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 |
368,660 |
$17.89 |
$37,210 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
60,630 |
$13.48 |
$28,040 |
| Sales and related occupations |
36,580 |
$13.99 |
$29,110 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
31,420 |
$18.32 |
$38,100 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
29,220 |
$8.54 |
$17,770 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
25,140 |
$13.91 |
$28,940 |
| Production occupations |
22,380 |
$18.86 |
$39,240 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
20,530 |
$18.48 |
$38,440 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
19,410 |
$19.99 |
$41,580 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
19,310 |
$28.15 |
$58,550 |
| Management occupations |
18,560 |
$39.23 |
$81,600 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
13,530 |
$24.59 |
$51,150 |
| Protective service occupations |
11,560 |
$14.98 |
$31,150 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
11,460 |
$9.54 |
$19,850 |
| Cashiers |
10,880 |
$7.82 |
$16,270 |
| Retail salespersons |
10,480 |
$10.46 |
$21,760 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
10,200 |
$33.45 |
$69,570 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
8,770 |
$10.20 |
$21,230 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
8,570 |
$9.83 |
$20,450 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
8,010 |
$10.55 |
$21,950 |
| Office clerks, general |
7,330 |
$9.82 |
$20,420 |
| Registered nurses |
7,040 |
$27.26 |
$56,710 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
6,360 |
$12.93 |
$26,890 |
| General and operations managers |
6,330 |
$45.02 |
$93,630 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
6,110 |
$8.88 |
$18,460 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
5,890 |
$8.68 |
$18,050 |
| Customer service representatives |
5,560 |
$12.82 |
$26,660 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
5,540 |
$25.91 |
$53,890 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
5,470 |
$17.42 |
$36,240 |
| Food preparation workers |
5,460 |
$7.55 |
$15,710 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
5,450 |
$16.12 |
$33,530 |
| Community and social services occupations |
5,300 |
$19.77 |
$41,120 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
5,190 |
$15.15 |
$31,500 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
4,830 |
Not available |
$43,170 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
4,650 |
$25.13 |
$52,270 |
| Security guards |
4,460 |
$11.12 |
$23,120 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
4,410 |
$22.74 |
$47,300 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
4,220 |
$10.39 |
$21,620 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
4,130 |
$17.31 |
$36,000 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
3,890 |
$16.85 |
$35,050 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
3,880 |
$19.88 |
$41,350 |
| Construction laborers |
3,800 |
$12.53 |
$26,060 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
3,610 |
$26.05 |
$54,170 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
3,610 |
$8.94 |
$18,580 |
| Carpenters |
3,530 |
$18.62 |
$38,720 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
3,460 |
$16.37 |
$34,040 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
3,240 |
$10.53 |
$21,900 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
3,130 |
$7.29 |
$15,150 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
3,120 |
$17.54 |
$36,490 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
3,020 |
$15.62 |
$32,500 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
2,860 |
$12.95 |
$26,940 |
| Legal occupations |
2,780 |
$29.98 |
$62,350 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
2,750 |
$12.86 |
$26,750 |
| Teacher assistants |
2,640 |
Not available |
$17,170 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
2,630 |
$20.95 |
$43,580 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
2,620 |
$24.65 |
$51,260 |
| Electricians |
2,580 |
$20.65 |
$42,950 |
| Accountants and auditors |
2,510 |
$26.39 |
$54,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
2,490 |
$25.90 |
$53,880 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
2,210 |
$10.73 |
$22,310 |
| Personal and home care aides |
2,200 |
$8.15 |
$16,940 |
| Bus drivers, school |
2,050 |
$7.70 |
$16,010 |
| Cooks, fast food |
2,050 |
$7.33 |
$15,240 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
2,050 |
Not available |
$44,500 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,990 |
$7.95 |
$16,530 |
| Tellers |
1,970 |
$10.35 |
$21,520 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
1,960 |
$8.06 |
$16,770 |
| Computer systems analysts |
1,840 |
$25.11 |
$52,230 |
| Managers, all other |
1,820 |
$34.18 |
