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 | 47,810 | $16.23 | $33,760 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 6,710 | $13.40 | $27,870 |
| Production occupations | 6,170 | $14.73 | $30,630 |
| Sales and related occupations | 4,730 | $12.66 | $26,340 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 4,690 | $8.02 | $16,680 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 4,110 | $19.02 | $39,570 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 4,090 | $13.00 | $27,040 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 2,710 | $18.80 | $39,110 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 2,590 | $28.86 | $60,030 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 1,900 | $15.74 | $32,750 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 1,700 | $11.34 | $23,590 |
| Cashiers | 1,700 | $7.66 | $15,940 |
| Management occupations | 1,480 | $38.83 | $80,760 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 1,450 | $10.92 | $22,720 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,360 | $26.89 | $55,930 |
| Team assemblers | 1,250 | $11.99 | $24,930 |
| Retail salespersons | 1,230 | $10.52 | $21,870 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,190 | $10.94 | $22,760 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 1,190 | $13.30 | $27,670 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,100 | $7.46 | $15,510 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,030 | $16.45 | $34,220 |
| Registered nurses | 1,030 | $29.61 | $61,590 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 970 | $6.82 | $14,190 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 960 | $8.69 | $18,080 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 910 | $20.86 | $43,380 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 750 | $10.99 | $22,850 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 710 | $18.09 | $37,620 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 680 | $18.10 | $37,650 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 660 | $29.99 | $62,390 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 650 | $9.66 | $20,080 |
| General and operations managers | 640 | $38.58 | $80,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 610 | $15.04 | $31,280 |
| Office clerks, general | 610 | $9.89 | $20,580 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 540 | $21.97 | $45,690 |
| Machinists | 530 | $18.25 | $37,960 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 530 | $9.92 | $20,640 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 530 | $19.03 | $39,590 |
| Community and social services occupations | 510 | $16.74 | $34,830 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 510 | Not available | $43,330 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 480 | $13.00 | $27,050 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 460 | Not available | $44,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 460 | $12.41 | $25,820 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 450 | $29.42 | $61,200 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 420 | $32.82 | $68,260 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 420 | $19.71 | $41,000 |
| Security guards | 420 | $14.21 | $29,550 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 410 | $14.89 | $30,970 |
| Cooks, fast food | 390 | $7.42 | $15,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 390 | $25.79 | $53,650 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 360 | $18.04 | $37,520 |
| Food preparation workers | 360 | $7.85 | $16,340 |
| Teacher assistants | 360 | Not available | $16,150 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 350 | $8.95 | $18,620 |
| Customer service representatives | 350 | $14.80 | $30,790 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 350 | $13.93 | $28,970 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 350 | $13.51 | $28,090 |
| Sewing machine operators | 350 | $10.52 | $21,880 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 340 | $15.67 | $32,590 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 310 | $25.10 | $52,210 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 310 | $9.78 | $20,350 |
| Helpers--production workers | 290 | $9.28 | $19,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 270 | $25.37 | $52,770 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 270 | $18.32 | $38,100 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 270 | $12.69 | $26,390 |
| Tellers | 250 | $9.70 | $20,190 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 240 | $14.12 | $29,370 |
| Construction laborers | 240 | $11.00 | $22,870 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 240 | $12.29 | $25,560 |
| Medical assistants | 240 | $12.08 | $25,140 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 240 | $18.97 | $39,460 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 230 | Not available | $43,340 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 220 | $13.35 | $27,770 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 210 | $18.65 | $38,780 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 210 | $14.07 | $29,270 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 200 | $21.43 | $44,580 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 200 | $15.18 | $31,580 |
| Electricians | 190 | $18.43 | $38,340 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 190 | $13.22 | $27,500 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 190 | $7.54 | $15,690 |
| Fire fighters | 180 | $17.60 | $36,600 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 180 | $22.53 | $46,860 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners | 180 | $14.36 | $29,870 |
| Accountants and auditors | 170 | $25.07 | $52,150 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 170 | $10.06 | $20,920 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 170 | $19.83 | $41,260 |
| Carpenters | 140 | $15.53 | $32,300 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 140 | $21.11 | $43,920 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 140 | $7.85 | $16,330 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 130 | $14.02 | $29,150 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 130 | $17.48 | $36,350 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 130 | $8.57 | $17,830 |
| Driver/sales workers | 130 | $13.68 | $28,450 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 130 | $25.24 | $52,510 |
| Home health aides | 130 | $8.56 | $17,810 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 130 | $7.45 | $15,490 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 130 | $16.25 | $33,790 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 130 | $13.10 | $27,250 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Procurement clerks | 130 | $17.56 | $36,530 |
| Bus drivers, school | 120 | $6.97 | $14,500 |
| Cooks, short order | 120 | $7.80 | $16,220 |
| Legal occupations | 120 | $23.92 | $49,760 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 120 | $10.76 | $22,390 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 120 | $25.76 | $53,590 |
| Bartenders | 110 | $7.13 | $14,840 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 110 | $8.71 | $18,120 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 110 | $12.07 | $25,110 |
| Child care workers | 100 | $6.89 | $14,340 |
| Dental hygienists | 100 | $18.87 | $39,260 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 100 | $20.07 | $41,750 |
| Management analysts | 100 | $39.34 | $81,830 |
| Mechanical engineers | 100 | $34.85 | $72,480 |
| Bill and account collectors | 90 | $11.69 | $24,320 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 90 | $9.89 | $20,580 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 90 | $14.67 | $30,510 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 90 | $16.21 | $33,710 |
