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 |
270,860 |
$19.33 |
$40,210 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
36,010 |
$15.29 |
$31,800 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
28,910 |
$15.71 |
$32,670 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
28,370 |
$8.79 |
$18,290 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
25,990 |
$8.57 |
$17,820 |
| Sales and related occupations |
21,890 |
$15.44 |
$32,110 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
21,030 |
$22.07 |
$45,910 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
20,150 |
$22.72 |
$47,260 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
19,430 |
$9.77 |
$20,310 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
13,230 |
$21.33 |
$44,370 |
| Production occupations |
10,550 |
$19.07 |
$39,670 |
| Management occupations |
9,950 |
$44.23 |
$92,000 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
9,590 |
$35.02 |
$72,830 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
8,440 |
$32.01 |
$66,580 |
| Protective service occupations |
8,030 |
$26.27 |
$54,640 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
7,310 |
$12.09 |
$25,160 |
| Retail salespersons |
6,780 |
$11.95 |
$24,850 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
6,680 |
$39.68 |
$82,530 |
| Cashiers |
6,540 |
$10.35 |
$21,520 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
6,440 |
$12.09 |
$25,150 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
6,090 |
Not available |
$54,980 |
| Office clerks, general |
5,740 |
$13.04 |
$27,120 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
5,080 |
$11.54 |
$24,000 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
5,080 |
$18.76 |
$39,010 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
4,520 |
$9.06 |
$18,840 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
4,380 |
$10.85 |
$22,560 |
| Teacher assistants |
4,360 |
Not available |
$25,080 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
4,140 |
$31.29 |
$65,070 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
3,510 |
$9.57 |
$19,910 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
3,340 |
$12.40 |
$25,790 |
| Construction laborers |
3,280 |
$15.50 |
$32,240 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
3,200 |
$36.82 |
$76,580 |
| General and operations managers |
3,110 |
$47.30 |
$98,380 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
3,110 |
$11.00 |
$22,880 |
| Registered nurses |
2,990 |
$35.96 |
$74,790 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
2,970 |
$9.16 |
$19,060 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
2,940 |
$15.75 |
$32,750 |
| Community and social services occupations |
2,780 |
$23.81 |
$49,530 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
2,680 |
$18.26 |
$37,980 |
| Cooks, fast food |
2,670 |
$8.67 |
$18,040 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
2,610 |
$34.69 |
$72,150 |
| Roustabouts, oil and gas |
2,440 |
$19.82 |
$41,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
2,240 |
$22.70 |
$47,230 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
2,130 |
$19.11 |
$39,750 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
2,060 |
$17.23 |
$35,850 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
2,040 |
$21.02 |
$43,720 |
| Customer service representatives |
1,970 |
$15.09 |
$31,380 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
1,970 |
$16.03 |
$33,340 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,930 |
$9.32 |
$19,390 |
| Medical assistants |
1,930 |
$12.70 |
$26,420 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,920 |
$11.78 |
$24,500 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1,880 |
$35.13 |
$73,070 |
| Electricians |
1,770 |
$26.52 |
$55,160 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,740 |
$32.61 |
$67,820 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,740 |
Not available |
$56,990 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,680 |
$14.87 |
$30,940 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
1,640 |
$18.13 |
$37,720 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
1,640 |
$13.04 |
$27,120 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,570 |
$10.93 |
$22,730 |
| Driver/sales workers |
1,560 |
$10.13 |
$21,080 |
| Medical secretaries |
1,560 |
$13.13 |
$27,320 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
1,460 |
$29.65 |
$61,680 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,420 |
$11.49 |
$23,900 |
| Security guards |
1,400 |
$11.00 |
$22,890 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
1,350 |
$11.10 |
$23,090 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,340 |
Not available |
$59,380 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,320 |
$13.52 |
$28,130 |
| Carpenters |
1,290 |
$23.54 |
$48,970 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,270 |
$8.98 |
$18,680 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
1,260 |
Not available |
$44,480 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
1,210 |
$17.92 |
$37,270 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
1,210 |
