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 |
160,340 |
$17.82 |
$37,060 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
23,800 |
$13.60 |
$28,280 |
| Production occupations |
16,920 |
$20.80 |
$43,250 |
| Sales and related occupations |
15,030 |
$14.02 |
$29,160 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
13,810 |
$8.23 |
$17,110 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
11,900 |
$14.20 |
$29,540 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
11,520 |
$17.41 |
$36,210 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
9,400 |
$18.00 |
$37,430 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
8,540 |
$19.45 |
$40,450 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
7,910 |
$28.96 |
$60,230 |
| Management occupations |
5,850 |
$40.68 |
$84,600 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
5,400 |
$32.91 |
$68,460 |
| Retail salespersons |
5,350 |
$10.85 |
$22,570 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
5,150 |
$7.20 |
$14,970 |
| Protective service occupations |
4,940 |
$17.20 |
$35,770 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
4,890 |
$9.83 |
$20,440 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
4,760 |
$8.05 |
$16,750 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
4,730 |
$9.49 |
$19,730 |
| Cashiers |
4,210 |
$8.02 |
$16,670 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
3,890 |
$27.36 |
$56,900 |
| Office clerks, general |
2,890 |
$10.54 |
$21,930 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
2,850 |
$10.27 |
$21,370 |
| Personal and home care aides |
2,830 |
$6.90 |
$14,350 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
2,830 |
$12.43 |
$25,850 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,690 |
$9.15 |
$19,030 |
| Registered nurses |
2,570 |
$28.01 |
$58,260 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
2,510 |
$7.39 |
$15,360 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
2,370 |
$18.92 |
$39,350 |
| General and operations managers |
1,980 |
$46.14 |
$95,970 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
1,960 |
$10.21 |
$21,230 |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers |
1,930 |
$28.65 |
$59,580 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
1,920 |
$14.38 |
$29,920 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,920 |
Not available |
$43,780 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
1,840 |
$15.50 |
$32,230 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
1,780 |
$17.72 |
$36,860 |
| Home health aides |
1,740 |
$7.85 |
$16,320 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,730 |
$33.82 |
$70,350 |
| Customer service representatives |
1,720 |
$12.72 |
$26,460 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,690 |
$15.97 |
$33,220 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
1,650 |
$29.53 |
$61,430 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1,620 |
$27.44 |
$57,080 |
| Construction laborers |
1,610 |
$12.18 |
$25,340 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,610 |
$18.25 |
$37,960 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,600 |
$9.25 |
$19,230 |
| Community and social services occupations |
1,470 |
$18.12 |
$37,700 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,440 |
$20.15 |
$41,920 |
| Electricians |
1,410 |
$22.14 |
$46,060 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,370 |
$10.20 |
$21,210 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,290 |
Not available |
$44,650 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,260 |
Not available |
$43,850 |
| Chemical plant and system operators |
1,230 |
$30.65 |
$63,760 |
| Legal occupations |
1,220 |
$38.39 |
$79,850 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
1,210 |
$28.17 |
$58,600 |
| Teacher assistants |
1,210 |
Not available |
$17,710 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
1,200 |
$14.91 |
$31,010 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,190 |
$14.02 |
$29,160 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,190 |
$11.94 |
$24,830 |
| Security guards |
1,170 |
$12.47 |
$25,940 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,130 |
$24.54 |
$51,050 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,130 |
$17.23 |
$35,840 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
1,120 |
$22.11 |
$45,990 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
1,110 |
$18.47 |
$38,410 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
1,060 |
$19.03 |
$39,580 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
1,000 |
$18.45 |
$38,390 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
900 |
Not available |
$19,470 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
880 |
$17.83 |
$37,090 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
880 |
$7.29 |
$15,160 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
880 |
$23.20 |
$48,260 |
| Carpenters |
830 |
$16.79 |
$34,930 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
830 |
$8.93 |
$18,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
800 |
$28.45 |
$59,180 |
| Team assemblers |
800 |
$14.08 |
$29,290 |
| Tellers |
800 |
$10.31 |
$21,450 |
| Helpers--production workers |
790 |
$11.18 |
$23,240 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
780 |
$29.61 |
$61,590 |
| Accountants and auditors |
740 |
$25.10 |
$52,210 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
740 |
$10.60 |
$22,050 |
| Machinists |
730 |
$19.73 |
$41,040 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
730 |
$16.63 |
$34,590 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
710 |
$12.90 |
$26,830 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
710 |
$14.77 |
$30,720 |
| Construction managers |
