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 | 48,830 | $15.93 | $33,130 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 7,330 | $12.92 | $26,870 |
| Sales and related occupations | 6,440 | $11.82 | $24,580 |
| Production occupations | 5,470 | $13.88 | $28,870 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 5,190 | $8.09 | $16,820 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 4,340 | $25.37 | $52,780 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 3,120 | $12.96 | $26,960 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 2,300 | $14.51 | $30,180 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 2,080 | $26.39 | $54,890 |
| Cashiers | 2,020 | $7.62 | $15,850 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 1,960 | $10.06 | $20,930 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 1,830 | $17.65 | $36,710 |
| Retail salespersons | 1,800 | $11.06 | $23,010 |
| Management occupations | 1,720 | $41.32 | $85,950 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,340 | $7.21 | $15,000 |
| Team assemblers | 1,280 | $11.04 | $22,960 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,280 | $7.38 | $15,350 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,200 | $14.60 | $30,360 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 1,140 | $13.30 | $27,670 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,080 | $9.31 | $19,370 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,040 | $10.08 | $20,960 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,020 | $9.75 | $20,270 |
| Office clerks, general | 960 | $10.19 | $21,190 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 900 | $26.54 | $55,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 860 | $15.45 | $32,130 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 820 | $10.20 | $21,220 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 690 | $13.25 | $27,550 |
| General and operations managers | 680 | $42.93 | $89,300 |
| Registered nurses | 680 | $25.45 | $52,940 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 660 | Not available | $39,870 |
| Customer service representatives | 610 | $12.19 | $25,360 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 590 | $19.37 | $40,290 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 580 | $27.03 | $56,220 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 580 | $26.52 | $55,160 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 540 | $13.72 | $28,530 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 530 | $20.78 | $43,210 |
| Community and social services occupations | 500 | $18.55 | $38,590 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 500 | $8.68 | $18,060 |
| Helpers--production workers | 480 | $10.94 | $22,750 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 480 | $24.50 | $50,970 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 470 | $14.19 | $29,520 |
| Construction laborers | 460 | $10.10 | $21,000 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 400 | $9.77 | $20,320 |
| Child care workers | 390 | $8.55 | $17,780 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 390 | $13.85 | $28,810 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 380 | $10.35 | $21,520 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 370 | $14.39 | $29,930 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 350 | $18.06 | $37,560 |
| Carpenters | 340 | $13.89 | $28,900 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 340 | Not available | $41,890 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 330 | $24.22 | $50,370 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 320 | $21.48 | $44,670 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 310 | $9.94 | $20,670 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 300 | $8.72 | $18,130 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 290 | $20.37 | $42,370 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 290 | Not available | $42,960 |
| Recreation workers | 270 | $8.71 | $18,120 |
| Teacher assistants | 270 | Not available | $17,040 |
| Tellers | 270 | $10.53 | $21,900 |
| Electricians | 260 | $18.80 | $39,100 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 260 | $22.79 | $47,410 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 260 | $8.12 | $16,880 |
| Security guards | 260 | $9.18 | $19,100 |
| Food preparation workers | 250 | $7.77 | $16,150 |
| Accountants and auditors | 240 | $24.14 | $50,220 |
| Cooks, fast food | 240 | $6.80 | $14,140 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 240 | $11.87 | $24,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 230 | $23.19 | $48,230 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 220 | $13.50 | $28,080 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 220 | $11.04 | $22,950 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 210 | $14.42 | $29,990 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 200 | $21.38 | $44,470 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 200 | $7.56 | $15,720 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 200 | $13.95 | $29,020 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 190 | $16.52 | $34,370 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 190 | $19.15 | $39,840 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 190 | $10.99 | $22,850 |
| Computer support specialists | 180 | $17.91 | $37,250 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 180 | $13.29 | $27,630 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 170 | $12.69 | $26,390 |
| Bus drivers, school | 160 | $11.06 | $23,010 |
| Dishwashers | 160 | $7.95 | $16,540 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 160 | $15.66 | $32,580 |
| Bartenders | 150 | $7.46 | $15,510 |
| Coaches and scouts | 150 | Not available | Not available |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 150 | $8.05 | $16,740 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 150 | $22.13 | $46,020 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 150 | Not available | Not available |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 140 | $12.80 | $26,630 |
| Pharmacists | 140 | $42.03 | $87,420 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 140 | $11.73 | $24,390 |
| Medical assistants | 130 | $11.34 | $23,590 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 120 | $18.93 | $39,380 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 120 | $7.59 | $15,790 |
| Industrial engineers | 120 | $34.38 | $71,510 |
| Machinists | 120 | $16.93 | $35,220 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 120 | $8.18 | $17,020 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Public relations specialists | 120 | $20.53 | $42,700 |
| Bill and account collectors | 110 | $10.20 | $21,220 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 110 | $13.37 | $27,820 |
| Insurance sales agents | 110 | $15.97 | $33,220 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 110 | $10.65 | $22,140 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 110 | $12.32 | $25,620 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 100 | $16.90 | $35,150 |
| Bakers | 100 | $16.23 | $33,760 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 100 | Not available | $42,190 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 100 | $29.73 | $61,830 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 100 | $16.32 | $33,950 |
