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 | 35,870 | $17.66 | $36,740 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 5,110 | $13.91 | $28,940 |
| Sales and related occupations | 4,980 | $12.55 | $26,110 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 4,210 | $8.69 | $18,070 |
| Production occupations | 2,820 | $18.12 | $37,690 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 2,340 | $26.46 | $55,030 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 2,270 | $30.06 | $62,530 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 2,100 | $14.47 | $30,090 |
| Retail salespersons | 1,830 | $10.75 | $22,370 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,790 | $11.96 | $24,880 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 1,710 | $20.53 | $42,690 |
| Cashiers | 1,490 | $8.64 | $17,970 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 1,310 | $12.03 | $25,020 |
| Management occupations | 1,080 | $42.77 | $88,950 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 1,030 | $19.38 | $40,320 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,000 | $8.01 | $16,660 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 940 | $27.89 | $58,010 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 870 | $10.45 | $21,730 |
| Office clerks, general | 820 | $10.73 | $22,320 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 810 | $8.26 | $17,190 |
| Community and social services occupations | 780 | $18.60 | $38,690 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 770 | $12.18 | $25,330 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 730 | Not available | $61,960 |
| Registered nurses | 720 | $30.61 | $63,660 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 700 | $11.98 | $24,930 |
| Home health aides | 620 | $10.60 | $22,050 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 550 | $12.98 | $27,010 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 550 | $18.36 | $38,200 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 520 | $8.67 | $18,020 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 500 | $15.52 | $32,280 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 500 | $10.78 | $22,410 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 470 | Not available | $61,660 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 460 | $9.01 | $18,750 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 420 | $16.76 | $34,850 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 420 | $11.95 | $24,850 |
| Protective service occupations | 410 | $19.64 | $40,850 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 390 | $30.10 | $62,610 |
| Bartenders | 380 | $8.21 | $17,080 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 360 | $17.35 | $36,080 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 350 | $21.05 | $43,790 |
| Tellers | 310 | $11.39 | $23,690 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 300 | $19.56 | $40,690 |
| Food preparation workers | 290 | $8.98 | $18,670 |
| General and operations managers | 290 | $48.22 | $100,290 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 270 | $12.17 | $25,310 |
| Teacher assistants | 270 | Not available | $22,530 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 250 | $9.88 | $20,550 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 250 | $10.41 | $21,650 |
| Machinists | 240 | $17.90 | $37,230 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 240 | $10.60 | $22,050 |
| Accountants and auditors | 230 | $27.60 | $57,400 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 210 | $15.91 | $33,100 |
| Customer service representatives | 210 | $15.01 | $31,230 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 210 | $30.54 | $63,510 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 210 | $17.78 | $36,980 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 200 | $18.78 | $39,060 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 200 | $10.99 | $22,860 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 190 | $34.98 | $72,750 |
| Cooks, fast food | 190 | $8.35 | $17,370 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 190 | $28.65 | $59,580 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 190 | $28.13 | $58,510 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 180 | $21.03 | $43,750 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 170 | $23.33 | $48,520 |
| Construction laborers | 170 | $15.28 | $31,770 |
| Bus drivers, school | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| Child care workers | 160 | $9.78 | $20,350 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 160 | $8.31 | $17,290 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 160 | $9.56 | $19,890 |
| Carpenters | 150 | $17.60 | $36,610 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 150 | $8.01 | $16,650 |
| Electricians | 150 | $28.63 | $59,550 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 150 | $10.95 | $22,770 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 150 | $16.15 | $33,600 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 150 | $13.22 | $27,490 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 140 | $27.25 | $56,680 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 140 | Not available | Not available |
| Cooks, short order | 130 | $9.38 | $19,520 |
| Dishwashers | 130 | $8.33 | $17,330 |
| Legal occupations | 130 | $34.95 | $72,700 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 130 | $23.62 | $49,130 |
| Medical secretaries | 110 | $13.70 | $28,500 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 110 | $13.61 | $28,310 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 110 | $20.06 | $41,730 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 100 | $15.92 | $33,120 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 100 | $10.12 | $21,040 |
| Dental hygienists | 100 | $28.55 | $59,390 |
| Helpers--production workers | 100 | $8.55 | $17,790 |
| Medical and health services managers | 100 | $49.71 | $103,390 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 100 | $20.27 | $42,160 |
| Pharmacists | 100 | $49.58 | $103,130 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 100 | $19.77 | $41,120 |
| Social and human service assistants | 100 | $15.24 | $31,690 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 90 | $24.53 | $51,030 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Mechanical engineers | 90 | $30.17 | $62,760 |
| Medical assistants | 90 | $11.38 | $23,680 |
