 | $15.41 | $32,050 |
| Accountants and auditors | 260 | $25.67 | $53,400 |
| Civil engineers | 260 | $36.64 | $76,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 260 | $13.09 | $27,230 |
| Computer systems analysts | 250 | $30.39 | $63,200 |
| Cooks, fast food | 250 | $7.86 | $16,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 250 | $25.74 | $53,530 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 230 | $8.45 | $17,570 |
| Child care workers | 220 | $8.06 | $16,760 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 220 | $10.25 | $21,330 |
| Personal and home care aides | 220 | $10.11 | $21,030 |
| Printing machine operators | 220 | $17.06 | $35,490 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 210 | $19.98 | $41,560 |
| Carpenters | 210 | $15.84 | $32,950 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 210 | Not available | $40,230 |
| Construction laborers | 200 | $15.58 | $32,410 |
| Customer service representatives | 200 | $13.61 | $28,320 |
| Bartenders | 190 | $8.26 | $17,190 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 190 | $25.26 | $52,530 |
| Electricians | 190 | $19.54 | $40,650 |
| Tellers | 190 | $11.15 | $23,190 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 180 | $15.81 | $32,890 |
| Medical and health services managers | 170 | $36.99 | $76,940 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 170 | $19.52 | $40,590 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 160 | $14.36 | $29,860 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 150 | $9.19 | $19,110 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 150 | $14.24 | $29,620 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 150 | $12.39 | $25,780 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 150 | $9.75 | $20,270 |
| Dishwashers | 140 | $7.83 | $16,280 |
| Helpers--production workers | 140 | $11.32 | $23,540 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 140 | $28.16 | $58,560 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 140 | $9.28 | $19,290 |
| Public relations specialists | 140 | $22.98 | $47,790 |
| Training and development specialists | 140 | $23.09 | $48,030 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 130 | $22.08 | $45,930 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 130 | $12.54 | $26,090 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 130 | $9.12 | $18,970 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 130 | $16.92 | $35,190 |
| Loan officers | 130 | $30.70 | $63,860 |
| Machinists | 130 | $16.73 | $34,800 |
| Managers, all other | 130 | $33.14 | $68,940 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 130 | $30.43 | $63,300 |
| Computer programmers | 120 | $25.61 | $53,270 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 120 | $29.79 | $61,960 |
| Legal occupations | 120 | $31.75 | $66,040 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 120 | $17.81 | $37,040 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 120 | $11.34 | $23,590 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 120 | $9.86 | $20,500 |
| Construction managers | 110 | $35.28 | $73,370 |
| Financial managers | 110 | $47.44 | $98,670 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 110 | $27.61 | $57,430 |
| Management analysts | 110 | $27.86 | $57,940 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 110 | $12.62 | $26,250 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 110 | $22.79 | $47,400 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 110 | $17.15 | $35,670 |
| Social and human service assistants | 110 | $11.39 | $23,690 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 110 | $14.81 | $30,800 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 100 | $13.60 | $28,280 |
| Computer support specialists | 100 | $20.48 | $42,600 |
| Food service managers | 100 | $19.97 | $41,530 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 100 | $23.65 | $49,180 |
| Soil and plant scientists | 100 | $27.75 | $57,730 |
| Bus drivers, school | 90 | $14.21 | $29,560 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 90 | $22.32 | $46,420 |
| Cost estimators | 90 | $24.41 | $50,770 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 90 | $20.49 | $42,620 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 90 | $10.47 | $21,770 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 90 | $18.49 | $38,460 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 90 | $19.30 | $40,140 |
| Medical assistants | 90 | $14.22 | $29,580 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Administrative services managers | 80 | $39.24 | $81,630 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 80 | $18.46 | $38,410 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 80 | $16.54 | $34,400 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 80 | $20.42 | $42,480 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 80 | $9.97 | $20,730 |
| Pharmacists | 80 | $41.84 | $87,020 |
| Real estate sales agents | 80 | $25.89 | $53,850 |
| Word processors and typists | 80 | $15.68 | $32,620 |
| Chief executives | 70 | $72.39 | $150,570 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 70 | $18.29 | $38,050 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 70 | $13.49 | $28,060 |
| Graphic designers | 70 | $19.63 | $40,830 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 70 | $18.53 | $38,530 |
| Medical secretaries | 70 | $12.91 | $26,860 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Opticians, dispensing | 70 | $12.64 | $26,290 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 70 | $12.33 | $25,640 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 70 | $21.05 | $43,790 |
| Security guards | 70 | $10.79 | $22,450 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 70 | $26.09 | $54,260 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 70 | $15.95 | $33,170 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 60 | $28.33 | $58,930 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 60 | $16.83 | $35,000 |
