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 | 209,610 | $18.12 | $37,690 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 34,160 | $13.88 | $28,880 |
| Production occupations | 20,550 | $17.66 | $36,730 |
| Sales and related occupations | 20,040 | $13.19 | $27,430 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 19,090 | $8.39 | $17,450 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 15,790 | $21.50 | $44,730 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 15,340 | $29.96 | $62,310 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 11,580 | $12.85 | $26,740 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 10,350 | $19.04 | $39,600 |
| Management occupations | 9,220 | $44.07 | $91,660 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 8,960 | $16.28 | $33,860 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 7,540 | $9.82 | $20,420 |
| Retail salespersons | 7,430 | $10.46 | $21,750 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 6,840 | $11.19 | $23,270 |
| Protective service occupations | 6,210 | $16.03 | $33,350 |
| Cashiers | 5,800 | $7.84 | $16,310 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 5,620 | $29.22 | $60,770 |
| Registered nurses | 5,500 | $29.44 | $61,240 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 5,090 | $7.34 | $15,260 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 4,630 | $9.80 | $20,380 |
| Office clerks, general | 4,290 | $11.72 | $24,380 |
| Customer service representatives | 4,250 | $11.50 | $23,930 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 4,160 | $35.72 | $74,290 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 3,730 | $7.64 | $15,890 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 3,480 | $9.13 | $18,990 |
| Teacher assistants | 3,330 | Not available | $16,810 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 3,320 | $12.55 | $26,110 |
| General and operations managers | 3,310 | $43.34 | $90,150 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 3,070 | $19.25 | $40,030 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 2,990 | $9.76 | $20,300 |
| Team assemblers | 2,930 | $12.43 | $25,860 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 2,710 | $14.16 | $29,460 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 2,700 | $10.77 | $22,400 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 2,590 | $10.32 | $21,470 |
| Community and social services occupations | 2,560 | $17.68 | $36,770 |
| Security guards | 2,330 | $14.74 | $30,670 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 2,310 | $28.18 | $58,620 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 2,270 | $19.16 | $39,850 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 2,270 | $21.25 | $44,200 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 2,270 | $16.58 | $34,480 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 2,220 | $16.54 | $34,410 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 2,160 | $28.13 | $58,500 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 2,080 | Not available | $49,730 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 1,990 | $16.26 | $33,820 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 1,860 | Not available | $47,130 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 1,750 | $9.31 | $19,360 |
| Construction laborers | 1,720 | $13.13 | $27,300 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,670 | Not available | $55,290 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 1,580 | $21.38 | $44,470 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 1,550 | $9.43 | $19,620 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 1,500 | $12.63 | $26,280 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,420 | $7.56 | $15,730 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 1,400 | $13.86 | $28,820 |
| Cooks, fast food | 1,350 | $7.65 | $15,920 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 1,350 | $27.42 | $57,030 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 1,350 | $11.29 | $23,480 |
| Accountants and auditors | 1,320 | $30.45 | $63,330 |
| Helpers--production workers | 1,290 | $11.91 | $24,770 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 1,250 | $25.76 | $53,580 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 1,230 | $15.20 | $31,610 |
| Medical assistants | 1,190 | $13.07 | $27,180 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 1,180 | $16.33 | $33,960 |
| Child care workers | 1,130 | $7.40 | $15,390 |
| Tellers | 1,040 | $11.18 | $23,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 1,010 | $25.33 | $52,690 |
| Home health aides | 1,000 | $8.42 | $17,520 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 1,000 | $12.74 | $26,510 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 950 | $13.22 | $27,500 |
| Food preparation workers | 890 | $8.54 | $17,770 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 870 | $9.18 | $19,090 |
| Civil engineers | 840 | $41.78 | $86,910 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 840 | $15.79 | $32,840 |
| Dishwashers | 830 | $7.24 | $15,050 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 820 | $23.06 | $47,960 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 810 | $6.95 | $14,450 |
| Medical and health services managers | 810 | $38.98 | $81,080 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 780 | $16.88 | $35,110 |
| Carpenters | 760 | $17.68 | $36,770 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 750 | $21.86 | $45,480 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 750 | $12.29 | $25,560 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 740 | $13.19 | $27,440 |
| Electricians | 740 | $18.00 | $37,430 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 710 | $14.07 | $29,260 |
| Social and human service assistants | 710 | $12.03 | $25,020 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 710 | Not available | $36,570 |
| Bus drivers, school | 700 | $9.75 | $20,270 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 700 | $10.30 | $21,430 |