$24.53 |
$51,020 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
1,200 |
$11.66 |
$24,250 |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers |
1,200 |
$30.13 |
$62,670 |
| Child care workers |
1,170 |
$10.79 |
$22,440 |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products |
1,170 |
$9.09 |
$18,920 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
1,140 |
$10.28 |
$21,390 |
| Bus drivers, school |
1,100 |
$15.77 |
$32,810 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
1,080 |
$14.22 |
$29,580 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,080 |
$20.61 |
$42,860 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
1,040 |
$28.97 |
$60,270 |
| Tellers |
1,030 |
$11.08 |
$23,040 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,020 |
$29.64 |
$61,660 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
1,010 |
$24.83 |
$51,640 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
970 |
$11.09 |
$23,070 |
| Home health aides |
950 |
$9.73 |
$20,230 |
| Dishwashers |
930 |
$8.73 |
$18,150 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
900 |
$23.46 |
$48,790 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
890 |
$13.17 |
$27,390 |
| Personal and home care aides |
870 |
$9.67 |
$20,110 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
860 |
$13.52 |
$28,120 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
800 |
$31.74 |
$66,010 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
790 |
$43.40 |
$90,270 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
790 |
Not available |
$54,310 |
| Dental assistants |
770 |
$13.04 |
$27,130 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
760 |
$14.22 |
$29,580 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
720 |
$28.43 |
$59,140 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
700 |
$28.57 |
$59,430 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
680 |
$18.01 |
$37,460 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
670 |
$38.55 |
$80,170 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
670 |
$22.59 |
$46,980 |
| Management analysts |
670 |
$35.79 |
$74,440 |
| Parts salespersons |
670 |
$13.88 |
$28,860 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
660 |
$15.20 |
$31,610 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
660 |
$17.53 |
$36,460 |
| Engineers, all other |
650 |
$47.78 |
$99,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers |
640 |
$14.74 |
$30,660 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
640 |
$28.16 |
$58,580 |
| Bartenders |
630 |
$9.06 |
$18,840 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
630 |
$16.87 |
$35,090 |
| Financial managers |
620 |
$47.86 |
$99,550 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
620 |
$14.66 |
$30,490 |
| Helpers--production workers |
610 |
$12.90 |
$26,820 |
| Aerospace engineers |
600 |
$43.96 |
$91,440 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
600 |
Not available |
$96,840 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
590 |
Not available |
$66,330 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
580 |
$8.71 |
$18,120 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
580 |
$22.52 |
$46,840 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
580 |
Not available |
Not available |
| All other information and record clerks |
570 |
$17.17 |
$35,710 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
570 |
$34.97 |
$72,740 |
| Legal occupations |
570 |
$46.61 |
$96,950 |
| Sales managers |
570 |
$37.96 |
$78,950 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
550 |
$44.46 |
$92,480 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers |
550 |
$39.65 |
$82,460 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
550 |
$22.00 |
$45,750 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
550 |
$17.33 |
$36,050 |
| Construction managers |
540 |
$42.88 |
$89,200 |
| Order clerks |
540 |
$14.54 |
$30,240 |
| Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining |
540 |
$22.56 |
$46,920 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
540 |
Not available |
$54,820 |
| Bill and account collectors |
530 |
$16.01 |
$33,300 |
| Computer support specialists |
530 |
$22.12 |
$46,010 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
530 |
$22.16 |
$46,100 |
| Word processors and typists |
520 |
$15.02 |
$31,250 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
510 |
$9.24 |
$19,210 |
| Mechanical engineers |
510 |
$42.66 |
$88,730 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
500 |
$19.35 |
$40,260 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
490 |
$17.44 |
$36,280 |
| Food service managers |
490 |
$20.99 |
$43,650 |
| Agricultural equipment operators |
480 |
$11.27 |
$23,440 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
480 |
$26.79 |
$55,720 |
| Machinists |
480 |
$15.47 |
$32,180 |
| Civil engineers |
470 |
$38.57 |
$80,230 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
470 |
$31.37 |
$65,250 |
| Cost estimators |
460 |
$33.75 |
$70,190 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
460 |
$23.14 |
$48,130 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