$71,100 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
1,780 |
$24.23 |
$50,400 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
1,760 |
$17.16 |
$35,700 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
1,750 |
$16.42 |
$34,150 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,750 |
$10.27 |
$21,360 |
| Helpers--production workers |
1,750 |
$12.17 |
$25,320 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical |
1,750 |
$17.62 |
$36,650 |
| Chemical plant and system operators |
1,720 |
$29.08 |
$60,480 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,690 |
$28.56 |
$59,400 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
1,590 |
$18.26 |
$37,970 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
1,530 |
$23.17 |
$48,200 |
| Home health aides |
1,510 |
$8.69 |
$18,070 |
| Lawyers |
1,500 |
$40.16 |
$83,530 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
1,450 |
$17.26 |
$35,900 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
1,400 |
Not available |
$45,050 |
| Civil engineers |
1,370 |
$47.62 |
$99,060 |
| Engineers, all other |
1,370 |
$37.32 |
$77,630 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
1,370 |
$14.72 |
$30,610 |
| Financial managers |
1,330 |
$36.72 |
$76,370 |
| Child care workers |
1,320 |
$8.31 |
$17,280 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders |
1,310 |
$26.37 |
$54,850 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
1,310 |
$21.80 |
$45,340 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
1,240 |
$13.47 |
$28,010 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
1,230 |
$13.16 |
$27,360 |
| Insurance sales agents |
1,170 |
$21.20 |
$44,090 |
| Sailors and marine oilers |
1,110 |
$16.61 |
$34,560 |
| Construction managers |
1,100 |
$32.56 |
$67,720 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
1,100 |
$22.59 |
$46,990 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
1,090 |
$19.56 |
$40,680 |
| Social and human service assistants |
1,070 |
$15.30 |
$31,820 |
| Dishwashers |
1,040 |
$7.51 |
$15,620 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
1,020 |
$22.22 |
$46,220 |
| Chemical technicians |
1,010 |
$25.38 |
$52,790 |
| Loan officers |
1,010 |
$19.52 |
$40,600 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
1,000 |
$20.59 |
$42,830 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
1,000 |
$8.80 |
$18,310 |
| Machinists |
980 |
$20.21 |
$42,040 |
| Computer support specialists |
960 |
$21.86 |
$45,470 |
| Production workers, all other |
950 |
$12.91 |
$26,850 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
930 |
$16.30 |
$33,910 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
930 |
$19.43 |
$40,400 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
920 |
$7.48 |
$15,550 |
| All other information and record clerks |
900 |
$13.49 |
$28,070 |
| Data entry keyers |
890 |
$11.39 |
$23,700 |
| Helpers--electricians |
890 |
$12.72 |
$26,460 |
| Medical assistants |
890 |
$12.06 |
$25,090 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
890 |
Not available |
$52,390 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
890 |
Not available |
$40,270 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
880 |
$13.76 |
$28,620 |
| Bill and account collectors |
870 |
$14.44 |
$30,040 |
| Computer programmers |
860 |
$25.34 |
$52,720 |
| Mechanical engineers |
860 |
$40.76 |
$84,780 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
860 |
$17.33 |
$36,040 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
850 |
$16.13 |
$33,560 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
850 |
$25.27 |
$52,560 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
850 |
$9.98 |
$20,750 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
850 |
$7.54 |
$15,680 |
| Public relations specialists |
850 |
$21.48 |
$44,680 |
| Bartenders |
820 |
$7.54 |
$15,680 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
820 |
$10.62 |
$22,090 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
820 |
$12.31 |
$25,600 |
| Sales managers |
800 |
$41.68 |
$86,690 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
790 |
$17.74 |
$36,900 |
| Driver/sales workers |
780 |
$15.40 |
$32,020 |
| Parts salespersons |
780 |
$12.64 |
$26,290 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
770 |
$7.25 |
$15,090 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
770 |
$12.47 |
$25,940 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
770 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
730 |
$25.28 |
$52,580 |
| Cooks, short order |
720 |
$7.26 |
$15,110 |
| Medical and health services managers |
720 |
$36.38 |
$75,670 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
720 |
$22.02 |
$45,800 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
700 |
$11.59 |
$24,120 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
700 |
$23.39 |
$48,660 |
