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 | 62,820 | $17.53 | $36,470 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 11,050 | $13.91 | $28,930 |
| Sales and related occupations | 6,790 | $14.58 | $30,320 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 5,250 | $9.54 | $19,850 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 4,920 | $14.85 | $30,890 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 4,700 | $22.21 | $46,210 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 3,670 | $32.54 | $67,680 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 3,010 | $16.87 | $35,090 |
| Management occupations | 2,920 | $35.91 | $74,690 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,900 | $17.78 | $36,990 |
| Production occupations | 2,870 | $15.08 | $31,360 |
| Retail salespersons | 2,360 | $12.12 | $25,220 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 2,220 | $12.75 | $26,510 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 2,130 | $11.42 | $23,750 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 2,050 | $25.66 | $53,360 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,910 | $11.33 | $23,570 |
| Cashiers | 1,740 | $8.59 | $17,860 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 1,730 | $18.14 | $37,730 |
| Community and social services occupations | 1,720 | $16.96 | $35,270 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,550 | $12.04 | $25,050 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,540 | $8.59 | $17,880 |
| Registered nurses | 1,490 | $27.99 | $58,210 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,350 | $14.53 | $30,230 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 1,240 | $13.89 | $28,900 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,080 | $11.30 | $23,500 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 910 | $11.20 | $23,290 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 910 | $11.36 | $23,640 |
| General and operations managers | 880 | $39.21 | $81,550 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 880 | $8.85 | $18,400 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 860 | $10.39 | $21,610 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 780 | $15.23 | $31,680 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 770 | $17.76 | $36,930 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 740 | $26.14 | $54,380 |
| Teacher assistants | 720 | Not available | $26,870 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 690 | $19.46 | $40,480 |
| Social and human service assistants | 680 | $11.90 | $24,760 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 660 | $14.56 | $30,290 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 640 | $27.64 | $57,490 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 630 | Not available | $40,820 |
| Personal and home care aides | 630 | $11.45 | $23,820 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 580 | $9.72 | $20,210 |
| Order clerks | 570 | $9.65 | $20,070 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 560 | $23.22 | $48,290 |
| Customer service representatives | 520 | $15.41 | $32,050 |
| Food preparation workers | 510 | $10.73 | $22,330 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 510 | $22.93 | $47,690 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 510 | $15.07 | $31,340 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 480 | $15.76 | $32,790 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 460 | $15.42 | $32,080 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 440 | $12.32 | $25,620 |
| Security guards | 440 | $9.90 | $20,600 |
| Child care workers | 430 | $10.05 | $20,910 |
| Construction laborers | 410 | $13.06 | $27,160 |
| Legal occupations | 410 | $26.95 | $56,050 |
| Medical secretaries | 410 | $13.96 | $29,030 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 410 | $11.37 | $23,640 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 410 | Not available | $43,570 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 400 | $9.70 | $20,170 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 390 | Not available | $57,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 390 | $13.52 | $28,110 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 380 | $17.01 | $35,380 |
| Carpenters | 360 | $16.37 | $34,040 |
| Bus drivers, school | 350 | $9.62 | $20,010 |
| Accountants and auditors | 340 | $31.05 | $64,580 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 340 | $22.34 | $46,470 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 330 | $18.29 | $38,050 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 330 | $24.92 | $51,840 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 330 | $18.69 | $38,870 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 320 | Not available | $46,320 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 300 | $24.63 | $51,220 |
| Bill and account collectors | 290 | $15.00 | $31,190 |
| Bartenders | 280 | $9.27 | $19,290 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 280 | $12.05 | $25,060 |
| Electricians | 280 | $20.98 | $43,640 |
| Home health aides | 280 | $10.08 | $20,960 |
| Medical assistants | 280 | $13.77 | $28,640 |
| Tellers | 280 | $10.51 | $21,860 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 270 | $11.16 | $23,210 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 260 | $19.07 | $39,660 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 260 | $12.01 | $24,970 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 260 | $12.50 | $25,990 |
| Coaches and scouts | 250 | Not available | $22,890 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 240 | $14.72 | $30,610 |
| Financial managers | 240 | $41.99 | $87,340 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 240 | $21.57 | $44,870 |
| Loan officers | 240 | $28.46 | $59,200 |
| Parts salespersons | 240 | $15.42 | $32,070 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 240 | $18.73 | $38,950 |
| Fire fighters | 230 | $14.65 | $30,460 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 230 | $19.23 | $40,000 |
| Dishwashers | 220 | $8.47 | $17,610 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 210 | $12.83 | $26,680 |
| Cooks, fast food | 200 | $8.45 | $17,570 |
| Medical and health services managers | 200 | $43.41 | $90,300 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 200 | $8.38 | $17,440 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 200 | $18.45 | $38,370 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 200 | Not available | Not available |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 200 | $34.22 | $71,170 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 200 | $26.94 | $56,040 |
| Team assemblers | 200 | $13.38 | $27,830 |