450 |
$8.62 |
$17,930 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
450 |
$8.95 |
$18,620 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
440 |
$38.35 |
$79,770 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
420 |
$25.94 |
$53,960 |
| Chief executives |
410 |
$82.44 |
$171,460 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
410 |
$20.87 |
$43,410 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
400 |
$16.98 |
$35,320 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
400 |
$26.53 |
$55,190 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
400 |
$32.37 |
$67,330 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
400 |
$10.65 |
$22,160 |
| File clerks |
380 |
$11.00 |
$22,890 |
| Medical and health services managers |
380 |
$42.60 |
$88,600 |
| Production workers, all other |
370 |
$13.97 |
$29,070 |
| Recreation workers |
370 |
$11.12 |
$23,120 |
| Petroleum engineers |
360 |
$58.45 |
$121,570 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
360 |
$18.13 |
$37,710 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
350 |
$30.15 |
$62,710 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
350 |
$18.94 |
$39,390 |
| Instructional coordinators |
350 |
$27.08 |
$56,320 |
| Pharmacists |
350 |
$58.15 |
$120,960 |
| Social and human service assistants |
350 |
$13.80 |
$28,710 |
| Computer systems analysts |
340 |
$37.24 |
$77,460 |
| Cooks, short order |
340 |
$10.47 |
$21,790 |
| Engineering managers |
340 |
$58.78 |
$122,260 |
| Loan officers |
340 |
$36.95 |
$76,860 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
340 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Chiropractors |
330 |
$35.32 |
$73,470 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
330 |
$18.59 |
$38,660 |
| Insurance sales agents |
330 |
$24.67 |
$51,310 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
330 |
$26.48 |
$55,080 |
| Administrative services managers |
320 |
$34.44 |
$71,640 |
| Fire fighters |
320 |
$25.33 |
$52,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
320 |
$19.23 |
$40,010 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
310 |
$22.00 |
$45,760 |
| Crane and tower operators |
310 |
$27.75 |
$57,720 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
310 |
$27.45 |
$57,090 |
| Managers, all other |
310 |
$45.52 |
$94,670 |
| Pharmacy aides |
310 |
$10.37 |
$21,580 |
| Team assemblers |
310 |
$10.95 |
$22,780 |
| Coaches and scouts |
300 |
Not available |
$32,440 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
300 |
$29.47 |
$61,300 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
300 |
$19.59 |
$40,750 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
300 |
$13.36 |
$27,800 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
300 |
$9.78 |
$20,330 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
300 |
$17.57 |
$36,540 |
| Sales engineers |
300 |
$46.43 |
$96,570 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
300 |
$13.89 |
$28,890 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
280 |
$19.33 |
$40,200 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
280 |
$33.36 |
$69,380 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
280 |
$16.56 |
$34,430 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
280 |
$15.02 |
$31,250 |
| Sheet metal workers |
280 |
$22.68 |
$47,170 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
270 |
$22.70 |
$47,220 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
260 |
$27.24 |
$56,660 |
| Computer and information scientists, research |
260 |
$42.68 |
$88,770 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
260 |
$15.10 |
$31,420 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
260 |
$32.77 |
$68,160 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
260 |
$36.33 |
$75,560 |
| Advertising sales agents |
240 |
$25.19 |
$52,400 |
| Electrical engineers |
240 |
$42.83 |
$89,080 |
| Lawyers |
240 |
$62.96 |
$130,960 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
240 |
$15.51 |
$32,260 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
240 |
$38.65 |
$80,390 |
| Social and community service managers |
240 |
$25.54 |
$53,120 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
230 |
$61.83 |
$128,610 |
| Data entry keyers |
230 |
$12.78 |
$26,580 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
230 |
$18.40 |
$38,280 |
| Industrial engineers |
230 |
$47.89 |
$99,600 |
| Legal secretaries |
230 |
$18.59 |
$38,680 |
| Respiratory therapists |
230 |
$23.53 |
$48,940 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
220 |
$14.15 |
$29,440 |
| Computer programmers |
220 |
$36.55 |
$76,020 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
220 |
$29.12 |
$60,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
220 |
$18.53 |
$38,540 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
220 |
$16.04 |
$33,370 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
220 |
$11.05 |
$22,990 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
220 |
$39.83 |
$82,850 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
220 |
$21.07 |
$43,830 |
| Food batchmakers |
210 |
