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 |
187,890 |
$23.50 |
$48,880 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
28,760 |
$16.13 |
$33,540 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
19,540 |
$34.98 |
$72,770 |
| Sales and related occupations |
17,450 |
$17.31 |
$36,000 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
15,370 |
$32.14 |
$66,860 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
14,360 |
$10.06 |
$20,920 |
| Production occupations |
12,590 |
$20.22 |
$42,060 |
| Management occupations |
9,210 |
$49.06 |
$102,040 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
7,650 |
$30.36 |
$63,140 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
7,510 |
$16.43 |
$34,180 |
| Office clerks, general |
6,190 |
$13.45 |
$27,970 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
6,140 |
$13.14 |
$27,320 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
6,100 |
$32.04 |
$66,650 |
| Registered nurses |
6,080 |
$32.26 |
$67,110 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
5,710 |
$14.68 |
$30,530 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
5,610 |
$34.66 |
$72,100 |
| Retail salespersons |
5,460 |
$11.75 |
$24,440 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
5,420 |
$22.25 |
$46,280 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
5,010 |
$25.90 |
$53,880 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
4,660 |
$11.98 |
$24,920 |
| Cashiers |
4,510 |
$9.39 |
$19,530 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
3,780 |
$9.04 |
$18,790 |
| Customer service representatives |
3,780 |
$15.65 |
$32,550 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
3,430 |
$24.98 |
$51,950 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
3,100 |
$13.57 |
$28,240 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
3,080 |
$9.30 |
$19,350 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
2,790 |
$19.91 |
$41,420 |
| Protective service occupations |
2,600 |
$23.21 |
$48,270 |
| Community and social services occupations |
2,370 |
$22.07 |
$45,900 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
2,270 |
$16.79 |
$34,930 |
| Teacher assistants |
2,050 |
Not available |
$25,020 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
2,010 |
$13.91 |
$28,940 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
1,910 |
$31.51 |
$65,540 |
| Mechanical engineers |
1,840 |
$38.20 |
$79,460 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,640 |
$18.50 |
$38,480 |
| General and operations managers |
1,600 |
$51.95 |
$108,050 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
1,590 |
$17.96 |
$37,350 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
1,580 |
$12.99 |
$27,020 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,430 |
Not available |
$66,640 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
1,400 |
$12.68 |
$26,380 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,400 |
$11.73 |
$24,410 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
1,350 |
$17.95 |
$37,340 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
1,300 |
Not available |
Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,290 |
$19.54 |
$40,650 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
1,280 |
$38.37 |
$79,820 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,270 |
$27.99 |
$58,210 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
1,260 |
$29.84 |
$62,060 |
| Recreation workers |
1,200 |
$10.69 |
$22,230 |
| Computer support specialists |
1,170 |
$20.01 |
$41,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,160 |
$23.47 |
$48,820 |
| Computer programmers |
1,140 |
$34.34 |
$71,430 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,120 |
$13.58 |
$28,240 |
| Home health aides |
1,080 |
$11.83 |
$24,610 |
| Medical assistants |
1,040 |
$14.59 |
$30,350 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,010 |
$10.58 |
$22,000 |
| Legal occupations |
1,000 |
$42.77 |
$88,960 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,000 |
$16.85 |
$35,050 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
990 |
$10.30 |
$21,420 |
| Child care workers |
950 |
$11.14 |
$23,170 |
| Construction laborers |
910 |
$19.83 |
$41,260 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
910 |
$15.49 |
$32,220 |
| Personal and home care aides |
870 |
$11.33 |
$23,570 |
| Electricians |
860 |
$32.84 |
$68,320 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
840 |
$30.92 |
$64,310 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
800 |
$11.49 |
$23,910 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
730 |
$24.04 |
$50,010 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
730 |
Not available |
$77,800 |
| Administrative services managers |
720 |
$38.03 |
$79,100 |
| Computer systems analysts |
720 |
$34.60 |
$71,980 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
710 |
$17.22 |
$35,820 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
710 |
$22.03 |
$45,820 |
| Carpenters |
700 |
$26.30 |
$54,700 |
| Managers, all other |
700 |
$48.23 |
$100,310 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
690 |
$7.86 |
$16,350 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
690 |
$34.69 |
$72,160 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
680 |
$32.49 |
$67,580 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
680 |
$36.38 |
$75,680 |
| Industrial engineers |
660 |
$37.46 |
$77,920 |
| Production workers, all other |