| Social and human service assistants | 100 | $11.31 | $23,520 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 90 | $7.44 | $15,470 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 90 | $7.41 | $15,420 |
| Driver/sales workers | 90 | $9.56 | $19,880 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 90 | $14.98 | $31,160 |
| Industrial production managers | 90 | $34.95 | $72,700 |
| Legal secretaries | 90 | $13.88 | $28,870 |
| Librarians | 90 | $25.35 | $52,720 |
| Pest control workers | 90 | $9.80 | $20,380 |
| Training and development specialists | 90 | $17.78 | $36,990 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 80 | $11.40 | $23,710 |
| Civil engineers | 80 | $27.98 | $58,190 |
| Dental assistants | 80 | $12.64 | $26,300 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 80 | Not available | $69,000 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 80 | $12.51 | $26,020 |
| Loan officers | 80 | $37.44 | $77,880 |
| Mechanical engineers | 80 | $33.36 | $69,380 |
| Pipelayers | 80 | $13.60 | $28,290 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 80 | $18.38 | $38,230 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 70 | $19.00 | $39,510 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 70 | $48.36 | $100,590 |
| Computer systems analysts | 70 | $31.12 | $64,720 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Dental hygienists | 70 | $21.76 | $45,250 |
| Financial managers | 70 | $43.63 | $90,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 70 | $15.02 | $31,240 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 70 | $18.33 | $38,120 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 70 | $8.11 | $16,880 |
| Food service managers | 70 | $22.65 | $47,110 |
| Legal occupations | 70 | $30.19 | $62,790 |
| Managers, all other | 70 | $39.45 | $82,050 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 70 | $10.82 | $22,500 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 70 | $9.40 | $19,560 |
| Chief executives | 60 | $72.35 | $150,480 |
| Construction managers | 60 | $32.33 | $67,240 |
| File clerks | 60 | $7.72 | $16,060 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 60 | $32.46 | $67,520 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 60 | $20.15 | $41,900 |
| Helpers--electricians | 60 | $11.37 | $23,650 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 60 | $25.72 | $53,510 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 60 | $10.46 | $21,750 |
| Management analysts | 60 | $43.26 | $89,990 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 60 | $11.28 | $23,470 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 60 | $13.53 | $28,150 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 60 | $17.93 | $37,290 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 60 | Not available | $45,850 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 60 | $14.07 | $29,260 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 60 | $18.93 | $39,370 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 50 | $11.67 | $24,270 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 50 | $20.64 | $42,920 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 50 | $16.80 | $34,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 50 | $18.04 | $37,530 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 50 | $12.25 | $25,480 |
| Medical secretaries | 50 | $11.40 | $23,710 |
| Parts salespersons | 50 | $15.85 | $32,960 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 50 | $11.40 | $23,700 |
| Printing machine operators | 50 | $12.86 | $26,740 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 50 | $18.14 | $37,740 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 50 | $25.86 | $53,800 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 40 | $18.90 | $39,310 |
| Computer operators | 40 | $14.33 | $29,810 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 40 | $19.54 | $40,640 |
| Graphic designers | 40 | $17.85 | $37,130 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 40 | $7.86 | $16,350 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 40 | $15.96 | $33,190 |
| Legislators | 40 | Not available | $17,190 |
| Library technicians | 40 | $14.08 | $29,290 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 40 | $6.78 | $14,100 |
| Logisticians | 40 | $30.68 | $63,810 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 40 | $11.31 | $23,520 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 40 | $20.84 | $43,340 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 40 | $7.75 | $16,110 |
| Order clerks | 40 | $11.50 | $23,910 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 40 | $95.91 | $199,490 |
| Advertising sales agents | 30 | $25.57 | $53,180 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 30 | $14.99 | $31,180 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 30 | $21.14 | $43,970 |
| Engineering managers | 30 | $43.91 | $91,340 |
| Family and general practitioners | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Foresters | 30 | $30.70 | $63,860 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 30 | $22.03 | $45,820 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 30 | $8.19 | $17,040 |
| Medical and health services managers | 30 | $41.51 | $86,340 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 30 | $14.25 | $29,640 |
| Photographers | 30 | $10.83 | $22,530 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 30 | $9.09 | $18,910 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 30 | $7.28 | $15,140 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 30 | Not available | $43,970 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 30 | Not available | $54,970 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | Not available | $18.39 | $38,250 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | Not available | $17.34 | $36,070 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | Not available | $8.45 | $17,580 |
| Computer programmers | Not available | $33.57 | $69,830 |
| Computer specialists, all other | Not available | $26.83 | $55,810 |
| Cooks, short order | Not available | $8.51 | $17,700 |
| Cost estimators | Not available | $23.11 | $48,060 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | Not available | $7.48 | $15,550 |
| Fire fighters | Not available | $16.09 | $33,470 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | Not available | $7.98 | $16,600 |
| Helpers--carpenters | Not available | $12.01 | $24,970 |
| Home health aides | Not available | $8.50 | $17,690 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | Not available | $11.48 | $23,880 |
| Lawyers | Not available | $34.01 | $70,730 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | Not available | $15.76 | $32,780 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | Not available | $9.46 | $19,680 |
| Pharmacy aides | Not available | $9.81 | $20,400 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | Not available | $51.40 | $106,900 |
| Surveyors | Not available | $15.36 | $31,950 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | Not available | $8.00 | $16,640 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | Not available | Not available | $27,030 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | Not available | $17.58 | $36,570 |