$13.81 |
$28,730 |
| Roofers |
210 |
$15.88 |
$33,020 |
| Couriers and messengers |
200 |
$11.99 |
$24,940 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
200 |
$15.58 |
$32,410 |
| Internists, general |
200 |
$49.28 |
$102,500 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
200 |
$98.67 |
$205,230 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons |
200 |
$22.44 |
$46,670 |
| Public relations specialists |
200 |
$21.40 |
$44,510 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
200 |
$33.44 |
$69,560 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
190 |
$18.21 |
$37,870 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
190 |
$15.52 |
$32,270 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
190 |
$13.93 |
$28,980 |
| Logisticians |
190 |
$35.13 |
$73,070 |
| Pest control workers |
190 |
$14.68 |
$30,530 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
180 |
$13.31 |
$27,680 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
180 |
$18.07 |
$37,580 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
180 |
$12.79 |
$26,590 |
| Marketing managers |
180 |
$56.18 |
$116,850 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
180 |
$17.42 |
$36,240 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation |
180 |
$15.91 |
$33,090 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
180 |
$18.96 |
$39,440 |
| Tapers |
180 |
$21.81 |
$45,360 |
| Health educators |
170 |
$17.31 |
$36,000 |
| Industrial production managers |
170 |
$47.20 |
$98,180 |
| Library technicians |
170 |
$15.45 |
$32,130 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
170 |
$21.62 |
$44,970 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
170 |
$11.40 |
$23,710 |
| Surgical technologists |
170 |
$18.78 |
$39,070 |
| Tile and marble setters |
170 |
$19.38 |
$40,310 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
160 |
$21.69 |
$45,120 |
| Bakers |
160 |
$14.06 |
$29,240 |
| Budget analysts |
160 |
$33.55 |
$69,790 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
160 |
$20.69 |
$43,040 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
160 |
$21.19 |
$44,080 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
160 |
$14.58 |
$30,330 |
| Dentists, general |
160 |
$83.70 |
$174,090 |
| Family and general practitioners |
160 |
$85.42 |
$177,680 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
160 |
$25.46 |
$52,950 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
160 |
$14.92 |
$31,020 |
| Helpers--electricians |
160 |
$14.48 |
$30,130 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
160 |
$41.83 |
$87,000 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
160 |
$25.77 |
$53,600 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
160 |
$23.63 |
$49,150 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
160 |
$24.75 |
$51,470 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
150 |
$34.96 |
$72,730 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
150 |
$21.13 |
$43,950 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
150 |
$54.52 |
$113,410 |
| Graphic designers |
150 |
$21.00 |
$43,680 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
150 |
$9.84 |
$20,460 |
| New accounts clerks |
150 |
$14.14 |
$29,410 |
| Physical therapists |
150 |
$39.35 |
$81,850 |
| Pipelayers |
150 |
$22.04 |
$45,850 |
| Postal service clerks |
150 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Procurement clerks |
150 |
$16.96 |
$35,270 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
150 |
$18.03 |
$37,500 |
| Umpires, referees, and other sports officials |
150 |
Not available |
$25,820 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
150 |
$12.11 |
$25,190 |
| Chemists |
140 |
$43.02 |
$89,480 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
140 |
$48.15 |
$100,140 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
140 |
$28.59 |
$59,470 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
140 |
$12.44 |
$25,880 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
140 |
$31.51 |
$65,550 |
| Mental health counselors |
140 |
$31.81 |
$66,170 |
| Physical therapist aides |
140 |
$11.95 |
$24,850 |
| Training and development specialists |
140 |
$24.42 |
$50,790 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
140 |
$9.26 |
$19,250 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
130 |
$50.66 |
$105,380 |
| Geological and petroleum technicians |
130 |
$33.08 |
$68,800 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
130 |
$13.43 |
$27,940 |
| Physician assistants |
130 |
$39.78 |
$82,740 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
130 |
$9.19 |
$19,100 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
130 |
$46.07 |
$95,820 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
130 |
$13.25 |
$27,560 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
120 |
$25.21 |
$52,430 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
120 |
$20.31 |
$42,250 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
120 |
$16.37 |
$34,050 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
120 |
$21.10 |
$43,880 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