660 |
$20.41 |
$42,460 |
| Dishwashers |
650 |
$8.97 |
$18,650 |
| Engineers, all other |
650 |
$38.11 |
$79,270 |
| Cooks, fast food |
630 |
$8.42 |
$17,520 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
620 |
$29.35 |
$61,040 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
600 |
$14.84 |
$30,880 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
580 |
$17.99 |
$37,420 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
580 |
$36.56 |
$76,040 |
| Lawyers |
580 |
$55.01 |
$114,420 |
| Sales managers |
580 |
$40.51 |
$84,270 |
| Chief executives |
550 |
$77.61 |
$161,420 |
| Management analysts |
550 |
$36.74 |
$76,420 |
| Medical and health services managers |
550 |
$43.79 |
$91,080 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
550 |
$31.46 |
$65,450 |
| Coaches and scouts |
520 |
Not available |
$44,970 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
520 |
$9.14 |
$19,010 |
| Financial managers |
520 |
$50.42 |
$104,880 |
| Tellers |
510 |
$11.93 |
$24,810 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
500 |
$10.40 |
$21,620 |
| Printing machine operators |
500 |
$17.44 |
$36,280 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
490 |
$15.58 |
$32,410 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
480 |
$35.07 |
$72,940 |
| Dental assistants |
480 |
$17.68 |
$36,780 |
| Tool and die makers |
480 |
$30.75 |
$63,970 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
470 |
Not available |
$122,630 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
470 |
$27.29 |
$56,770 |
| Logisticians |
470 |
$28.15 |
$58,560 |
| Public relations specialists |
470 |
$28.56 |
$59,410 |
| Engineering managers |
460 |
$61.90 |
$128,750 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
460 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
460 |
$17.44 |
$36,270 |
| Bartenders |
450 |
$9.33 |
$19,400 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
450 |
$49.82 |
$103,630 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
450 |
$24.80 |
$51,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
440 |
$30.44 |
$63,320 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
440 |
$25.00 |
$51,990 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
430 |
$18.00 |
$37,450 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
420 |
$25.77 |
$53,600 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
420 |
$9.02 |
$18,750 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
420 |
$18.56 |
$38,600 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
420 |
$87.16 |
$181,280 |
| Cooks, short order |
410 |
$10.21 |
$21,240 |
| Pharmacists |
410 |
$46.04 |
$95,760 |
| Security guards |
410 |
$12.68 |
$26,380 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
400 |
$27.24 |
$56,660 |
| Physical therapists |
400 |
$31.44 |
$65,400 |
| Graphic designers |
390 |
$22.64 |
$47,090 |
| Medical secretaries |
390 |
$15.76 |
$32,780 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
390 |
$27.81 |
$57,850 |
| Bus drivers, school |
380 |
$17.28 |
$35,940 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
380 |
$9.52 |
$19,800 |
| Bakers |
370 |
$10.76 |
$22,380 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
370 |
$13.32 |
$27,700 |
| Social and human service assistants |
370 |
$17.93 |
$37,290 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
360 |
$13.73 |
$28,570 |
| Dental hygienists |
360 |
$30.30 |
$63,030 |
| Electrical engineers |
360 |
$38.54 |
$80,160 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
360 |
$37.14 |
$77,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
350 |
$18.49 |
$38,450 |
| Helpers--production workers |
350 |
$12.44 |
$25,870 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
350 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
340 |
$12.33 |
$25,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
340 |
$31.41 |
$65,320 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
340 |
$14.61 |
$30,380 |
| Market research analysts |
340 |
$26.94 |
$56,040 |
| Marketing managers |
340 |
$53.02 |
$110,280 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
340 |
$13.46 |
$28,000 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
340 |
$18.33 |
$38,120 |
| Bill and account collectors |
330 |
$16.84 |
$35,030 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
330 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
330 |
$17.22 |
$35,820 |
| Industrial production managers |
320 |
$57.95 |
$120,530 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
320 |
$22.49 |
$46,790 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
320 |
Not available |
$63,850 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
320 |
$23.98 |
$49,890 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
310 |
$17.02 |
$35,400 |
| Physician assistants |
310 |
$42.62 |
$88,650 |
| Training and development specialists |
310 |
$56.60 |
$117,720 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
290 |
$27.39 |
$56,980 |
| Family and general practitioners |
280 |
$84.13 |
$175,000 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
280 |
$11.44 |
$23,790 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
280 |
$18.03 |
$37,500 |
| Data entry keyers |
270 |
$12.98 |
$27,000 |
| Food service managers |
270 |
$21.61 |
$44,950 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
270 |
$21.08 |
$43,840 |
| Real estate sales agents |
270 |
$20.96 |
$43,590 |