| Lawyers | 190 | $33.55 | $69,780 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 190 | Not available | $23,700 |
| Computer support specialists | 180 | $18.29 | $38,040 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 180 | $15.81 | $32,880 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 180 | $18.68 | $38,860 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 180 | $13.10 | $27,250 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 170 | $19.12 | $39,770 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 170 | Not available | Not available |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 170 | Not available | $41,450 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 160 | $8.57 | $17,820 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 160 | $9.94 | $20,680 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 160 | $14.04 | $29,190 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 160 | $18.94 | $39,390 |
| Driver/sales workers | 150 | $11.98 | $24,910 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 150 | $8.67 | $18,040 |
| Social and community service managers | 150 | $23.81 | $49,520 |
| Administrative services managers | 140 | $28.84 | $59,990 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 140 | $20.13 | $41,880 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 140 | Not available | $66,290 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 140 | $35.64 | $74,130 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 140 | $14.22 | $29,580 |
| Insurance sales agents | 140 | $21.11 | $43,910 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 140 | $13.53 | $28,150 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 140 | $13.24 | $27,540 |
| Recreation workers | 140 | $10.89 | $22,660 |
| Sales managers | 140 | $40.35 | $83,930 |
| Service station attendants | 140 | $8.45 | $17,570 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 130 | $11.08 | $23,050 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 130 | $20.66 | $42,970 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 130 | $46.15 | $95,990 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 120 | $39.01 | $81,140 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 120 | $16.36 | $34,020 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 120 | $14.40 | $29,960 |
| Data entry keyers | 120 | $12.23 | $25,430 |
| Dental assistants | 120 | $15.54 | $32,330 |
| Dental hygienists | 120 | $24.66 | $51,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 120 | $16.88 | $35,110 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 120 | $15.81 | $32,880 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 120 | $12.76 | $26,540 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 120 | $10.42 | $21,670 |
| Logging equipment operators | 120 | $14.14 | $29,410 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 120 | $15.73 | $32,730 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 120 | $27.47 | $57,140 |
| Pharmacists | 120 | $55.23 | $114,880 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 110 | $12.53 | $26,070 |
| Managers, all other | 110 | $32.38 | $67,360 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 110 | $12.38 | $25,740 |
| Public relations specialists | 110 | $19.89 | $41,370 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 110 | $14.93 | $31,060 |
| Telephone operators | 110 | $12.01 | $24,980 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 110 | $31.96 | $66,470 |
| Food service managers | 100 | $22.50 | $46,790 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 100 | $15.46 | $32,160 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 100 | $15.08 | $31,360 |
| Printing machine operators | 100 | $14.95 | $31,090 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 100 | $17.95 | $37,330 |
| Training and development specialists | 100 | $21.88 | $45,520 |
| Computer systems analysts | 90 | $29.00 | $60,320 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 90 | $24.87 | $51,730 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 90 | $16.79 | $34,920 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 90 | $13.95 | $29,010 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 90 | Not available | $42,860 |
| Physician assistants | 90 | $44.42 | $92,400 |
| Respiratory therapists | 90 | $26.17 | $54,430 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 90 | $10.62 | $22,090 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $72,610 |
| Biological technicians | 80 | $17.40 | $36,190 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 80 | $14.61 | $30,390 |
| Cooks, short order | 80 | $8.43 | $17,540 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 80 | $18.84 | $39,180 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 80 | $26.25 | $54,610 |
| Librarians | 80 | $20.52 | $42,690 |
| Library technicians | 80 | $14.09 | $29,300 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 80 | $14.78 | $30,740 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 80 | $15.30 | $31,830 |
| Physical therapists | 80 | $35.86 | $74,580 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 80 | $18.04 | $37,520 |
| Power plant operators | 80 | $27.73 | $57,680 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 80 | $22.05 | $45,860 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 80 | $10.42 | $21,680 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 70 | $23.20 | $48,260 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 70 | $10.42 | $21,670 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 70 | $16.47 | $34,260 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 70 | $25.38 | $52,780 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $47,160 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 70 | $22.65 | $47,120 |
| Cost estimators | 70 | $20.65 | $42,940 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 70 | $11.55 | $24,010 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 70 | $15.58 | $32,400 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $54,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 70 | $15.65 | $32,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 70 | $29.08 | $60,500 |
| Legal secretaries | 70 | $15.29 | $31,810 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 70 | $15.33 | $31,880 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 70 | $24.98 | $51,960 |
| Mental health counselors | 70 | $27.91 | $58,050 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 70 | Not available | $45,200 |
| Surgeons | 70 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 70 | $10.42 | $21,670 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 70 | $11.59 | $24,100 |
| Advertising sales agents | 60 | $14.22 | $29,570 |