| Dental assistants |
690 |
$13.25 |
$27,550 |
| Legal secretaries |
690 |
$15.70 |
$32,660 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
690 |
$9.42 |
$19,600 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers |
680 |
$24.47 |
$50,900 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
670 |
$18.77 |
$39,040 |
| Pharmacists |
670 |
$48.09 |
$100,030 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
660 |
$13.39 |
$27,840 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers |
650 |
$19.94 |
$41,480 |
| Team assemblers |
650 |
$12.72 |
$26,450 |
| Electrical engineers |
640 |
$43.92 |
$91,360 |
| Administrative services managers |
620 |
$28.39 |
$59,050 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
620 |
$11.07 |
$23,020 |
| Industrial engineers |
610 |
$31.77 |
$66,080 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
600 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
600 |
$25.23 |
$52,470 |
| Cost estimators |
590 |
$28.72 |
$59,740 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
590 |
$12.18 |
$25,330 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
590 |
$10.28 |
$21,390 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
580 |
$15.57 |
$32,400 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
580 |
$11.70 |
$24,340 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
580 |
$15.93 |
$33,140 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
580 |
$7.29 |
$15,160 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
580 |
$28.08 |
$58,400 |
| Recreation workers |
580 |
$9.59 |
$19,940 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
570 |
$14.40 |
$29,940 |
| Management analysts |
570 |
$31.53 |
$65,580 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
560 |
$22.10 |
$45,970 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
560 |
$21.80 |
$45,340 |
| Industrial production managers |
560 |
$50.68 |
$105,420 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
560 |
$20.83 |
$43,320 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
540 |
Not available |
$64,720 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
540 |
Not available |
$43,310 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
540 |
$13.17 |
$27,400 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
540 |
$17.56 |
$36,530 |
| Sheet metal workers |
540 |
$19.72 |
$41,020 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
530 |
$15.03 |
$31,260 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
530 |
$14.59 |
$30,340 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
530 |
$17.06 |
$35,490 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
520 |
$20.65 |
$42,950 |
| Chemical engineers |
500 |
$46.33 |
$96,360 |
| Engineering managers |
490 |
$54.60 |
$113,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
490 |
$25.98 |
$54,030 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
490 |
$92.03 |
$191,420 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
490 |
$20.12 |
$41,860 |
| Social and community service managers |
490 |
$27.88 |
$57,990 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
480 |
$23.19 |
$48,230 |
| Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels |
480 |
$38.61 |
$80,320 |
| Medical secretaries |
480 |
$13.47 |
$28,020 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
480 |
$22.89 |
$47,610 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
470 |
$14.48 |
$30,120 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
470 |
$12.60 |
$26,200 |
| Dental hygienists |
460 |
$26.32 |
$54,750 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
460 |
$45.04 |
$93,680 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
460 |
$20.69 |
$43,030 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
460 |
$18.22 |
$37,900 |
| Training and development specialists |
460 |
$21.88 |
$45,500 |
| Chief executives |
450 |
$72.05 |
$149,870 |
| Computer operators |
450 |
$17.01 |
$35,380 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
450 |
$7.42 |
$15,440 |
| Graphic designers |
450 |
$16.23 |
$33,760 |
| Librarians |
450 |
$22.21 |
$46,200 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
450 |
$10.32 |
$21,470 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
450 |
$13.04 |
$27,130 |
| Psychiatric aides |
450 |
$11.36 |
$23,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
440 |
$17.95 |
$37,340 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
440 |
$33.25 |
$69,170 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
440 |
$15.40 |
$32,030 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
430 |
$9.26 |
$19,250 |
| Physical therapists |
430 |
$37.77 |
$78,560 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
420 |
$19.93 |
$41,450 |
| New accounts clerks |
420 |
$11.46 |
$23,830 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
