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 | 54,950 | $19.10 | $39,740 |
| Production occupations | 8,940 | $15.97 | $33,230 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 7,610 | $14.82 | $30,820 |
| Sales and related occupations | 4,980 | $14.59 | $30,340 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 4,920 | $9.26 | $19,260 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 3,460 | $13.85 | $28,810 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 3,260 | $33.38 | $69,430 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 3,160 | $23.23 | $48,310 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 2,670 | $29.87 | $62,130 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,620 | $20.87 | $43,400 |
| Management occupations | 2,320 | $43.04 | $89,520 |
| Retail salespersons | 2,030 | $11.26 | $23,430 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,790 | $12.95 | $26,940 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 1,780 | $20.58 | $42,800 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,430 | $13.03 | $27,110 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,420 | $10.03 | $20,850 |
| Cashiers | 1,370 | $8.97 | $18,650 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 1,300 | $13.35 | $27,770 |
| Team assemblers | 1,250 | $11.65 | $24,230 |
| Registered nurses | 1,230 | $29.60 | $61,560 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,150 | $8.11 | $16,870 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 1,100 | $31.41 | $65,330 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,060 | $17.24 | $35,860 |
| Community and social services occupations | 1,010 | $21.07 | $43,820 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 870 | $8.52 | $17,720 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 790 | $13.13 | $27,300 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 760 | $13.88 | $28,880 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 740 | $11.92 | $24,790 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 730 | $32.18 | $66,930 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 700 | $14.99 | $31,170 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 650 | Not available | $50,040 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 640 | $14.54 | $30,240 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 560 | $20.44 | $42,520 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 550 | $29.93 | $62,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 540 | $25.00 | $52,000 |
| Food preparation workers | 540 | $8.87 | $18,450 |
| Customer service representatives | 500 | $14.60 | $30,360 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 500 | $19.02 | $39,570 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 480 | $11.51 | $23,950 |
| Teacher assistants | 470 | Not available | $22,030 |
| General and operations managers | 430 | $41.78 | $86,900 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 430 | $35.49 | $73,820 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 410 | $22.40 | $46,590 |
| Home health aides | 390 | $9.47 | $19,700 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 380 | $20.78 | $43,220 |
| Industrial engineers | 360 | $34.24 | $71,220 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 360 | $27.08 | $56,320 |
| Bus drivers, school | 330 | $13.73 | $28,550 |
| Child care workers | 330 | $8.94 | $18,590 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 330 | Not available | $57,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 320 | $12.91 | $26,860 |
| Helpers--production workers | 320 | $12.90 | $26,830 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 320 | $15.89 | $33,040 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 300 | $17.49 | $36,380 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 290 | $20.02 | $41,650 |
| Accountants and auditors | 280 | $29.82 | $62,030 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 280 | $18.41 | $38,290 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 280 | $13.43 | $27,940 |
| Carpenters | 280 | $19.56 | $40,690 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 280 | $18.03 | $37,500 |
| Logisticians | 280 | $32.70 | $68,020 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 280 | Not available | $50,740 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 260 | $22.76 | $47,350 |
| Management analysts | 260 | $34.26 | $71,270 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 260 | $19.41 | $40,370 |
| Mechanical engineers | 250 | $34.52 | $71,790 |
| Medical assistants | 250 | $14.01 | $29,140 |
| Electricians | 240 | $25.52 | $53,080 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 240 | $12.54 | $26,080 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 230 | $33.93 | $70,580 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 230 | $12.31 | $25,610 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 230 | $20.46 | $42,550 |
| Construction laborers | 220 | $16.04 | $33,370 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 220 | $16.63 | $34,590 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 220 | $18.11 | $37,680 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 220 | $14.97 | $31,130 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 210 | $14.97 | $31,150 |
| Bartenders | 200 | $8.27 | $17,200 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 200 | $16.32 | $33,940 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 200 | $27.50 | $57,200 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 200 | $22.05 | $45,860 |
