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 | 39,770 | $16.54 | $34,400 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 6,410 | $13.68 | $28,440 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 4,850 | $8.79 | $18,280 |
| Sales and related occupations | 4,080 | $12.77 | $26,560 |
| Production occupations | 3,430 | $17.35 | $36,080 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 3,250 | $14.88 | $30,950 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 2,780 | $29.71 | $61,790 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 2,610 | $20.81 | $43,290 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,780 | $15.88 | $33,030 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 1,570 | $18.08 | $37,600 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 1,560 | $19.73 | $41,050 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,530 | $7.45 | $15,500 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 1,390 | $10.92 | $22,720 |
| Cashiers | 1,380 | $7.89 | $16,420 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,380 | $12.21 | $25,390 |
| Retail salespersons | 1,220 | $11.43 | $23,770 |
| Management occupations | 1,210 | $37.26 | $77,500 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 1,040 | $17.37 | $36,140 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,030 | $9.55 | $19,870 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 920 | $8.50 | $17,680 |
| Registered nurses | 870 | $26.87 | $55,880 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 760 | $23.68 | $49,250 |
| Office clerks, general | 710 | $9.81 | $20,410 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 660 | $11.18 | $23,250 |
| Community and social services occupations | 650 | $17.91 | $37,240 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 630 | Not available | $47,250 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 600 | $11.40 | $23,720 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 600 | $10.11 | $21,030 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 570 | $18.35 | $38,170 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 560 | $11.22 | $23,350 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 550 | $15.06 | $31,320 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 550 | $12.11 | $25,180 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 460 | $14.39 | $29,930 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 450 | $14.76 | $30,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 450 | $18.44 | $38,360 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 440 | $18.47 | $38,420 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 430 | Not available | $47,470 |
| Teacher assistants | 410 | Not available | $20,660 |
| Food preparation workers | 400 | $8.62 | $17,930 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 380 | $15.37 | $31,970 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 350 | $11.36 | $23,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 350 | $15.10 | $31,410 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 350 | $25.57 | $53,180 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 340 | $19.33 | $40,220 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 340 | $12.28 | $25,540 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 330 | $8.49 | $17,650 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 330 | $10.73 | $22,310 |
| Bartenders | 320 | $10.52 | $21,880 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 310 | $18.35 | $38,160 |
| Production workers, all other | 310 | $28.61 | $59,510 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 300 | $30.40 | $63,220 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 300 | $18.45 | $38,380 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 300 | Not available | $52,890 |
| Team assemblers | 300 | $11.69 | $24,310 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 280 | $22.05 | $45,850 |
| Carpenters | 280 | $17.22 | $35,820 |
| Customer service representatives | 280 | $13.25 | $27,560 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 270 | $9.02 | $18,760 |
| General and operations managers | 260 | $42.89 | $89,210 |
| Personal and home care aides | 240 | $9.37 | $19,490 |
| Bus drivers, school | 220 | Not available | Not available |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 220 | $9.28 | $19,290 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 220 | $21.55 | $44,820 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 220 | $13.52 | $28,120 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 210 | $23.40 | $48,680 |
| Tellers | 210 | $11.78 | $24,510 |
| Child care workers | 200 | $8.57 | $17,820 |
| Electricians | 200 | $25.77 | $53,600 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 200 | $24.05 | $50,030 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 190 | $15.78 | $32,820 |
| Legal occupations | 180 | $24.58 | $51,120 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 170 | $23.83 | $49,570 |
| Cooks, fast food | 170 | $7.61 | $15,830 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 170 | $9.07 | $18,860 |
| Fire fighters | 170 | $18.72 | $38,930 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 160 | $7.79 | $16,200 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| Construction laborers | 150 | $16.09 | $33,480 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 150 | $15.88 | $33,030 |
| Security guards | 150 | $12.57 | $26,140 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 140 | $7.19 | $14,960 |
| Medical and health services managers | 140 | $37.98 | $79,000 |
| Medical secretaries | 140 | $13.65 | $28,380 |
| Accountants and auditors | 130 | $29.57 | $61,500 |
| Bill and account collectors | 130 | $12.30 | $25,580 |
| Cooks, short order | 130 | $8.37 | $17,400 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 130 | $9.31 | $19,370 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 130 | Not available | $49,770 |
| Pharmacists | 130 | $47.80 | $99,420 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 130 | $12.19 | $25,350 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 120 | $16.05 | $33,380 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 120 | $8.12 | $16,880 |
| Dental assistants | 120 | $15.52 | $32,270 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 120 | $15.04 | $31,290 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 120 | $8.78 | $18,260 |
| Lawyers | 120 | $28.08 | $58,410 |
| Medical assistants | 120 | $12.63 | $26,280 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 120 | Not available | $47,550 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 120 | $18.28 | $38,020 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 120 | $15.20 | $31,620 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 110 | $14.94 | $31,070 |