410 |
$14.20 |
$29,530 |
| Coaches and scouts |
400 |
Not available |
$44,680 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
400 |
$20.55 |
$42,730 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
400 |
$13.41 |
$27,890 |
| Parking lot attendants |
400 |
$8.60 |
$17,890 |
| Printing machine operators |
400 |
$12.61 |
$26,220 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
390 |
$32.83 |
$68,280 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
390 |
$23.31 |
$48,490 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
390 |
$35.39 |
$73,600 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
380 |
$13.72 |
$28,530 |
| Chemists |
370 |
$32.64 |
$67,880 |
| File clerks |
370 |
$9.52 |
$19,790 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
370 |
$15.84 |
$32,950 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
370 |
$14.66 |
$30,480 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
360 |
$7.42 |
$15,440 |
| Couriers and messengers |
360 |
$9.25 |
$19,240 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
350 |
$19.65 |
$40,870 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
350 |
$12.27 |
$25,520 |
| Library technicians |
350 |
$11.04 |
$22,960 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
350 |
$25.75 |
$53,560 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
340 |
$40.34 |
$83,900 |
| Instructional coordinators |
340 |
$21.73 |
$45,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
330 |
$15.81 |
$32,890 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
330 |
$11.35 |
$23,610 |
| Bakers |
320 |
$11.47 |
$23,850 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
320 |
$9.29 |
$19,330 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
310 |
$26.04 |
$54,170 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
310 |
Not available |
$41,440 |
| Boilermakers |
300 |
$24.68 |
$51,330 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
300 |
$24.71 |
$51,400 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
300 |
$24.56 |
$51,090 |
| Fire fighters |
300 |
$15.17 |
$31,560 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
300 |
$15.72 |
$32,690 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
300 |
$20.67 |
$42,990 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
290 |
$13.21 |
$27,480 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
290 |
$20.31 |
$42,250 |
| Food service managers |
290 |
$20.26 |
$42,150 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
290 |
$18.51 |
$38,490 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
290 |
$24.50 |
$50,960 |
| Social workers, all other |
290 |
$21.97 |
$45,700 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
290 |
$19.61 |
$40,780 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
280 |
$15.02 |
$31,240 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
280 |
$24.97 |
$51,930 |
| Respiratory therapists |
280 |
$23.30 |
$48,450 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
280 |
$9.89 |
$20,570 |
| Drafters, all other |
270 |
$22.97 |
$47,770 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
270 |
$7.95 |
$16,540 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
270 |
$16.22 |
$33,730 |
| Marketing managers |
270 |
$37.44 |
$77,860 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
270 |
$25.18 |
$52,370 |
| Occupational therapists |
270 |
$33.73 |
$70,160 |
| Pest control workers |
270 |
$12.93 |
$26,890 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
260 |
$33.12 |
$68,890 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
260 |
$24.49 |
$50,940 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
260 |
$26.33 |
$54,780 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
260 |
$12.73 |
$26,480 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
260 |
$10.16 |
$21,140 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
260 |
$20.43 |
$42,490 |
| Riggers |
260 |
$22.39 |
$46,570 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
250 |
$19.77 |
$41,120 |
| Crane and tower operators |
250 |
$17.66 |
$36,740 |
| Pipelayers |
250 |
$16.40 |
$34,110 |
| Real estate sales agents |
250 |
$19.25 |
$40,030 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
250 |
$14.11 |
$29,350 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
250 |
$32.61 |
$67,840 |
| Advertising sales agents |
240 |
$22.37 |
$46,530 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
240 |
$31.26 |
$65,010 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
240 |
$25.29 |
$52,600 |
| Home appliance repairers |
240 |
$17.06 |
$35,470 |
| Insurance underwriters |
240 |
$23.16 |
$48,180 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
240 |
$12.52 |
$26,050 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
230 |
$14.87 |
$30,930 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