| Machinists | 200 | $17.28 | $35,940 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 200 | $10.09 | $20,980 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 190 | Not available | $52,970 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 180 | $23.15 | $48,160 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 180 | $10.08 | $20,960 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 180 | Not available | Not available |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 170 | $10.20 | $21,220 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 170 | $32.29 | $67,170 |
| Financial managers | 170 | $43.74 | $90,980 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 170 | $15.15 | $31,500 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 170 | $21.07 | $43,830 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 170 | $11.97 | $24,900 |
| Legal occupations | 160 | $32.43 | $67,450 |
| Managers, all other | 160 | $46.95 | $97,660 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 160 | $12.32 | $25,630 |
| All other information and record clerks | 150 | $18.00 | $37,450 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 150 | $7.91 | $16,450 |
| Chief executives | 150 | $66.02 | $137,320 |
| Industrial production managers | 150 | $42.43 | $88,260 |
| Millwrights | 150 | $30.40 | $63,220 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 150 | $19.93 | $41,460 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 150 | $26.41 | $54,920 |
| Dishwashers | 140 | $8.36 | $17,380 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 140 | $14.85 | $30,880 |
| Social and human service assistants | 140 | $15.79 | $32,830 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 130 | $25.54 | $53,120 |
| Financial analysts | 130 | $27.17 | $56,500 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 130 | $24.12 | $50,180 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 130 | $17.81 | $37,050 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 120 | $19.31 | $40,170 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 120 | $8.59 | $17,860 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 120 | $13.23 | $27,530 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 120 | $25.56 | $53,160 |
| Marketing managers | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 120 | $8.16 | $16,980 |
| Pharmacists | 120 | $53.17 | $110,590 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 120 | $83.18 | $173,020 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 110 | Not available | $79,480 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 110 | $15.90 | $33,080 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 110 | $13.62 | $28,340 |
| Administrative services managers | 100 | $37.35 | $77,690 |
| Computer support specialists | 100 | $19.47 | $40,510 |
| Engineering managers | 100 | $54.87 | $114,130 |
| Engineers, all other | 100 | $36.28 | $75,460 |
| Fire fighters | 100 | $17.99 | $37,420 |
| Medical and health services managers | 100 | $40.64 | $84,520 |
| Physical therapists | 100 | $41.92 | $87,200 |
| Sales managers | 100 | $38.19 | $79,430 |
| Bill and account collectors | 90 | $13.81 | $28,730 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 90 | $10.28 | $21,370 |
| Dental assistants | 90 | $15.02 | $31,250 |
| Food service managers | 90 | $22.07 | $45,900 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 90 | $9.94 | $20,680 |
| Lawyers | 90 | $40.37 | $83,980 |
| Medical secretaries | 90 | $16.25 | $33,810 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 90 | $28.10 | $58,440 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 90 | $14.54 | $30,250 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 90 | $25.82 | $53,710 |
| Surgeons | 90 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 90 | $13.84 | $28,790 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 80 | $17.80 | $37,030 |
| Cost estimators | 80 | $23.79 | $49,490 |
| Dental hygienists | 80 | $26.57 | $55,260 |
| Insurance sales agents | 80 | $26.47 | $55,060 |
| Occupational therapists | 80 | $31.16 | $64,800 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 80 | $25.02 | $52,030 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 80 | $40.51 | $84,270 |
| Construction managers | 70 | $31.83 | $66,210 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 70 | $27.91 | $58,050 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 70 | $29.17 | $60,680 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 70 | $33.56 | $69,800 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 70 | $22.19 | $46,140 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 70 | $16.75 | $34,850 |
| Mental health counselors | 70 | $21.58 | $44,880 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 70 | $16.99 | $35,350 |
| Respiratory therapists | 70 | $24.95 | $51,910 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 70 | $35.98 | $74,840 |
| Sheet metal workers | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 70 | Not available | $46,310 |
| Civil engineers | 60 | $30.87 | $64,200 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 60 | $27.08 | $56,330 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 60 | $9.01 | $18,750 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 60 | $17.77 | $36,950 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 60 | $18.66 | $38,800 |
| Librarians | 60 | $23.20 | $48,250 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 60 | $23.25 | $48,370 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 60 | $8.88 | $18,470 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 60 | $18.91 | $39,330 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 60 | $24.01 | $49,950 |