120 |
$12.73 |
$26,480 |
| Photographers |
120 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Power plant operators |
120 |
$31.98 |
$66,520 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
110 |
$22.12 |
$46,010 |
| Chemical technicians |
110 |
$25.09 |
$52,190 |
| Credit analysts |
110 |
$27.25 |
$56,680 |
| Database administrators |
110 |
$29.80 |
$61,980 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
110 |
$33.24 |
$69,140 |
| Librarians |
110 |
$27.62 |
$57,440 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
110 |
$15.41 |
$32,060 |
| Market research analysts |
110 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Medical and public health social workers |
110 |
$22.03 |
$45,820 |
| Millwrights |
110 |
$27.74 |
$57,710 |
| Physicists |
110 |
$45.78 |
$95,220 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
110 |
$15.31 |
$31,840 |
| Travel agents |
110 |
$14.92 |
$31,030 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
100 |
$12.47 |
$25,940 |
| Computer operators |
100 |
$18.48 |
$38,450 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
100 |
$26.66 |
$55,450 |
| Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers |
100 |
$27.15 |
$56,480 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
100 |
$32.29 |
$67,160 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
100 |
$19.25 |
$40,030 |
| Radio and television announcers |
100 |
$16.78 |
$34,910 |
| Surveyors |
100 |
$24.39 |
$50,720 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
90 |
$24.31 |
$50,570 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
90 |
$42.68 |
$88,760 |
| Crossing guards |
90 |
$10.81 |
$22,490 |
| Funeral attendants |
90 |
$11.80 |
$24,550 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
90 |
$9.71 |
$20,190 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
90 |
$17.27 |
$35,910 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
90 |
$13.30 |
$27,660 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
90 |
$36.19 |
$75,280 |
| Printing machine operators |
90 |
$16.66 |
$34,640 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
90 |
$10.25 |
$21,310 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
90 |
$9.92 |
$20,630 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
90 |
$18.32 |
$38,100 |
| Environmental engineers |
80 |
$47.52 |
$98,850 |
| Legislators |
80 |
Not available |
$35,330 |
| Lodging managers |
80 |
$18.21 |
$37,870 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
80 |
$9.46 |
$19,680 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
80 |
$22.88 |
$47,590 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
80 |
$15.89 |
$33,060 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
80 |
$29.17 |
$60,660 |
| Veterinarians |
80 |
$43.12 |
$89,700 |
| Biological scientists, all other |
70 |
$25.64 |
$53,340 |
| Clergy |
70 |
$15.92 |
$33,110 |
| Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders |
70 |
$15.73 |
$32,720 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
70 |
$15.46 |
$32,150 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
70 |
$45.46 |
$94,560 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
70 |
$28.95 |
$60,210 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
70 |
$16.97 |
$35,310 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
70 |
$15.10 |
$31,410 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
70 |
$14.35 |
$29,850 |
| Personal financial advisors |
70 |
$38.19 |
$79,440 |
| Producers and directors |
70 |
$30.21 |
$62,840 |
| Social workers, all other |
70 |
$26.53 |
$55,180 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
70 |
$28.09 |
$58,430 |
| Technical writers |
70 |
$29.04 |
$60,400 |
| Tour guides and escorts |
70 |
$9.32 |
$19,380 |
| Transportation workers, all other |
70 |
$16.71 |
$34,760 |
| Avionics technicians |
60 |
$22.91 |
$47,640 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
60 |
$24.51 |
$50,990 |
| Chemical engineers |
60 |
$40.60 |
$84,450 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
60 |
$23.91 |
$49,720 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
60 |
$28.32 |
$58,910 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
60 |
$18.84 |
$39,180 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
60 |
$17.72 |
$36,850 |
| Editors |
60 |
$24.38 |
$50,710 |
| Financial analysts |
60 |
$39.31 |
$81,760 |
| Floral designers |
60 |
$13.84 |
$28,790 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
60 |
$12.79 |
$26,610 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
60 |
$49.97 |
$103,940 |
| Mathematical scientists, all other |
60 |
$30.98 |
$64,440 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
60 |
$25.67 |
$53,390 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
60 |
$17.70 |
$36,810 |
| Psychiatric technicians |
60 |
$23.86 |
$49,630 |
| Real estate brokers |
60 |
$37.57 |
$78,140 |
| Real estate sales agents |
60 |
$28.91 |
$60,140 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
60 |
$23.12 |
$48,080 |
| Wellhead pumpers |
60 |
$22.78 |
$47,390 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
50 |
$27.14 |
$56,460 |
