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 |
More than $70 |
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 |
More than $70 |
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 |
