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 | 61,570 | $16.21 | $33,720 |
| Production occupations | 10,210 | $14.43 | $30,020 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 8,410 | $13.37 | $27,810 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 6,670 | $8.30 | $17,260 |
| Sales and related occupations | 6,070 | $12.90 | $26,830 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 4,670 | $12.39 | $25,770 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 3,790 | $20.59 | $42,830 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 3,450 | $30.45 | $63,340 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 3,310 | $14.81 | $30,800 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,830 | $17.57 | $36,540 |
| Management occupations | 2,530 | $40.62 | $84,480 |
| Retail salespersons | 2,190 | $10.82 | $22,500 |
| Cashiers | 1,850 | $8.11 | $16,870 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 1,820 | $9.87 | $20,520 |
| Team assemblers | 1,780 | $12.94 | $26,920 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,730 | $11.27 | $23,440 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,460 | $7.40 | $15,400 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,360 | $11.11 | $23,110 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 1,230 | $29.70 | $61,780 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,040 | $24.30 | $50,540 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,040 | $7.44 | $15,470 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 990 | $9.13 | $19,000 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 990 | $12.86 | $26,740 |
| Protective service occupations | 930 | $15.50 | $32,250 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 920 | $9.62 | $20,010 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 910 | $10.51 | $21,860 |
| Cooks, fast food | 860 | $7.33 | $15,250 |
| General and operations managers | 860 | $43.40 | $90,280 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 860 | Not available | $46,400 |
| Community and social services occupations | 820 | $17.75 | $36,920 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 810 | $16.80 | $34,930 |
| Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders | 760 | $12.57 | $26,140 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 730 | $14.32 | $29,790 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 710 | $10.13 | $21,060 |
| Helpers--production workers | 710 | $9.69 | $20,160 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 700 | $9.51 | $19,770 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 700 | $10.21 | $21,240 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 670 | Not available | $43,260 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 670 | $16.50 | $34,310 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 610 | $24.87 | $51,730 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 590 | $15.68 | $32,610 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 580 | $11.18 | $23,260 |
| Customer service representatives | 570 | $12.58 | $26,170 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 570 | $19.40 | $40,340 |
| Construction laborers | 560 | $9.77 | $20,310 |
| Bus drivers, school | 520 | $8.90 | $18,500 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 510 | $13.51 | $28,100 |
| Food preparation workers | 480 | $8.08 | $16,810 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 470 | $13.24 | $27,540 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 460 | $13.24 | $27,530 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 460 | $23.18 | $48,220 |
| Machinists | 440 | $15.21 | $31,640 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 420 | $13.89 | $28,900 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 420 | $11.57 | $24,070 |
| Electricians | 410 | $16.03 | $33,340 |
| Teacher assistants | 410 | Not available | $17,090 |
| Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders | 410 | $12.23 | $25,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 400 | $24.16 | $50,250 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 390 | $9.42 | $19,590 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 380 | $25.88 | $53,840 |
| Industrial engineers | 380 | $35.65 | $74,150 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 370 | $20.25 | $42,120 |
| Medical assistants | 370 | $12.91 | $26,850 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 360 | $13.14 | $27,330 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 350 | $19.21 | $39,960 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 340 | $12.01 | $24,980 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 330 | Not available | $46,210 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 330 | $13.22 | $27,510 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 320 | $17.85 | $37,140 |
| Child care workers | 320 | $7.28 | $15,150 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 310 | $14.64 | $30,440 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 300 | $23.77 | $49,440 |
| Dishwashers | 300 | $8.32 | $17,300 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 290 | $7.35 | $15,280 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 280 | $7.23 | $15,030 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 280 | $16.75 | $34,840 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 280 | $17.33 | $36,040 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 270 | $8.46 | $17,590 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 270 | $23.80 | $49,510 |
| Tellers | 270 | $11.47 | $23,850 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 250 | $18.35 | $38,170 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 250 | $17.52 | $36,440 |