230 |
$13.41 |
$27,890 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
230 |
$20.74 |
$43,150 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
230 |
$33.38 |
$69,430 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
220 |
$16.23 |
$33,770 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
220 |
$14.86 |
$30,910 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
220 |
$7.65 |
$15,910 |
| Mechanical drafters |
210 |
$22.65 |
$47,120 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
210 |
$13.90 |
$28,920 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
200 |
$14.62 |
$30,400 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
200 |
$18.44 |
$38,360 |
| Postal service clerks |
200 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Purchasing managers |
200 |
$33.07 |
$68,790 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
200 |
$28.01 |
$58,260 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
200 |
$10.84 |
$22,540 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
200 |
Not available |
$48,340 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
190 |
$17.42 |
$36,230 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
190 |
$25.95 |
$53,980 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
190 |
$32.30 |
$67,190 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
190 |
$8.45 |
$17,580 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
190 |
$15.87 |
$33,020 |
| Tax preparers |
190 |
$12.03 |
$25,030 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
180 |
$23.49 |
$48,850 |
| Computer and information scientists, research |
180 |
$37.02 |
$77,010 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
180 |
$17.54 |
$36,490 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
180 |
$16.18 |
$33,640 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons |
180 |
$12.56 |
$26,120 |
| Law clerks |
180 |
$14.16 |
$29,450 |
| Millwrights |
180 |
$20.45 |
$42,540 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
170 |
$13.75 |
$28,600 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
170 |
$20.22 |
$42,050 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
170 |
$14.84 |
$30,860 |
| Financial analysts |
170 |
$32.49 |
$67,580 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
170 |
$33.05 |
$68,750 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
170 |
$33.72 |
$70,140 |
| Surgical technologists |
170 |
$18.83 |
$39,170 |
| Surveyors |
170 |
$26.76 |
$55,670 |
| Telemarketers |
170 |
$11.72 |
$24,380 |
| Crossing guards |
160 |
$8.17 |
$16,990 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other |
160 |
$10.35 |
$21,530 |
| Environmental engineers |
160 |
$32.14 |
$66,850 |
| Glaziers |
160 |
$14.33 |
$29,800 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
160 |
$13.84 |
$28,800 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
160 |
$18.54 |
$38,550 |
| Budget analysts |
150 |
$29.41 |
$61,180 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
150 |
$15.25 |
$31,720 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
150 |
$18.19 |
$37,830 |
| Family and general practitioners |
150 |
$73.16 |
$152,170 |
| Market research analysts |
150 |
$23.78 |
$49,460 |
| Procurement clerks |
150 |
$17.82 |
$37,070 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
150 |
$15.79 |
$32,840 |
| Surgeons |
150 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
150 |
$13.41 |
$27,890 |
| Athletes and sports competitors |
140 |
Not available |
$74,690 |
| Brokerage clerks |
140 |
$15.76 |
$32,790 |
| Counselors, all other |
140 |
$18.91 |
$39,330 |
| Dentists, general |
140 |
$73.37 |
$152,610 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
140 |
$24.93 |
$51,850 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
140 |
$10.00 |
$20,810 |
| Physical therapist aides |
140 |
$9.44 |
$19,640 |
| Physician assistants |
140 |
$35.98 |
$74,840 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
140 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Editors |
130 |
$23.91 |
$49,730 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
130 |
$31.28 |
$65,060 |
| Legislators |
130 |
Not available |
$20,860 |
| Pharmacy aides |
130 |
$8.71 |
$18,120 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
130 |
$17.11 |
$35,590 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school |
130 |
Not available |
$45,370 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
120 |
$10.34 |
$21,510 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
120 |
$14.32 |
$29,780 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
120 |
$21.22 |
$44,130 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
120 |
$22.70 |
$47,220 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
120 |
$12.74 |
$26,490 |
| Floral designers |
120 |
$12.39 |
$25,770 |
| Graduate teaching assistants |