| Medical secretaries | 680 | $13.91 | $28,930 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 670 | $13.32 | $27,710 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 670 | $14.23 | $29,600 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 650 | $9.28 | $19,300 |
| Legal occupations | 650 | $34.31 | $71,350 |
| Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders | 650 | $11.46 | $23,830 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 640 | $29.18 | $60,700 |
| Computer support specialists | 640 | $19.22 | $39,980 |
| Training and development specialists | 630 | $27.07 | $56,300 |
| Slaughterers and meat packers | 610 | Not available | Not available |
| Counter and rental clerks | 600 | $10.45 | $21,740 |
| Driver/sales workers | 600 | $12.77 | $26,570 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 600 | $7.22 | $15,010 |
| Bill and account collectors | 590 | $12.72 | $26,450 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 580 | $14.46 | $30,070 |
| Bartenders | 570 | $8.49 | $17,650 |
| Pharmacists | 570 | $52.71 | $109,630 |
| Dental assistants | 550 | $13.79 | $28,680 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 550 | $20.52 | $42,690 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 550 | $12.41 | $25,810 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 550 | Not available | Not available |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 550 | $13.99 | $29,110 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 550 | $18.38 | $38,220 |
| Chief executives | 530 | $63.25 | $131,550 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 520 | $12.57 | $26,140 |
| All other information and record clerks | 490 | $17.07 | $35,500 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 490 | $20.94 | $43,550 |
| Sales managers | 490 | $46.10 | $95,890 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 490 | $16.58 | $34,490 |
| Fire fighters | 480 | $16.31 | $33,920 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 480 | $25.45 | $52,940 |
| Brokerage clerks | 470 | $13.72 | $28,540 |
| Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers | 470 | $15.64 | $32,530 |
| Insurance sales agents | 470 | $29.49 | $61,330 |
| Financial managers | 460 | $41.08 | $85,450 |
| Chemical plant and system operators | 440 | $24.79 | $51,550 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 440 | $17.77 | $36,950 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 430 | $8.57 | $17,820 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 430 | Not available | $104,290 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 420 | $13.88 | $28,870 |
| Legal secretaries | 410 | $15.96 | $33,200 |
| Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders | 410 | $13.41 | $27,890 |
| Engineering managers | 400 | $57.87 | $120,380 |
| Helpers--electricians | 400 | $13.11 | $27,270 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 400 | $29.49 | $61,330 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 400 | Not available | $48,970 |
| Data entry keyers | 390 | $12.03 | $25,010 |
| Dental hygienists | 390 | $26.58 | $55,290 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 390 | $11.34 | $23,590 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 380 | $14.83 | $30,840 |
| Management analysts | 380 | $39.15 | $81,440 |
| Administrative services managers | 370 | $32.17 | $66,910 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 370 | $9.05 | $18,820 |
| Computer systems analysts | 370 | $29.77 | $61,910 |
| Cooks, short order | 370 | $7.54 | $15,690 |
| Nuclear engineers | 360 | $45.52 | $94,680 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 360 | $13.80 | $28,700 |
| Industrial engineers | 350 | $39.85 | $82,880 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 350 | $16.70 | $34,740 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 350 | $22.55 | $46,890 |
| Sewing machine operators | 350 | $9.61 | $19,990 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 350 | $9.29 | $19,330 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 340 | $17.54 | $36,490 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 340 | $15.90 | $33,060 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 340 | $28.36 | $58,980 |
| Production workers, all other | 340 | $10.35 | $21,530 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 330 | $24.60 | $51,160 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 330 | $9.31 | $19,370 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 330 | $23.50 | $48,890 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 320 | Not available | Not available |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 320 | $7.89 | $16,410 |
| Respiratory therapists | 320 | $23.22 | $48,290 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 310 | $14.09 | $29,320 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 310 | $15.78 | $32,830 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 300 | Not available | $50,970 |
| Construction managers | 290 | $47.07 | $97,910 |
| Industrial production managers | 290 | $47.02 | $97,800 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 290 | $10.28 | $21,380 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 290 | Not available | Not available |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 280 | $17.22 | $35,810 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 280 | $8.65 | $17,990 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 280 | $18.76 | $39,030 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 280 | $88.80 | $184,700 |
| Cost estimators | 270 | $27.67 | $57,560 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 270 | $13.06 | $27,160 |
| Lawyers | 270 | $49.57 | $103,100 |
| Mechanical engineers | 270 | $39.26 | $81,650 |
| Physical therapists | 270 | $37.17 | $77,320 |
| Electrical engineers | 260 | $38.64 | $80,370 |