| Fire fighters |
260 |
$23.96 |
$49,830 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
260 |
$9.82 |
$20,430 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
260 |
$28.42 |
$59,120 |
| Librarians |
260 |
$33.80 |
$70,310 |
| All other information and record clerks |
250 |
$18.60 |
$38,680 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
250 |
$25.50 |
$53,040 |
| Cost estimators |
250 |
$27.81 |
$57,840 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
250 |
$16.31 |
$33,920 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
240 |
$24.62 |
$51,210 |
| Bindery workers |
240 |
$13.34 |
$27,760 |
| Chemists |
240 |
$28.76 |
$59,820 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
240 |
$37.07 |
$77,110 |
| Driver/sales workers |
240 |
$9.22 |
$19,180 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
230 |
$19.92 |
$41,430 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
230 |
$24.20 |
$50,340 |
| Physical scientists, all other |
230 |
$40.46 |
$84,150 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
230 |
$34.43 |
$71,610 |
| Chemical technicians |
220 |
$16.41 |
$34,140 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
220 |
$44.05 |
$91,630 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
220 |
$20.86 |
$43,380 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
220 |
$14.08 |
$29,280 |
| Occupational therapists |
220 |
$30.11 |
$62,620 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
220 |
$19.87 |
$41,330 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
210 |
$24.39 |
$50,740 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
210 |
$39.83 |
$82,840 |
| File clerks |
210 |
$11.21 |
$23,320 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
210 |
$27.69 |
$57,590 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
210 |
$18.08 |
$37,600 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
210 |
$30.10 |
$62,610 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
210 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Computer operators |
200 |
$13.87 |
$28,840 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
200 |
$21.60 |
$44,940 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
200 |
$32.42 |
$67,430 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
190 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
190 |
$19.33 |
$40,200 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
190 |
$14.41 |
$29,980 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
190 |
$27.46 |
$57,120 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
190 |
$23.57 |
$49,020 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
180 |
$10.15 |
$21,100 |
| Respiratory therapists |
180 |
$27.19 |
$56,540 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
170 |
$17.62 |
$36,640 |
| Editors |
170 |
$23.21 |
$48,280 |
| Loan officers |
170 |
$29.91 |
$62,220 |
| Database administrators |
160 |
$36.25 |
$75,400 |
| Financial analysts |
160 |
$35.40 |
$73,640 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
160 |
$41.11 |
$85,510 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
160 |
$18.09 |
$37,620 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
160 |
$11.46 |
$23,840 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
160 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Parts salespersons |
160 |
$15.96 |
$33,210 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
160 |
$15.59 |
$32,430 |
| Producers and directors |
160 |
$31.47 |
$65,470 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
160 |
Not available |
$71,630 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
150 |
$20.69 |
$43,020 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
150 |
$22.73 |
$47,270 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
150 |
$21.28 |
$44,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
150 |
$35.02 |
$72,840 |
| Interpreters and translators |
150 |
$29.43 |
$61,220 |
| Social workers, all other |
150 |
$23.98 |
$49,880 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
150 |
$37.17 |
$77,310 |
| Technical writers |
150 |
$27.66 |
$57,540 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
140 |
$35.81 |
$74,480 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
140 |
$21.01 |
$43,690 |
| Insurance sales agents |
140 |
$39.17 |
$81,480 |
| Order clerks |
140 |
$13.79 |
$28,670 |
| Service station attendants |
140 |
$9.23 |
$19,200 |
| Social and community service managers |
140 |
$32.98 |
$68,610 |
| Tax preparers |
140 |
$13.68 |
$28,450 |
| Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary |
130 |
Not available |
$67,160 |
| Athletes and sports competitors |
130 |
Not available |
$54,180 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
130 |
$30.67 |
$63,790 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
130 |
$28.44 |
$59,160 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
130 |
Not available |
$95,130 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
130 |
$20.74 |
$43,140 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
130 |
$21.15 |
$44,000 |
| Millwrights |
130 |
$35.20 |
$73,210 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
130 |
$20.80 |
$43,270 |
| Procurement clerks |
130 |
$18.53 |
$38,540 |
| Veterinarians |
130 |
$44.81 |
$93,210 |
| Word processors and typists |
130 |
$16.21 |
$33,720 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
120 |
$21.35 |
$44,410 |
| Civil engineers |