| Roofers | 90 | $14.24 | $29,610 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 90 | $11.35 | $23,600 |
| Team assemblers | 90 | $12.26 | $25,510 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 80 | $9.73 | $20,240 |
| Dental assistants | 80 | $15.02 | $31,250 |
| Food service managers | 80 | $21.98 | $45,710 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 80 | $12.44 | $25,870 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 80 | $9.04 | $18,810 |
| Sewing machine operators | 80 | $10.55 | $21,940 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 70 | $13.18 | $27,410 |
| Chief executives | 70 | $79.10 | $164,530 |
| Computer systems analysts | 70 | $35.37 | $73,580 |
| Financial managers | 70 | $32.62 | $67,850 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 70 | $36.38 | $75,660 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 70 | $21.99 | $45,730 |
| Lawyers | 70 | $42.50 | $88,400 |
| Legal secretaries | 70 | $14.57 | $30,310 |
| Pharmacy aides | 70 | $10.36 | $21,540 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 70 | $20.99 | $43,660 |
| Sales managers | 70 | $43.60 | $90,700 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 60 | $8.24 | $17,130 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 60 | $20.33 | $42,300 |
| Cost estimators | 60 | $24.06 | $50,050 |
| Driver/sales workers | 60 | $13.75 | $28,610 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 60 | $20.54 | $42,730 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 60 | $9.01 | $18,750 |
| Loan officers | 60 | $16.89 | $35,140 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 60 | $15.95 | $33,180 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 60 | $12.82 | $26,670 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 60 | $18.25 | $37,950 |
| Physical therapists | 60 | $34.95 | $72,700 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 60 | $24.16 | $50,250 |
| Public relations specialists | 60 | $26.02 | $54,130 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 60 | $24.95 | $51,890 |
| Security guards | 60 | $11.03 | $22,950 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 50 | $30.35 | $63,130 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 50 | $13.09 | $27,230 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 50 | Not available | $79,660 |
| Industrial production managers | 50 | $46.40 | $96,510 |
| Insurance sales agents | 50 | $17.07 | $35,510 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 50 | $9.68 | $20,130 |
| Parts salespersons | 50 | $11.62 | $24,180 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 50 | $18.10 | $37,640 |
| Production workers, all other | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 50 | $17.76 | $36,930 |
| Recreation workers | 50 | $13.30 | $27,660 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 50 | $17.99 | $37,410 |
| Social and community service managers | 50 | $31.71 | $65,950 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 50 | $42.50 | $88,390 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 50 | $9.01 | $18,730 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 50 | $11.80 | $24,540 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 50 | $21.77 | $45,270 |
| Computer programmers | 40 | $30.34 | $63,100 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $16.43 | $34,180 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 40 | $11.95 | $24,850 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 40 | $20.72 | $43,090 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 40 | $32.53 | $67,660 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 40 | $21.07 | $43,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 40 | $19.83 | $41,240 |
| Funeral attendants | 40 | $9.22 | $19,180 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 40 | $9.97 | $20,730 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 40 | $8.08 | $16,810 |
| Industrial engineers | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Medical and public health social workers | 40 | $22.16 | $46,100 |
| Occupational therapists | 40 | $25.31 | $52,650 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 40 | $24.73 | $51,430 |
| Sales engineers | 40 | $32.29 | $67,170 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 40 | $30.02 | $62,440 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 40 | $17.04 | $35,440 |
| Training and development specialists | 40 | $29.07 | $60,470 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 30 | $10.65 | $22,160 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 30 | $43.12 | $89,690 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 30 | $22.21 | $46,200 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 30 | $15.67 | $32,600 |
| Dentists, general | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Electrical engineers | 30 | $35.84 | $74,540 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 30 | $29.88 | $62,160 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 30 | $17.48 | $36,360 |
| Librarians | 30 | $36.40 | $75,710 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 30 | $14.97 | $31,150 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 30 | $17.67 | $36,750 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 30 | $15.54 | $32,330 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | 30 | $11.73 | $24,410 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | Not available | $27.44 | $57,070 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | Not available | $25.67 | $53,400 |
| Computer support specialists | Not available | $15.51 | $32,270 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | Not available | $17.35 | $36,100 |
| Family and general practitioners | Not available | $72.51 | $150,820 |
| Financial specialists, all other | Not available | $19.71 | $40,990 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | Not available | $16.85 | $35,050 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | Not available | $31.90 | $66,360 |
| New accounts clerks | Not available | $14.83 | $30,840 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | Not available | $15.02 | $31,240 |
| Personal and home care aides | Not available | $9.80 | $20,390 |
| Printing machine operators | Not available | $19.16 | $39,850 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | Not available | Not available | $50,700 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | Not available | $27.88 | $57,980 |
| Tool and die makers | Not available | $18.67 | $38,830 |