| Parts salespersons | 260 | $15.74 | $32,750 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 260 | $24.01 | $49,950 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 250 | $18.42 | $38,320 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 250 | $33.18 | $69,010 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 250 | $13.91 | $28,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 250 | $14.96 | $31,120 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 250 | $28.42 | $59,110 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 250 | $10.78 | $22,410 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 250 | $10.22 | $21,260 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 240 | $12.35 | $25,690 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 240 | $31.55 | $65,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 230 | $31.79 | $66,120 |
| Instructional coordinators | 230 | $29.75 | $61,880 |
| Real estate sales agents | 230 | $20.65 | $42,960 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 230 | $20.19 | $41,990 |
| Advertising sales agents | 220 | $15.49 | $32,220 |
| Chemists | 220 | $41.94 | $87,240 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 220 | $13.79 | $28,670 |
| Dentists, general | 220 | $70.29 | $146,210 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 220 | Not available | $30,050 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 220 | $24.80 | $51,580 |
| File clerks | 220 | $9.77 | $20,330 |
| Managers, all other | 220 | $38.89 | $80,890 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 210 | $17.24 | $35,850 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 210 | $14.78 | $30,740 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 210 | $14.10 | $29,340 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 210 | $14.56 | $30,280 |
| Procurement clerks | 210 | $15.48 | $32,200 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 210 | Not available | $56,550 |
| Computer programmers | 200 | $31.94 | $66,440 |
| Graphic designers | 200 | $19.36 | $40,260 |
| Librarians | 200 | $26.77 | $55,690 |
| Loan officers | 200 | $28.94 | $60,190 |
| Machinists | 200 | $18.94 | $39,390 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 200 | $32.68 | $67,970 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 200 | $21.56 | $44,840 |
| Pest control workers | 200 | $13.56 | $28,200 |
| Printing machine operators | 200 | $17.20 | $35,770 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 200 | $9.98 | $20,770 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 200 | $15.55 | $32,340 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 190 | $23.40 | $48,680 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 190 | $32.09 | $66,750 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 190 | $23.55 | $48,990 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 190 | Not available | Not available |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 190 | $27.98 | $58,190 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 190 | $20.48 | $42,600 |
| Family and general practitioners | 190 | $88.85 | $184,810 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 190 | $27.47 | $57,140 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 190 | $20.78 | $43,220 |
| Physician assistants | 190 | $36.63 | $76,200 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 190 | Not available | $49,090 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 180 | $47.02 | $97,810 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 180 | $19.32 | $40,180 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 180 | $25.02 | $52,040 |
| Occupational therapists | 180 | $31.04 | $64,550 |
| Order clerks | 180 | $13.96 | $29,030 |
| Surgical technologists | 180 | $17.77 | $36,960 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 170 | $14.34 | $29,830 |
| Coaches and scouts | 170 | Not available | $34,900 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 170 | $36.22 | $75,340 |
| Couriers and messengers | 170 | $10.15 | $21,110 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 170 | $15.13 | $31,460 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 170 | $18.32 | $38,100 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 170 | $11.70 | $24,340 |
| Library technicians | 170 | $13.08 | $27,200 |
| Public relations specialists | 170 | $25.67 | $53,380 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 170 | $12.78 | $26,580 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 160 | $11.65 | $24,220 |
| Engineers, all other | 160 | $47.61 | $99,030 |
| Environmental engineers | 160 | $29.04 | $60,400 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 160 | $19.84 | $41,260 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 160 | $13.46 | $27,990 |
| Sheet metal workers | 160 | $14.42 | $30,000 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 160 | $16.09 | $33,480 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 150 | $20.90 | $43,470 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 150 | $36.98 | $76,920 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 140 | $15.91 | $33,090 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 140 | $13.19 | $27,440 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 140 | $24.43 | $50,810 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 140 | $12.51 | $26,020 |
| Food service managers | 140 | $27.91 | $58,040 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 140 | Not available | Not available |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 140 | $18.23 | $37,920 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 130 | $13.54 | $28,160 |
| Chemical technicians | 130 | $26.37 | $54,850 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 130 | $23.20 | $48,260 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 130 | $16.91 | $35,170 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 130 | $16.17 | $33,640 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 130 | $14.27 | $29,680 |