120 |
$36.56 |
$76,040 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
120 |
$32.34 |
$67,260 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
120 |
$45.27 |
$94,160 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
120 |
$10.98 |
$22,840 |
| Roofers |
120 |
$22.69 |
$47,190 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
120 |
$12.92 |
$26,860 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
120 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
120 |
$20.70 |
$43,060 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
110 |
$28.42 |
$59,120 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
110 |
$25.06 |
$52,130 |
| Construction managers |
110 |
$49.97 |
$103,930 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
110 |
$25.56 |
$53,160 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
110 |
$18.23 |
$37,920 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
110 |
$24.92 |
$51,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
110 |
$28.08 |
$58,400 |
| Health educators |
110 |
$20.24 |
$42,100 |
| Interior designers |
110 |
$24.55 |
$51,060 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
110 |
$22.23 |
$46,250 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
110 |
$15.38 |
$31,980 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
110 |
$15.80 |
$32,860 |
| Musicians and singers |
110 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Sheet metal workers |
110 |
$31.14 |
$64,770 |
| Surgical technologists |
110 |
$18.81 |
$39,120 |
| Advertising sales agents |
100 |
$29.26 |
$60,860 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers |
100 |
$20.85 |
$43,370 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
100 |
$22.22 |
$46,210 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
100 |
$13.36 |
$27,790 |
| New accounts clerks |
100 |
$16.48 |
$34,270 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
100 |
$17.53 |
$36,460 |
| Purchasing managers |
100 |
$44.72 |
$93,010 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
100 |
$11.77 |
$24,490 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
100 |
$24.17 |
$50,270 |
| Travel agents |
100 |
$14.54 |
$30,240 |
| Bookbinders |
90 |
$15.48 |
$32,190 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
90 |
$16.19 |
$33,670 |
| Clergy |
90 |
$21.30 |
$44,300 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
90 |
$20.51 |
$42,660 |
| Environmental engineers |
90 |
$46.37 |
$96,450 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
90 |
$33.71 |
$70,110 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
90 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
90 |
$18.71 |
$38,910 |
| Natural sciences managers |
90 |
$52.41 |
$109,020 |
| Operations research analysts |
90 |
$44.62 |
$92,810 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
90 |
$28.19 |
$58,630 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other |
90 |
$30.66 |
$63,770 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
90 |
$25.26 |
$52,540 |
| Biochemists and biophysicists |
80 |
$28.48 |
$59,240 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$80,190 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
80 |
$13.16 |
$27,380 |
| Desktop publishers |
80 |
$17.77 |
$36,970 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$126,380 |
| Education administrators, all other |
80 |
$37.19 |
$77,340 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
80 |
$37.81 |
$78,640 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
80 |
$27.32 |
$56,840 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
80 |
$20.36 |
$42,350 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
80 |
$16.73 |
$34,800 |
| Personal financial advisors |
80 |
$37.62 |
$78,250 |
| Postal service clerks |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Proofreaders and copy markers |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
80 |
$11.65 |
$24,220 |
| Broadcast technicians |
70 |
$16.15 |
$33,590 |
| Dentists, general |
70 |
$79.06 |
$164,440 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
70 |
$33.42 |
$69,510 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
70 |
$29.44 |
$61,240 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
70 |
$40.92 |
$85,110 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
70 |
$12.63 |
$26,260 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
70 |
$13.03 |
$27,110 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
70 |
$16.64 |
$34,610 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
70 |
$35.03 |
$72,850 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
70 |
$18.97 |
$39,460 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Recreational therapists |
70 |
$20.48 |
$42,610 |
| Skin care specialists |
70 |
$21.17 |
$44,030 |
| Surgeons |
70 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
70 |
$24.39 |
$50,740 |
| Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes |
60 |
$14.36 |
$29,870 |
| Athletic trainers |
60 |
Not available |
$43,690 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
60 |
$26.83 |
$55,810 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
60 |
$45.93 |
$95,540 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
60 |
$30.51 |
$63,460 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
60 |
$22.24 |
$46,260 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
60 |
Not available |
$50,150 |
| Massage therapists |
60 |
$18.44 |