| Public relations specialists | 60 | $26.43 | $54,980 |
| Purchasing managers | 60 | $47.09 | $97,950 |
| Social and community service managers | 60 | $24.73 | $51,440 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 60 | $30.78 | $64,030 |
| Upholsterers | 60 | $13.13 | $27,300 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 60 | Not available | $58,120 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 50 | $15.01 | $31,210 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 50 | $35.62 | $74,090 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 50 | $19.85 | $41,290 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 50 | $27.52 | $57,250 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 50 | $42.30 | $87,980 |
| Computer programmers | 50 | $35.45 | $73,750 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | 50 | $18.96 | $39,430 |
| Cooks, short order | 50 | $9.48 | $19,710 |
| Couriers and messengers | 50 | $13.84 | $28,780 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 50 | $18.75 | $39,010 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 50 | $15.34 | $31,920 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 50 | $28.80 | $59,900 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 50 | $10.01 | $20,820 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 50 | $55.29 | $115,000 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 50 | $8.88 | $18,470 |
| Loan officers | 50 | $21.86 | $45,470 |
| Market research analysts | 50 | $29.47 | $61,300 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 50 | $26.87 | $55,890 |
| Parts salespersons | 50 | $14.48 | $30,110 |
| Physician assistants | 50 | $35.87 | $74,610 |
| Procurement clerks | 50 | $19.04 | $39,600 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 50 | $12.72 | $26,450 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 50 | $19.77 | $41,120 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 40 | $13.86 | $28,830 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Construction and building inspectors | 40 | $21.22 | $44,130 |
| Data entry keyers | 40 | $15.17 | $31,540 |
| Dentists, general | 40 | $68.26 | $141,990 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 40 | $25.88 | $53,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 40 | $18.88 | $39,280 |
| Graphic designers | 40 | $16.63 | $34,590 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 40 | $14.08 | $29,290 |
| Instructional coordinators | 40 | $20.63 | $42,900 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 40 | $17.26 | $35,900 |
| Legal secretaries | 40 | $16.31 | $33,930 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $13.38 | $27,830 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 40 | $13.47 | $28,020 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 40 | $19.44 | $40,430 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 40 | Not available | $45,560 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 40 | Not available | $56,260 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 40 | $9.18 | $19,100 |
| Tool and die makers | 40 | $22.31 | $46,410 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 30 | $14.67 | $30,510 |
| Bakers | 30 | $9.28 | $19,310 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 30 | $19.34 | $40,230 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 30 | $25.52 | $53,080 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 30 | $25.51 | $53,050 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 30 | $30.29 | $63,000 |
| Order clerks | 30 | $14.78 | $30,750 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Tire repairers and changers | 30 | $11.31 | $23,520 |
| Veterinarians | 30 | $35.53 | $73,900 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 30 | $11.78 | $24,500 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 30 | $30.75 | $63,950 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | Not available | $17.38 | $36,150 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | Not available | $18.70 | $38,890 |
| Cooks, fast food | Not available | $8.14 | $16,930 |
| Cooks, restaurant | Not available | $10.15 | $21,120 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | Not available | $8.17 | $16,980 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | Not available | $17.93 | $37,300 |
| Driver/sales workers | Not available | $12.00 | $24,950 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | Not available | $21.37 | $44,450 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | Not available | $12.38 | $25,750 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | Not available | $16.67 | $34,680 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | Not available | $8.51 | $17,690 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | Not available | $15.52 | $32,270 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | Not available | $15.92 | $33,110 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $23.12 | $48,090 |
| Power plant operators | Not available | $26.74 | $55,620 |
| Printing machine operators | Not available | $10.49 | $21,820 |
| Recreation workers | Not available | $9.93 | $20,660 |
| Security guards | Not available | $12.71 | $26,430 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | Not available | $15.82 | $32,910 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | Not available | $22.00 | $45,750 |
| Tellers | Not available | $11.61 | $24,140 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | Not available | $14.46 | $30,070 |