| Internists, general | 130 | $88.90 | $184,900 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 130 | $33.76 | $70,220 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 130 | $14.26 | $29,660 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 130 | $7.84 | $16,300 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 130 | $17.53 | $36,460 |
| Social and community service managers | 130 | $24.22 | $50,390 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 120 | $20.01 | $41,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 120 | $24.82 | $51,620 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 120 | $8.24 | $17,130 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical | 120 | $16.78 | $34,910 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 120 | $14.51 | $30,170 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 120 | $22.71 | $47,240 |
| Millwrights | 120 | $20.16 | $41,940 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 120 | $14.36 | $29,880 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 120 | $32.50 | $67,600 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 120 | $11.67 | $24,270 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 110 | $35.10 | $73,010 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 110 | $19.74 | $41,060 |
| Home appliance repairers | 110 | $15.52 | $32,280 |
| Marketing managers | 110 | $40.35 | $83,940 |
| Postal service clerks | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 110 | $10.60 | $22,050 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 110 | $38.08 | $79,200 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 110 | $14.72 | $30,620 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | $61,380 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 100 | $13.50 | $28,080 |
| Computer operators | 100 | $13.41 | $27,890 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | $50,490 |
| Funeral attendants | 100 | $9.35 | $19,450 |
| Logisticians | 100 | $30.83 | $64,120 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | $53,310 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 100 | $13.79 | $28,680 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 100 | $14.67 | $30,510 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 100 | $12.82 | $26,660 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 100 | $25.06 | $52,120 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 90 | $23.45 | $48,770 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 90 | $16.79 | $34,910 |
| Editors | 90 | $23.72 | $49,330 |
| Financial analysts | 90 | $40.16 | $83,530 |
| Floral designers | 90 | $10.63 | $22,110 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 90 | $20.46 | $42,560 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 90 | $15.01 | $31,220 |
| New accounts clerks | 90 | $15.22 | $31,670 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 90 | $37.22 | $77,410 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 90 | $34.52 | $71,800 |
| Surgeons | 90 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Tax preparers | 90 | $17.17 | $35,720 |
| Veterinarians | 90 | $38.73 | $80,560 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 80 | $16.46 | $34,240 |
| Budget analysts | 80 | $31.49 | $65,510 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 80 | $13.14 | $27,320 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers | 80 | $22.00 | $45,750 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 80 | $15.41 | $32,050 |
| Media and communication equipment workers, all other | 80 | $34.98 | $72,760 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 80 | $15.89 | $33,050 |
| Photographers | 80 | $14.42 | $29,980 |
| Physical therapist aides | 80 | $12.16 | $25,290 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 80 | $24.12 | $50,170 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 80 | $23.58 | $49,040 |
| Technical writers | 80 | $31.61 | $65,760 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 70 | $25.80 | $53,670 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 70 | $20.46 | $42,560 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand | 70 | $12.00 | $24,950 |
| Database administrators | 70 | $28.47 | $59,210 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 70 | $18.19 | $37,840 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 70 | $26.02 | $54,120 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 70 | $18.88 | $39,270 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | 70 | $23.67 | $49,240 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 70 | $20.39 | $42,410 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 70 | $16.72 | $34,790 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 70 | $11.98 | $24,920 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 70 | $35.12 | $73,040 |
| Legislators | 70 | Not available | $14,570 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | 70 | $14.26 | $29,660 |
| Market research analysts | 70 | $20.22 | $42,070 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 70 | $13.97 | $29,070 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 70 | $8.62 | $17,920 |
| Pipelayers | 70 | $11.57 | $24,070 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 70 | $19.13 | $39,790 |
| Producers and directors | 70 | $24.49 | $50,940 |
| Residential advisors | 70 | $9.44 | $19,630 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 70 | $19.70 | $40,980 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $47,230 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $51,500 |
| Chemical engineers | 60 | $39.05 | $81,220 |
| Commercial pilots | 60 | Not available | $56,490 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 60 | $28.25 | $58,750 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 60 | $11.12 | $23,130 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | 60 | $6.99 | $14,540 |
| Health educators | 60 | $23.09 | $48,020 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 60 | $10.28 | $21,380 |