| Carpenters | 240 | $14.04 | $29,200 |
| Driver/sales workers | 240 | $14.00 | $29,120 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 240 | $15.90 | $33,080 |
| Accountants and auditors | 230 | $25.71 | $53,480 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 220 | $7.29 | $15,160 |
| Home health aides | 210 | $9.15 | $19,020 |
| Legal occupations | 210 | $33.13 | $68,910 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers | 200 | $9.16 | $19,050 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 200 | $8.04 | $16,720 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 200 | $7.90 | $16,440 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 200 | Not available | Not available |
| Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers | 190 | $17.84 | $37,120 |
| Social and human service assistants | 190 | $12.68 | $26,380 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 180 | $17.16 | $35,690 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 180 | $12.70 | $26,420 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 180 | $12.68 | $26,380 |
| Sheet metal workers | 180 | $16.71 | $34,760 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 170 | $14.88 | $30,950 |
| Pharmacists | 170 | $50.92 | $105,910 |
| Dental hygienists | 160 | $26.26 | $54,610 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 160 | $16.46 | $34,240 |
| Bartenders | 150 | $8.11 | $16,860 |
| Bill and account collectors | 150 | $12.55 | $26,100 |
| Chief executives | 150 | $78.96 | $164,240 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 150 | $9.31 | $19,370 |
| Construction managers | 150 | $38.13 | $79,310 |
| Medical and health services managers | 150 | $37.14 | $77,260 |
| Sewing machine operators | 150 | $12.12 | $25,220 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 140 | $9.86 | $20,500 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 140 | $9.40 | $19,540 |
| Industrial production managers | 140 | $37.02 | $76,990 |
| Parts salespersons | 140 | $13.99 | $29,110 |
| Security guards | 140 | $13.25 | $27,550 |
| Social workers, all other | 140 | $15.46 | $32,160 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 130 | $15.23 | $31,690 |
| Dental assistants | 130 | $15.54 | $32,320 |
| Insurance sales agents | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Mechanical engineers | 130 | $36.93 | $76,820 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 130 | $18.69 | $38,870 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 130 | $11.30 | $23,500 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 120 | $11.74 | $24,420 |
| Helpers--electricians | 120 | $12.70 | $26,420 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 120 | $89.72 | $186,630 |
| Sales managers | 120 | $44.08 | $91,680 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 120 | $16.23 | $33,760 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 120 | $11.52 | $23,960 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 110 | Not available | $75,790 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 110 | $27.38 | $56,950 |
| Financial managers | 110 | $44.25 | $92,030 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 110 | $29.56 | $61,490 |
| Food service managers | 110 | $20.26 | $42,150 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 110 | $7.78 | $16,180 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 110 | $10.67 | $22,190 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 110 | $25.17 | $52,360 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians | 100 | $8.59 | $17,870 |
| Engineering managers | 100 | $46.84 | $97,430 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 100 | $9.27 | $19,280 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 100 | $15.16 | $31,530 |
| Medical secretaries | 100 | $12.79 | $26,610 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 100 | $32.81 | $68,250 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 100 | Not available | $45,460 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 90 | $11.42 | $23,750 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 90 | $14.86 | $30,900 |
| Recreation workers | 90 | $10.53 | $21,900 |
| Administrative services managers | 80 | $26.96 | $56,070 |
| Computer programmers | 80 | $23.72 | $49,330 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 80 | $15.26 | $31,730 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 80 | $23.95 | $49,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 80 | $15.45 | $32,130 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 80 | $10.28 | $21,390 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 80 | $14.59 | $30,340 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 80 | $17.45 | $36,290 |
| Lawyers | 80 | $55.05 | $114,490 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 80 | $15.33 | $31,880 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 80 | $16.47 | $34,270 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 80 | $14.48 | $30,120 |
| Printing machine operators | 80 | $13.05 | $27,140 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 80 | $10.25 | $21,330 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 70 | $7.36 | $15,300 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 70 | $25.53 | $53,110 |
| Computer support specialists | 70 | $17.50 | $36,390 |
| Cost estimators | 70 | $24.82 | $51,620 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 70 | $23.33 | $48,520 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 70 | $12.54 | $26,090 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 70 | $9.69 | $20,160 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 70 | Not available | $44,190 |