| Data entry keyers | 110 | $11.52 | $23,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 110 | $23.52 | $48,920 |
| Parts salespersons | 110 | $12.76 | $26,530 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 110 | $12.78 | $26,590 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 100 | $9.96 | $20,720 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 100 | $8.10 | $16,850 |
| Industrial engineers | 100 | $35.95 | $74,770 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 100 | $20.07 | $41,740 |
| Tool and die makers | 100 | $33.11 | $68,860 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 90 | $15.72 | $32,700 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 90 | $18.86 | $39,220 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 90 | $15.25 | $31,720 |
| Cost estimators | 90 | $21.74 | $45,220 |
| Dishwashers | 90 | $7.73 | $16,070 |
| Family and general practitioners | 90 | $99.52 | $206,990 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 90 | $9.43 | $19,610 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 90 | $12.30 | $25,580 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 90 | $23.26 | $48,380 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 90 | $12.94 | $26,920 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 80 | $18.81 | $39,120 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 80 | $8.03 | $16,690 |
| Librarians | 80 | $23.25 | $48,350 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 80 | $14.19 | $29,520 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 80 | $8.40 | $17,460 |
| Recreation workers | 80 | $12.63 | $26,270 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 80 | $23.55 | $48,980 |
| Chief executives | 70 | $74.56 | $155,080 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 70 | $11.70 | $24,330 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 70 | $8.63 | $17,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 70 | $16.06 | $33,400 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 70 | $18.89 | $39,280 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 70 | $9.46 | $19,670 |
| Legislators | 70 | Not available | $56,010 |
| Machinists | 70 | $14.75 | $30,680 |
| Managers, all other | 70 | $29.74 | $61,860 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 70 | $16.20 | $33,690 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 70 | $19.24 | $40,020 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 70 | Not available | $47,880 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 60 | $17.64 | $36,700 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 60 | Not available | $81,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 60 | $24.86 | $51,710 |
| Industrial production managers | 60 | $33.86 | $70,440 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 60 | $31.29 | $65,090 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 60 | $7.17 | $14,920 |
| Computer support specialists | 50 | $17.91 | $37,260 |
| Dental hygienists | 50 | $34.42 | $71,600 |
| Dentists, general | 50 | $64.05 | $133,220 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 50 | $17.92 | $37,280 |
| Financial managers | 50 | $48.86 | $101,620 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 50 | $20.88 | $43,430 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 50 | $14.25 | $29,640 |
| Food service managers | 50 | $21.54 | $44,790 |
| Library technicians | 50 | $11.13 | $23,150 |
| Mechanical engineers | 50 | $35.23 | $73,290 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 50 | $23.30 | $48,470 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 50 | $21.63 | $44,990 |
| Mental health counselors | 50 | $18.65 | $38,800 |
| Physical therapists | 50 | $36.35 | $75,620 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 50 | $24.62 | $51,210 |
| Sales managers | 50 | $31.26 | $65,030 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 50 | $9.33 | $19,410 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 50 | $11.55 | $24,030 |
| Administrative services managers | 40 | $28.19 | $58,630 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 40 | $16.09 | $33,480 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 40 | $13.88 | $28,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 40 | $35.60 | $74,050 |
| Funeral attendants | 40 | $10.75 | $22,350 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 40 | $19.44 | $40,430 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 40 | Not available | $37,510 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 40 | $16.51 | $34,340 |
| New accounts clerks | 40 | $14.12 | $29,370 |
| Order clerks | 40 | $10.50 | $21,850 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 40 | $17.48 | $36,360 |
| Public relations specialists | 40 | $15.00 | $31,190 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 40 | $28.73 | $59,760 |
| Surgical technologists | 40 | $17.83 | $37,080 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 30 | $20.75 | $43,150 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 30 | $22.28 | $46,330 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 30 | $17.14 | $35,660 |
| File clerks | 30 | $10.73 | $22,320 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 30 | $16.69 | $34,710 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 30 | $12.26 | $25,510 |
| Legal secretaries | 30 | $14.61 | $30,390 |
| Management analysts | 30 | $26.48 | $55,090 |
| Millwrights | 30 | $35.37 | $73,570 |
| Occupational therapists | 30 | $29.44 | $61,240 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 30 | $27.08 | $56,330 |
| Physician assistants | 30 | $27.54 | $57,290 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 30 | $8.10 | $16,840 |
| Social and community service managers | 30 | $24.51 | $50,990 |
| Cargo and freight agents | Not available | $19.12 | $39,760 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $13.92 | $28,950 |
| Driver/sales workers | Not available | $9.39 | $19,530 |
| Home health aides | Not available | $9.75 | $20,290 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | Not available | $16.67 | $34,670 |
| Insurance sales agents | Not available | $27.57 | $57,350 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | Not available | $13.01 | $27,060 |
| Loan officers | Not available | $22.29 | $46,370 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | Not available | $100.43 | $208,900 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | Not available | $11.36 | $23,630 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | Not available | $37.17 | $77,320 |
| Service station attendants | Not available | $10.30 | $21,420 |