120 |
Not available |
$37,070 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
120 |
$17.72 |
$36,860 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
120 |
$12.96 |
$26,950 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
120 |
$11.54 |
$24,000 |
| Recreational therapists |
120 |
$15.54 |
$32,320 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
120 |
$19.32 |
$40,180 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
120 |
$17.81 |
$37,040 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
110 |
$14.67 |
$30,510 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
110 |
$31.72 |
$65,990 |
| Cooks, all other |
110 |
$9.79 |
$20,360 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
110 |
$27.35 |
$56,900 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
110 |
$21.01 |
$43,690 |
| Logisticians |
110 |
$28.72 |
$59,730 |
| Photographers |
110 |
$13.57 |
$28,220 |
| Pile-driver operators |
110 |
$18.67 |
$38,830 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
110 |
$17.56 |
$36,520 |
| Commercial pilots |
100 |
Not available |
$65,700 |
| Food batchmakers |
100 |
$15.34 |
$31,900 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
100 |
Not available |
$36,670 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
100 |
$12.73 |
$26,480 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
100 |
$20.09 |
$41,780 |
| Public relations managers |
100 |
$27.48 |
$57,160 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
100 |
$16.29 |
$33,880 |
| Tile and marble setters |
100 |
$17.11 |
$35,600 |
| Travel agents |
100 |
$11.55 |
$24,030 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
100 |
$11.57 |
$24,060 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
100 |
$15.10 |
$31,400 |
| Writers and authors |
100 |
$21.38 |
$44,470 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
90 |
$16.00 |
$33,270 |
| Database administrators |
90 |
$29.93 |
$62,260 |
| Interior designers |
90 |
$19.50 |
$40,560 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
90 |
Not available |
$59,190 |
| Motorcycle mechanics |
90 |
$13.49 |
$28,060 |
| Operations research analysts |
90 |
$21.62 |
$44,970 |
| Producers and directors |
90 |
$28.12 |
$58,490 |
| Radiation therapists |
90 |
$29.42 |
$61,200 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
90 |
$11.48 |
$23,880 |
| Transportation inspectors |
90 |
$30.39 |
$63,220 |
| Veterinarians |
90 |
$38.42 |
$79,910 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
80 |
$30.31 |
$63,040 |
| Bailiffs |
80 |
$14.79 |
$30,770 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$47,740 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
80 |
$33.09 |
$68,820 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$61,430 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
80 |
$21.85 |
$45,450 |
| Court reporters |
80 |
$15.73 |
$32,710 |
| Designers, all other |
80 |
$25.78 |
$53,630 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$51,490 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
80 |
$10.98 |
$22,840 |
| Mental health counselors |
80 |
$17.72 |
$36,850 |
| Shampooers |
80 |
$8.98 |
$18,680 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
80 |
$8.17 |
$16,990 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
70 |
$11.25 |
$23,390 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
70 |
$18.65 |
$38,790 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
70 |
$10.11 |
$21,030 |
| Health educators |
70 |
$21.22 |
$44,140 |
| Internists, general |
70 |
$81.25 |
$169,000 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Marine engineers and naval architects |
70 |
$27.09 |
$56,350 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
70 |
$8.96 |
$18,630 |
| Real estate brokers |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Audiologists |
60 |
$28.62 |
$59,520 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
60 |
$8.30 |
$17,270 |
| Bindery workers |
60 |
$10.29 |
$21,400 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$58,830 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
60 |
$14.20 |
$29,530 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
60 |
$9.78 |
$20,330 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
60 |
$12.11 |
$25,190 |
| Natural sciences managers |
60 |
$38.62 |
$80,340 |
| Occupational health and safety technicians |
60 |
$18.79 |
$39,090 |
| Personal financial advisors |
60 |
$34.60 |
$71,970 |
| Service station attendants |
60 |
$10.34 |
$21,500 |
| Training and development managers |
60 |
$31.37 |
$65,250 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
50 |
$21.36 |
$44,420 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$72,110 |
| Education administrators, all other |
50 |
$24.06 |
$50,050 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
50 |
$22.32 |
$46,420 |
| Financial examiners |