700 |
$30.32 |
$63,070 |
| Food preparation workers |
670 |
$8.18 |
$17,020 |
| Chemical technicians |
640 |
$25.44 |
$52,910 |
| Child care workers |
640 |
$7.43 |
$15,450 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders |
630 |
$24.85 |
$51,690 |
| Medical assistants |
630 |
$11.43 |
$23,780 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
600 |
$9.62 |
$20,000 |
| Lawyers |
600 |
$56.94 |
$118,430 |
| Medical secretaries |
590 |
$13.14 |
$27,330 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
560 |
$10.76 |
$22,370 |
| Dishwashers |
560 |
$7.40 |
$15,380 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
560 |
$20.28 |
$42,190 |
| Mechanical engineers |
520 |
$43.11 |
$89,670 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
510 |
$7.27 |
$15,130 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
510 |
$21.14 |
$43,980 |
| Bus drivers, school |
500 |
$9.63 |
$20,020 |
| Chemical engineers |
490 |
$46.36 |
$96,420 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
490 |
$8.02 |
$16,690 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
470 |
$25.92 |
$53,910 |
| Bartenders |
440 |
$8.09 |
$16,830 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
440 |
$12.98 |
$27,010 |
| Driver/sales workers |
440 |
$10.90 |
$22,660 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
440 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Civil engineering technicians |
420 |
$17.12 |
$35,600 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
420 |
$7.59 |
$15,790 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
410 |
$20.67 |
$42,990 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
400 |
$13.69 |
$28,470 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
400 |
$24.60 |
$51,170 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
390 |
$7.92 |
$16,480 |
| Cooks, fast food |
380 |
$7.40 |
$15,400 |
| Fire fighters |
370 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
370 |
$9.93 |
$20,650 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
360 |
$13.33 |
$27,730 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
350 |
$14.40 |
$29,940 |
| Computer support specialists |
350 |
$15.91 |
$33,080 |
| Industrial engineers |
350 |
$42.32 |
$88,030 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
350 |
$20.43 |
$42,490 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
340 |
$7.28 |
$15,130 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
330 |
$22.94 |
$47,720 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
330 |
$19.52 |
$40,610 |
| Electrical engineers |
320 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Pharmacists |
320 |
$56.17 |
$116,840 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
320 |
$9.99 |
$20,770 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
310 |
$11.70 |
$24,340 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
310 |
$13.11 |
$27,270 |
| Cost estimators |
300 |
$27.28 |
$56,750 |
| Industrial production managers |
300 |
$54.39 |
$113,130 |
| Computer systems analysts |
290 |
$32.69 |
$67,990 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
290 |
$13.74 |
$28,580 |
| Dental assistants |
290 |
$14.77 |
$30,730 |
| File clerks |
290 |
$9.46 |
$19,670 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
290 |
$20.94 |
$43,550 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
280 |
$17.05 |
$35,460 |
| Computer programmers |
280 |
$28.39 |
$59,060 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
280 |
$7.49 |
$15,570 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
280 |
$8.51 |
$17,710 |
| Crane and tower operators |
270 |
$22.91 |
$47,650 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
270 |
Not available |
$67,080 |
| Insurance sales agents |
270 |
$18.65 |
$38,800 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
270 |
$18.28 |
$38,020 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
270 |
$15.01 |
$31,220 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
270 |
$19.31 |
$40,170 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
260 |
$28.01 |
$58,270 |
| Helpers--electricians |
260 |
$14.04 |
$29,210 |
| Roustabouts, oil and gas |
260 |
$14.41 |
$29,980 |
| Bill and account collectors |
250 |
$13.91 |
$28,920 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
250 |
$40.10 |
$83,400 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
250 |
$7.71 |
$16,040 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
240 |
$17.32 |
$36,030 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
240 |
$16.40 |
$34,110 |
| Financial managers |
240 |
$41.51 |
$86,330 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
240 |
$10.58 |
$22,000 |
| Administrative services managers |
230 |
$35.46 |
$73,750 |
| Dental hygienists |
230 |
$29.29 |
$60,910 |
| Engineering managers |
230 |
$55.86 |
$116,180 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
230 |
$21.63 |
$44,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
230 |
$13.06 |
$27,170 |
| Food service managers |
230 |
$26.87 |
$55,890 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
230 |
$10.02 |
$20,840 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
220 |
$19.93 |
$41,450 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
220 |
$24.02 |
$49,950 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
220 |
$11.88 |
$24,710 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
220 |
$12.21 |
$25,390 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
220 |
Not available |
$45,700 |
| Legal secretaries |
220 |
$17.86 |
$37,150 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
210 |
$24.06 |
$50,050 |
| Medical and health services managers |
210 |
$29.71 |
$61,790 |
| Sales managers |
210 |
$43.49 |