| Commercial pilots |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
50 |
$34.65 |
$72,080 |
| Education administrators, all other |
50 |
$47.95 |
$99,730 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
50 |
$16.31 |
$33,930 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
50 |
$18.42 |
$38,320 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
50 |
$15.76 |
$32,770 |
| Occupational therapists |
50 |
$37.15 |
$77,270 |
| Operations research analysts |
50 |
$46.88 |
$97,510 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
50 |
$13.45 |
$27,970 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
50 |
$13.84 |
$28,790 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
50 |
$12.61 |
$26,230 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
50 |
Not available |
$58,330 |
| Surgeons |
50 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
50 |
$10.98 |
$22,840 |
| Urban and regional planners |
50 |
$34.46 |
$71,680 |
| Biological technicians |
40 |
$18.53 |
$38,550 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
40 |
$20.00 |
$41,600 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
40 |
$18.02 |
$37,480 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
40 |
$18.55 |
$38,580 |
| Mechanical drafters |
40 |
$24.25 |
$50,440 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
40 |
$31.83 |
$66,210 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
40 |
$11.43 |
$23,780 |
| Psychologists, all other |
40 |
$81.37 |
$169,260 |
| Purchasing managers |
40 |
$52.72 |
$109,670 |
| Recreational therapists |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Sewing machine operators |
40 |
$9.76 |
$20,290 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
30 |
$37.61 |
$78,220 |
| Audio-visual collections specialists |
30 |
$19.12 |
$39,780 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
30 |
$17.48 |
$36,360 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
30 |
$23.51 |
$48,900 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
30 |
$100.69 |
$209,440 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
30 |
$29.53 |
$61,420 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other |
30 |
$31.26 |
$65,020 |
| Public relations managers |
30 |
$38.03 |
$79,110 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians |
Not available |
$11.46 |
$23,840 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
Not available |
$20.79 |
$43,240 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
Not available |
$20.93 |
$43,520 |
| Carpet installers |
Not available |
$17.92 |
$37,260 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists |
Not available |
$28.81 |
$59,930 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
Not available |
$28.01 |
$58,260 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$25.00 |
$52,000 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$11.27 |
$23,450 |
| Dental hygienists |
Not available |
$41.60 |
$86,530 |
| Derrick operators, oil and gas |
Not available |
$20.91 |
$43,480 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
Not available |
$53.93 |
$112,180 |
| Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment |
Not available |
$32.20 |
$66,970 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
Not available |
$17.43 |
$36,260 |
| Embalmers |
Not available |
$12.91 |
$26,860 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
Not available |
$22.05 |
$45,870 |
| Extraction workers, all other |
Not available |
$20.21 |
$42,030 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$15.96 |
$33,200 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
Not available |
$10.42 |
$21,680 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
Not available |
$8.82 |
$18,360 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
Not available |
$11.00 |
$22,890 |
| Helpers--extraction workers |
Not available |
$20.07 |
$41,750 |
| Interpreters and translators |
Not available |
$15.81 |
$32,890 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
Not available |
$34.46 |
$71,670 |
| Marriage and family therapists |
Not available |
$23.32 |
$48,500 |
| Massage therapists |
Not available |
$21.05 |
$43,780 |
| Motorcycle mechanics |
Not available |
$21.75 |
$45,240 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
Not available |
$19.46 |
$40,480 |
| Pediatricians, general |
Not available |
$77.03 |
$160,220 |
| Rail car repairers |
Not available |
$25.77 |
$53,600 |
| Rotary drill operators, oil and gas |
Not available |
$30.87 |
$64,210 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$16.29 |
$33,880 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
Not available |
Not available |
$55,900 |
| Tax preparers |
Not available |
$25.44 |
$52,910 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
Not available |
$17.36 |
$36,100 |
| Telemarketers |
Not available |
$10.99 |
$22,860 |
| Transportation inspectors |
Not available |
$30.28 |
$62,980 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school |
Not available |
Not available |
$50,830 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
Not available |
Not available |
$56,710 |