$38,360 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
60 |
$15.03 |
$31,260 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
60 |
$33.63 |
$69,960 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
60 |
$29.75 |
$61,870 |
| Photographers |
60 |
$26.35 |
$54,800 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
60 |
$15.93 |
$33,140 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
60 |
$13.00 |
$27,050 |
| Sales engineers |
60 |
$44.01 |
$91,540 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
60 |
Not available |
$54,730 |
| Therapists, all other |
60 |
$20.37 |
$42,360 |
| Urban and regional planners |
60 |
$28.89 |
$60,080 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
50 |
$26.93 |
$56,020 |
| Art directors |
50 |
$42.28 |
$87,950 |
| Commercial pilots |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
50 |
$52.17 |
$108,510 |
| Credit analysts |
50 |
$27.03 |
$56,220 |
| Crossing guards |
50 |
$10.69 |
$22,230 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
50 |
$14.42 |
$30,000 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
50 |
$20.91 |
$43,490 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other |
50 |
$8.24 |
$17,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
50 |
$24.20 |
$50,340 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
50 |
$13.75 |
$28,600 |
| Legislators |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
50 |
$11.10 |
$23,090 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
50 |
$10.16 |
$21,140 |
| Psychologists, all other |
50 |
$30.96 |
$64,400 |
| Surveyors |
50 |
$34.20 |
$71,140 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
40 |
$45.24 |
$94,100 |
| Computer and information scientists, research |
40 |
$47.68 |
$99,170 |
| Couriers and messengers |
40 |
$10.56 |
$21,970 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
40 |
$20.38 |
$42,400 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
40 |
$18.57 |
$38,620 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
40 |
$14.98 |
$31,150 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Physical therapist aides |
40 |
$13.69 |
$28,470 |
| Psychiatrists |
40 |
$79.02 |
$164,350 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
40 |
Not available |
$53,440 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Chemical engineers |
30 |
$42.86 |
$89,140 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians |
30 |
$31.20 |
$64,890 |
| Glaziers |
30 |
$19.89 |
$41,370 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other |
30 |
$28.73 |
$59,770 |
| Radiation therapists |
30 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
30 |
$14.76 |
$30,690 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
30 |
$34.41 |
$71,560 |
| Atmospheric and space scientists |
Not available |
$34.50 |
$71,750 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$22.99 |
$47,810 |
| Economists |
Not available |
$48.73 |
$101,350 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
Not available |
$18.42 |
$38,310 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay |
Not available |
$32.33 |
$67,250 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
Not available |
$26.63 |
$55,400 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
Not available |
$14.27 |
$29,680 |
| Floral designers |
Not available |
$10.92 |
$22,710 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
Not available |
$11.80 |
$24,550 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$26.07 |
$54,230 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
Not available |
$22.43 |
$46,650 |
| Insurance underwriters |
Not available |
$27.92 |
$58,070 |
| Internists, general |
Not available |
$66.28 |
$137,850 |
| Job printers |
Not available |
$15.10 |
$31,400 |
| Landscape architects |
Not available |
$27.22 |
$56,620 |
| Legal secretaries |
Not available |
$22.91 |
$47,660 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
Not available |
$22.67 |
$47,160 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
Not available |
$15.67 |
$32,590 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
Not available |
$8.77 |
$18,250 |
| Machinists |
Not available |
$27.05 |
$56,260 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$90,840 |
| Mechanical drafters |
Not available |
$22.93 |
$47,690 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
Not available |
$18.94 |
$39,380 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
Not available |
$32.51 |
$67,610 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
Not available |
$15.77 |
$32,790 |
| Pharmacy aides |
Not available |
$10.49 |
$21,810 |
| Plant and system operators, all other |
Not available |
$21.59 |
$44,900 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
Not available |
$17.71 |
$36,850 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
Not available |
$17.76 |
$36,930 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
Not available |
$20.15 |
$41,910 |
| Team assemblers |
Not available |
$13.99 |
$29,100 |
| Telemarketers |
Not available |
$10.26 |
$21,350 |
| Training and development managers |
Not available |
$38.27 |
$79,610 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
Not available |
$8.68 |
$18,060 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
Not available |
$17.62 |
$36,640 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
$33.93 |
$70,570 |
| Writers and authors |
Not available |
$27.40 |
$56,990 |