| All other information and record clerks | 60 | $16.53 | $34,380 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 60 | $25.23 | $52,470 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $77,200 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 60 | $14.73 | $30,650 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 60 | $21.72 | $45,190 |
| Civil engineers | 60 | $31.71 | $65,950 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 60 | $30.33 | $63,090 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 60 | $30.54 | $63,530 |
| Construction managers | 60 | $33.26 | $69,180 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 60 | $26.64 | $55,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 60 | $17.08 | $35,540 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 60 | $18.30 | $38,050 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 60 | $12.46 | $25,920 |
| Job printers | 60 | $20.99 | $43,650 |
| Machinists | 60 | $20.23 | $42,080 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $61,180 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 60 | $84.03 | $174,790 |
| Radio and television announcers | 60 | $13.17 | $27,380 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 60 | $18.29 | $38,050 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 60 | $17.64 | $36,690 |
| Surgical technologists | 60 | $17.56 | $36,530 |
| Surveyors | 60 | $20.72 | $43,100 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 60 | $22.89 | $47,600 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 60 | $13.64 | $28,380 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 60 | $22.06 | $45,890 |
| Bakers | 50 | $11.29 | $23,480 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 50 | $12.64 | $26,280 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 50 | $9.97 | $20,750 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 50 | $8.03 | $16,700 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 50 | $26.70 | $55,550 |
| File clerks | 50 | $11.58 | $24,080 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 50 | $19.81 | $41,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 50 | $23.68 | $49,260 |
| Graphic designers | 50 | $16.86 | $35,080 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 50 | $25.30 | $52,630 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 50 | $25.93 | $53,940 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 50 | $9.12 | $18,980 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 50 | $10.20 | $21,220 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 50 | $27.79 | $57,800 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 50 | $17.68 | $36,780 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $59,640 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 50 | $19.45 | $40,460 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 50 | Not available | $45,370 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 50 | $15.57 | $32,380 |
| Word processors and typists | 50 | $13.50 | $28,070 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 40 | $18.06 | $37,560 |
| Broadcast technicians | 40 | $15.61 | $32,460 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 40 | $16.33 | $33,970 |
| Chief executives | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Computer programmers | 40 | $24.10 | $50,140 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $77,210 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 40 | $23.60 | $49,090 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | 40 | $17.96 | $37,360 |
| Electrical engineers | 40 | $36.49 | $75,890 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 40 | $24.01 | $49,950 |
| Family and general practitioners | 40 | $81.09 | $168,660 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 40 | $10.43 | $21,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 40 | $29.27 | $60,890 |
| Industrial engineers | 40 | $36.40 | $75,710 |
| Industrial production managers | 40 | $33.64 | $69,980 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 40 | $12.24 | $25,450 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | 40 | $9.84 | $20,460 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 40 | $13.88 | $28,860 |
| Postal service clerks | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Procurement clerks | 40 | $17.77 | $36,960 |
| Psychiatrists | 40 | $78.96 | $164,230 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $67,730 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 40 | $22.70 | $47,210 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 30 | $16.25 | $33,800 |
| Instructional coordinators | 30 | $21.97 | $45,700 |
| Loan counselors | 30 | $23.38 | $48,630 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents | 30 | $27.31 | $56,800 |
| Public relations managers | 30 | $38.66 | $80,400 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 30 | $18.36 | $38,190 |
| Urban and regional planners | 30 | $26.84 | $55,830 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 30 | $18.14 | $37,720 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | Not available | $35.49 | $73,820 |
| Computer specialists, all other | Not available | $30.33 | $63,090 |
| Couriers and messengers | Not available | $12.00 | $24,950 |
| Crossing guards | Not available | $9.60 | $19,970 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $18.84 | $39,180 |
| Editors | Not available | $15.97 | $33,220 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | Not available | $13.76 | $28,620 |
| Helpers--electricians | Not available | $15.32 | $31,880 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | Not available | $20.05 | $41,690 |
| Management analysts | Not available | $25.89 | $53,850 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | Not available | $16.75 | $34,840 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | Not available | $9.48 | $19,710 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | Not available | $27.95 | $58,140 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | Not available | $9.86 | $20,520 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other | Not available | $23.78 | $49,470 |
| Psychiatric aides | Not available | $14.52 | $30,210 |
| Reporters and correspondents | Not available | $14.59 | $30,350 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | Not available | $44.59 | $92,750 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | Not available | $12.75 | $26,520 |
| Sheet metal workers | Not available | $15.45 | $32,130 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | Not available | $21.54 | $44,810 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | Not available | $15.84 | $32,950 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | Not available | $17.01 | $35,380 |