| Bindery workers | 60 | $12.52 | $26,030 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 60 | $15.97 | $33,220 |
| Dental hygienists | 60 | $31.53 | $65,590 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 60 | $8.11 | $16,860 |
| Home health aides | 60 | $11.67 | $24,280 |
| Industrial engineers | 60 | $33.13 | $68,900 |
| Lawyers | 60 | $39.79 | $82,750 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 60 | $22.76 | $47,340 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 60 | Not available | $73,140 |
| Power plant operators | 60 | $23.48 | $48,840 |
| Residential advisors | 60 | $11.18 | $23,240 |
| Veterinarians | 60 | $37.08 | $77,130 |
| Chemical technicians | 50 | $19.20 | $39,940 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 50 | $9.76 | $20,290 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 50 | $20.40 | $42,430 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 50 | $42.52 | $88,450 |
| Dental assistants | 50 | $17.61 | $36,630 |
| Editors | 50 | $17.60 | $36,600 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 50 | Not available | $79,000 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 50 | $24.32 | $50,590 |
| Engineering managers | 50 | $45.76 | $95,190 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 50 | $15.95 | $33,180 |
| Food batchmakers | 50 | $12.47 | $25,940 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 50 | $10.87 | $22,600 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 50 | $18.65 | $38,790 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 50 | $25.76 | $53,580 |
| Industrial production managers | 50 | $48.27 | $100,390 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 50 | $12.64 | $26,290 |
| Legal secretaries | 50 | $11.93 | $24,820 |
| Library technicians | 50 | $15.19 | $31,600 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 50 | $14.12 | $29,370 |
| Mechanical engineers | 50 | $37.62 | $78,250 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 50 | $11.09 | $23,070 |
| Order clerks | 50 | $12.65 | $26,320 |
| Parts salespersons | 50 | $13.84 | $28,790 |
| Production workers, all other | 50 | $11.60 | $24,130 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 50 | $17.58 | $36,560 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 50 | $10.01 | $20,830 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 50 | $9.72 | $20,220 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 50 | Not available | $46,860 |
| Bakers | 40 | $12.04 | $25,040 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 40 | $28.56 | $59,400 |
| Engineers, all other | 40 | $30.64 | $63,730 |
| File clerks | 40 | $9.53 | $19,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 40 | $28.59 | $59,470 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 40 | $28.48 | $59,230 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 40 | $23.92 | $49,750 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 40 | $10.61 | $22,070 |
| Librarians | 40 | $18.95 | $39,410 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $17.81 | $37,040 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 40 | $15.74 | $32,730 |
| Photographers | 40 | $11.87 | $24,690 |
| Recreation workers | 40 | $15.11 | $31,430 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 40 | $30.68 | $63,810 |
| Social and community service managers | 40 | $22.87 | $47,570 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 40 | $18.09 | $37,620 |
| Advertising sales agents | 30 | $13.07 | $27,190 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 30 | $8.27 | $17,200 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 30 | $25.56 | $53,160 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 30 | $17.79 | $37,010 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 30 | $22.76 | $47,330 |
| Food scientists and technologists | 30 | $28.24 | $58,740 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 30 | $19.06 | $39,650 |
| Legislators | 30 | Not available | $30,130 |
| Market research analysts | 30 | $26.15 | $54,400 |
| Mechanical drafters | 30 | $19.68 | $40,940 |
| Chemists | Not available | $34.22 | $71,170 |
| Coaches and scouts | Not available | Not available | $24,880 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | Not available | $9.52 | $19,790 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | Not available | $35.25 | $73,330 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | Not available | $22.82 | $47,470 |
| Helpers--carpenters | Not available | $10.63 | $22,120 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | Not available | $15.08 | $31,360 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | Not available | $19.41 | $40,360 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | Not available | $21.11 | $43,910 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | Not available | Not available | $40,400 |
| Millwrights | Not available | $14.04 | $29,210 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | Not available | $17.06 | $35,480 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $14.86 | $30,900 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | Not available | $15.66 | $32,580 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $22.34 | $46,470 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | Not available | Not available | $38,970 |
| Sheet metal workers | Not available | $19.76 | $41,100 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | Not available | Not available | $41,630 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | Not available | $10.87 | $22,610 |
| Telemarketers | Not available | $13.20 | $27,450 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | Not available | $21.98 | $45,720 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | Not available | $11.75 | $24,430 |