50 |
$38.28 |
$79,610 |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders |
50 |
$10.86 |
$22,580 |
| Gaming supervisors |
50 |
$21.32 |
$44,330 |
| Helpers--extraction workers |
50 |
$16.85 |
$35,040 |
| History teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$47,690 |
| Lay-out workers, metal and plastic |
50 |
$14.36 |
$29,870 |
| Massage therapists |
50 |
$13.44 |
$27,960 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
50 |
$18.03 |
$37,500 |
| Multi-media artists and animators |
50 |
$18.13 |
$37,700 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
50 |
$29.92 |
$62,230 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$58,920 |
| Actors |
40 |
$11.28 |
Not available |
| Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers |
40 |
$17.42 |
$36,230 |
| Bridge and lock tenders |
40 |
$17.81 |
$37,030 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
40 |
$21.14 |
$43,970 |
| Clergy |
40 |
$23.02 |
$47,880 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
40 |
$13.13 |
$27,300 |
| Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$50,670 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$55,530 |
| Emergency management specialists |
40 |
$24.15 |
$50,240 |
| Lodging managers |
40 |
$24.03 |
$49,980 |
| Logging equipment operators |
40 |
$15.07 |
$31,340 |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$88,290 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians |
40 |
$18.73 |
$38,960 |
| Skin care specialists |
40 |
$18.17 |
$37,800 |
| Umpires, referees, and other sports officials |
40 |
Not available |
$19,220 |
| Animal control workers |
30 |
$11.82 |
$24,590 |
| Credit analysts |
30 |
$21.91 |
$45,570 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
30 |
$12.04 |
$25,040 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
30 |
$24.39 |
$50,720 |
| Psychiatric technicians |
30 |
$9.72 |
$20,210 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
Not available |
$13.41 |
$27,890 |
| Barbers |
Not available |
$11.11 |
$23,120 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture |
Not available |
$16.91 |
$35,180 |
| Conservation scientists |
Not available |
$30.07 |
$62,550 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
Not available |
$20.99 |
$43,670 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
Not available |
$15.13 |
$31,470 |
| Costume attendants |
Not available |
$10.66 |
$22,180 |
| Derrick operators, oil and gas |
Not available |
$18.20 |
$37,860 |
| Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers |
Not available |
$20.85 |
$43,360 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay |
Not available |
$29.66 |
$61,690 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
Not available |
$28.97 |
$60,250 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators |
Not available |
$18.45 |
$38,370 |
| Funeral directors |
Not available |
$39.53 |
$82,230 |
| Geological and petroleum technicians |
Not available |
$24.46 |
$50,880 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall |
Not available |
$13.94 |
$28,990 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers |
Not available |
$15.28 |
$31,780 |
| Job printers |
Not available |
$14.28 |
$29,710 |
| Landscape architects |
Not available |
$25.55 |
$53,150 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
Not available |
$8.05 |
$16,740 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
Not available |
$9.49 |
$19,740 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
Not available |
$11.12 |
$23,140 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$21.16 |
$44,010 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
Not available |
$14.96 |
$31,110 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$58,020 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
Not available |
$101.22 |
$210,540 |
| Order clerks |
Not available |
$11.45 |
$23,820 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation |
Not available |
$9.69 |
$20,160 |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers |
Not available |
$29.81 |
$62,010 |
| Plant and system operators, all other |
Not available |
$26.61 |
$55,350 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
Not available |
$15.72 |
$32,690 |
| Roofers |
Not available |
$15.08 |
$31,370 |
| Roustabouts, oil and gas |
Not available |
$14.45 |
$30,050 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$26.94 |
$56,030 |
| Sewing machine operators |
Not available |
$9.05 |
$18,830 |
| Ship engineers |
Not available |
$30.14 |
$62,680 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
Not available |
$17.88 |
$37,190 |
| Therapists, all other |
Not available |
$16.55 |
$34,420 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$14.94 |
$31,070 |
| Word processors and typists |
Not available |
$14.05 |
$29,220 |