| Logging equipment operators | 60 | $13.83 | $28,770 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 60 | $13.26 | $27,590 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 60 | $14.49 | $30,140 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 60 | $10.94 | $22,750 |
| Purchasing managers | 60 | $52.73 | $109,690 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 60 | $8.06 | $16,770 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 60 | $13.27 | $27,590 |
| Surveyors | 60 | $19.76 | $41,100 |
| Telemarketers | 60 | $10.18 | $21,170 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school | 60 | Not available | $59,290 |
| Word processors and typists | 60 | $13.02 | $27,070 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 50 | $8.31 | $17,290 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 50 | $28.34 | $58,950 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 50 | $31.39 | $65,290 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 50 | $9.70 | $20,180 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 50 | $16.81 | $34,970 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 50 | $11.29 | $23,470 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 50 | $30.35 | $63,120 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 50 | $18.52 | $38,520 |
| Roofers | 50 | $12.58 | $26,160 |
| Service station attendants | 50 | $10.75 | $22,360 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 40 | $26.65 | $55,420 |
| Bailiffs | 40 | $9.94 | $20,680 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $50,570 |
| Chiropractors | 40 | $34.25 | $71,240 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 40 | $13.92 | $28,950 |
| Commercial and industrial designers | 40 | $27.43 | $57,050 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $52,910 |
| Crane and tower operators | 40 | $24.37 | $50,690 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 40 | $29.91 | $62,210 |
| Emergency management specialists | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Financial specialists, all other | 40 | $26.47 | $55,060 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 40 | $7.56 | $15,730 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $50,590 |
| Forest and conservation technicians | 40 | $19.76 | $41,090 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other | 40 | $30.91 | $64,290 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $53,410 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $17.13 | $35,630 |
| Mechanical drafters | 40 | $28.15 | $58,550 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 40 | $23.21 | $48,270 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 40 | $12.43 | $25,860 |
| Natural sciences managers | 40 | $45.16 | $93,940 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | 40 | $13.15 | $27,350 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | 40 | $7.47 | $15,540 |
| Psychologists, all other | 40 | $31.40 | $65,310 |
| Public relations managers | 40 | $33.17 | $68,990 |
| Real estate brokers | 40 | $35.04 | $72,890 |
| Recreational therapists | 40 | $21.04 | $43,760 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $52,670 |
| Tool and die makers | 40 | $19.23 | $40,000 |
| Training and development managers | 40 | $40.41 | $84,060 |
| Writers and authors | 40 | $16.95 | $35,260 |
| Anesthesiologists | 30 | $77.82 | $161,860 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 30 | $47.71 | $99,240 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | 30 | $13.32 | $27,710 |
| Funeral directors | 30 | $27.50 | $57,190 |
| Furniture finishers | 30 | $10.90 | $22,680 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 30 | $13.03 | $27,110 |
| Interior designers | 30 | $19.37 | $40,300 |
| Lodging managers | 30 | $24.50 | $50,970 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents | 30 | $31.15 | $64,780 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 30 | $11.96 | $24,870 |
| Animal trainers | Not available | $14.51 | $30,180 |
| Athletes and sports competitors | Not available | Not available | $73,200 |
| Audiologists | Not available | $28.31 | $58,870 |
| Bakers | Not available | $13.41 | $27,880 |
| Cargo and freight agents | Not available | $12.50 | $26,000 |
| Crossing guards | Not available | $11.07 | $23,030 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | Not available | $16.22 | $33,740 |
| Fallers | Not available | $11.98 | $24,910 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | Not available | $20.86 | $43,390 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | Not available | $15.39 | $32,020 |
| Human resources managers, all other | Not available | $37.99 | $79,010 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | Not available | Not available | $48,070 |
| Landscape architects | Not available | $26.46 | $55,050 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | Not available | $9.56 | $19,890 |
| Medical transcriptionists | Not available | $14.71 | $30,590 |
| Mental health counselors | Not available | $20.39 | $42,420 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | Not available | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | Not available | $19.56 | $40,680 |
| Personal and home care aides | Not available | $9.42 | $19,590 |
| Personal financial advisors | Not available | $37.57 | $78,160 |
| Pharmacy aides | Not available | $9.29 | $19,320 |
| Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers | Not available | $12.33 | $25,650 |
| Recreation workers | Not available | $11.68 | $24,290 |
| Statistical assistants | Not available | $13.74 | $28,580 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | Not available | $15.84 | $32,940 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | Not available | $7.69 | $15,990 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | Not available | $9.28 | $19,310 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | Not available | $9.77 | $20,310 |