| Librarians | 70 | $24.15 | $50,240 |
| Loan officers | 70 | $26.15 | $54,400 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 70 | $16.13 | $33,550 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 70 | $12.97 | $26,980 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 70 | $13.60 | $28,280 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 70 | Not available | $45,100 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 70 | $11.30 | $23,510 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 70 | $15.94 | $33,160 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 60 | $13.32 | $27,700 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 60 | $17.61 | $36,630 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 60 | $12.23 | $25,440 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall | 60 | $13.80 | $28,700 |
| Mechanical drafters | 60 | $24.74 | $51,460 |
| Training and development specialists | 60 | $22.41 | $46,610 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 60 | $12.91 | $26,850 |
| Family and general practitioners | 50 | $78.07 | $162,380 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 50 | $14.14 | $29,410 |
| Management analysts | 50 | $26.15 | $54,380 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 50 | $26.34 | $54,780 |
| Order clerks | 50 | $12.26 | $25,490 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 50 | $22.76 | $47,340 |
| Physical therapists | 50 | $35.58 | $74,010 |
| Pipelayers | 50 | $13.28 | $27,610 |
| Production workers, all other | 50 | $13.79 | $28,690 |
| Public relations specialists | 50 | $21.81 | $45,370 |
| Roofers | 50 | $13.72 | $28,540 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 50 | $19.83 | $41,240 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 50 | $15.57 | $32,400 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 50 | $13.23 | $27,520 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 50 | $11.77 | $24,480 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 40 | $13.64 | $28,360 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 40 | $16.39 | $34,100 |
| Civil engineers | 40 | $25.32 | $52,670 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 40 | $26.61 | $55,360 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 40 | $19.72 | $41,020 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 40 | $24.53 | $51,020 |
| Instructional coordinators | 40 | $22.15 | $46,080 |
| Legislators | 40 | Not available | $18,680 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 40 | $13.73 | $28,560 |
| Logisticians | 40 | $28.65 | $59,590 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $13.25 | $27,570 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 40 | $9.86 | $20,520 |
| Personal financial advisors | 40 | $27.46 | $57,110 |
| Pest control workers | 40 | $13.84 | $28,790 |
| Postal service clerks | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 40 | $15.52 | $32,280 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 40 | $8.71 | $18,120 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 40 | $19.77 | $41,110 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 40 | $28.43 | $59,130 |
| Tool and die makers | 40 | $21.51 | $44,750 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 40 | $14.23 | $29,590 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 30 | $15.87 | $33,010 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 30 | $19.51 | $40,580 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 30 | $18.97 | $39,460 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 30 | $19.56 | $40,680 |
| Data entry keyers | 30 | $11.24 | $23,380 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | 30 | $14.98 | $31,160 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 30 | $13.59 | $28,260 |
| Floral designers | 30 | $10.01 | $20,820 |
| Graphic designers | 30 | $15.76 | $32,770 |
| Library technicians | 30 | $9.76 | $20,300 |
| Photographers | 30 | $18.07 | $37,590 |
| Procurement clerks | 30 | $15.27 | $31,760 |
| Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders | 30 | $12.67 | $26,350 |
| Tile and marble setters | 30 | $17.80 | $37,030 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 30 | $42.91 | $89,260 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 30 | $7.30 | $15,190 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | Not available | $24.36 | $50,670 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | Not available | $19.14 | $39,810 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | Not available | $11.69 | $24,320 |
| Coaches and scouts | Not available | Not available | $26,190 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | Not available | $23.85 | $49,600 |
| Cooks, short order | Not available | $7.30 | $15,190 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | Not available | $13.21 | $27,480 |
| Fire fighters | Not available | $15.08 | $31,370 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | Not available | $11.89 | $24,720 |
| Legal secretaries | Not available | $19.42 | $40,390 |
| Market research analysts | Not available | $16.38 | $34,080 |
| Millwrights | Not available | $19.05 | $39,630 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | Not available | $14.38 | $29,910 |
| Real estate brokers | Not available | $18.70 | $38,890 |
| Real estate sales agents | Not available | $19.02 | $39,560 |
| Tax preparers | Not available | $16.21 | $33,710 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | Not available | Not available | $52,720 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | Not available | $11.83 | $24,610 |