| Dishwashers | 90 | $7.56 | $15,730 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 90 | $11.50 | $23,920 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 90 | $8.65 | $17,990 |
| Industrial engineers | 90 | $30.80 | $64,060 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 90 | $10.27 | $21,360 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 90 | Not available | $42,850 |
| Librarians | 90 | $21.93 | $45,620 |
| Medical secretaries | 90 | $12.06 | $25,080 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 90 | $16.95 | $35,250 |
| Parts salespersons | 90 | $14.35 | $29,840 |
| Pharmacists | 90 | $55.10 | $114,610 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 80 | $14.62 | $30,410 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 80 | Not available | $70,800 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 80 | $20.66 | $42,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 80 | $20.56 | $42,760 |
| Insurance sales agents | 80 | $21.87 | $45,500 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders | 80 | $15.77 | $32,800 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 80 | $17.38 | $36,150 |
| Photographers | 80 | $9.40 | $19,560 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 80 | $18.91 | $39,330 |
| Social and human service assistants | 80 | $9.47 | $19,710 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 80 | Not available | $40,950 |
| Dental assistants | 70 | $15.42 | $32,080 |
| Financial managers | 70 | $40.28 | $83,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 70 | $20.99 | $43,670 |
| Lawyers | 70 | $30.02 | $62,440 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 70 | $13.31 | $27,690 |
| Loan officers | 70 | $20.06 | $41,730 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 70 | $18.01 | $37,450 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 70 | $12.73 | $26,480 |
| Sales managers | 70 | $38.99 | $81,090 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 70 | $18.14 | $37,730 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 70 | Not available | $47,650 |
| Advertising sales agents | 60 | $32.73 | $68,090 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 60 | $16.26 | $33,830 |
| Chief executives | 60 | $72.61 | $151,030 |
| Computer support specialists | 60 | $19.65 | $40,880 |
| Construction managers | 60 | $30.95 | $64,370 |
| Crane and tower operators | 60 | $19.27 | $40,080 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 60 | $8.14 | $16,920 |
| Food service managers | 60 | $20.46 | $42,560 |
| Library technicians | 60 | $10.62 | $22,100 |
| Materials engineers | 60 | $23.93 | $49,770 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 60 | $13.03 | $27,110 |
| Pharmacy aides | 60 | $8.51 | $17,690 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 60 | $12.88 | $26,800 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 60 | $10.03 | $20,870 |
| Coaches and scouts | 50 | Not available | $43,200 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 50 | $21.58 | $44,880 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 50 | $19.17 | $39,870 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 50 | $29.81 | $61,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 50 | $16.28 | $33,860 |
| Graphic designers | 50 | $20.13 | $41,870 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 50 | $11.74 | $24,410 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 50 | $13.61 | $28,310 |
| Industrial production managers | 50 | $41.42 | $86,160 |
| Managers, all other | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 50 | $16.85 | $35,040 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 50 | $24.42 | $50,790 |
| Medical and health services managers | 50 | $39.23 | $81,600 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 50 | $18.70 | $38,890 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 50 | $13.89 | $28,900 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 50 | $9.19 | $19,110 |
| Printing machine operators | 50 | $14.13 | $29,390 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 50 | $14.16 | $29,450 |
| Surgeons | 50 | $102.79 | $213,810 |
| Surgical technologists | 50 | $14.15 | $29,420 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 40 | $18.81 | $39,110 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 40 | $16.09 | $33,470 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 40 | $11.11 | $23,100 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 40 | $11.93 | $24,810 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 40 | $22.21 | $46,200 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 40 | $15.21 | $31,630 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 40 | $13.57 | $28,220 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Engineering managers | 40 | $44.03 | $91,570 |
| Engineers, all other | 40 | $45.76 | $95,190 |
| Environmental engineers | 40 | $36.95 | $76,850 |
| Family and general practitioners | 40 | $96.11 | $199,910 |
| File clerks | 40 | $9.35 | $19,440 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 40 | $8.67 | $18,030 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 40 | $21.06 | $43,800 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 40 | $13.56 | $28,200 |
| Legislators | 40 | Not available | $15,740 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 40 | $27.98 | $58,200 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 40 | $18.46 | $38,400 |
| Order clerks | 40 | $11.64 | $24,210 |
| Public relations specialists | 40 | $20.46 | $42,560 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 40 | $17.46 | $36,330 |
| Residential advisors | 40 | $9.21 | $19,150 |
| Roofers | 40 | $9.97 | $20,740 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 40 | $6.90 | $14,350 |
| Tool and die makers | 40 | $23.98 | $49,880 |
| Training and development specialists | 40 | $22.60 | $47,010 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 40 | $19.92 | $41,440 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 30 | $25.20 | $52,420 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 30 | $9.61 | $20,000 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 30 | $7.60 | $15,820 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 30 | $17.68 | $36,770 |
| Physical therapists | 30 | $34.07 | $70,860 |
| Postal service clerks | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | Not available | $8.25 | $17,160 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $11.69 | $24,300 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | Not available | $40.19 | $83,600 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | Not available | $13.62 | $28,330 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | Not available | $12.92 | $26,870 |
| Electrical engineers | Not available | $41.05 | $85,390 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | Not available | $17.45 | $36,310 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | Not available | $7.31 | $15,200 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | Not available | $11.58 | $24,080 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | Not available | $17.91 | $37,240 |
| Helpers--carpenters | Not available | $8.25 | $17,170 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | Not available | $7.25 | $15,080 |
| Opticians, dispensing | Not available | $12.86 | $26,740 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | Not available | $14.65 | $30,460 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $11.63 | $24,200 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | Not available | $9.94 | $20,680 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $12.58 | $26,170 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | Not available | Not available | $22,340 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | Not available | $8.47 | $17,630 |