$90,460 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
210 |
$15.83 |
$32,930 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
200 |
$28.85 |
$60,010 |
| New accounts clerks |
200 |
$13.71 |
$28,520 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
200 |
$20.53 |
$42,700 |
| Telemarketers |
200 |
$12.82 |
$26,660 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
200 |
$20.44 |
$42,520 |
| Chemists |
190 |
$37.62 |
$78,250 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
190 |
$26.38 |
$54,860 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
190 |
$13.73 |
$28,550 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
190 |
$24.08 |
$50,080 |
| Surveyors |
190 |
$23.99 |
$49,890 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
180 |
$28.87 |
$60,050 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
180 |
$27.57 |
$57,340 |
| Parts salespersons |
180 |
$14.36 |
$29,860 |
| Public relations specialists |
180 |
$24.92 |
$51,840 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
180 |
$14.06 |
$29,240 |
| Boilermakers |
170 |
$22.83 |
$47,490 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
170 |
$20.65 |
$42,940 |
| Loan officers |
170 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Petroleum engineers |
170 |
$46.61 |
$96,950 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
170 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining |
170 |
$26.03 |
$54,140 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
170 |
$17.09 |
$35,550 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
160 |
$17.09 |
$35,550 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
160 |
$16.65 |
$34,630 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
160 |
$14.13 |
$29,390 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
160 |
$23.64 |
$49,170 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
160 |
$14.49 |
$30,140 |
| Real estate sales agents |
160 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Respiratory therapists |
160 |
$23.03 |
$47,910 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
160 |
$32.19 |
$66,950 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
160 |
Not available |
$45,200 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
160 |
Not available |
$46,250 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical |
150 |
$19.88 |
$41,340 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
150 |
$7.84 |
$16,300 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
150 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Social and community service managers |
150 |
$19.71 |
$40,990 |
| Social and human service assistants |
150 |
$12.04 |
$25,050 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
150 |
Not available |
$45,030 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
140 |
$8.14 |
$16,920 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
140 |
$11.89 |
$24,730 |
| Chief executives |
140 |
$68.78 |
$143,070 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
140 |
$16.44 |
$34,190 |
| Gas plant operators |
140 |
$23.36 |
$48,590 |
| Management analysts |
140 |
$27.54 |
$57,290 |
| Mechanical drafters |
140 |
$25.46 |
$52,960 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
140 |
$11.94 |
$24,830 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
140 |
$15.31 |
$31,840 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
140 |
$24.59 |
$51,150 |
| Advertising sales agents |
130 |
$20.60 |
$42,850 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
130 |
$12.76 |
$26,550 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
130 |
$23.70 |
$49,300 |
| Librarians |
130 |
$23.03 |
$47,910 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
130 |
$14.37 |
$29,890 |
| Logisticians |
130 |
$35.55 |
$73,950 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
130 |
$17.62 |
$36,640 |
| Recreation workers |
130 |
$13.88 |
$28,870 |
| Training and development specialists |
130 |
$24.69 |
$51,360 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers |
120 |
$11.15 |
$23,190 |
| Data entry keyers |
120 |
$12.03 |
$25,020 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
120 |
$17.30 |
$35,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
120 |
$13.16 |
$27,360 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
120 |
$10.24 |
$21,300 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
120 |
$16.16 |
$33,620 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
120 |
$13.07 |
$27,180 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
120 |
$19.68 |
$40,940 |
| All other information and record clerks |
110 |
$14.21 |
$29,560 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
110 |
$22.20 |
$46,180 |
| Choreographers |
110 |
$9.01 |
$18,750 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
110 |
$13.36 |
$27,790 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
110 |
$24.60 |
$51,170 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
110 |
$33.44 |
$69,560 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
110 |
$17.35 |
$36,100 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
110 |
$7.61 |
$15,830 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
110 |
$22.51 |
$46,810 |
| Sheet metal workers |
110 |
$18.72 |
$38,930 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
100 |
$47.87 |
$99,580 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
100 |
$16.34 |
$33,990 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
100 |
$16.29 |
$33,880 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
100 |
$21.83 |
$45,400 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other |
100 |
$11.76 |
$24,460 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
100 |
$20.57 |
$42,790 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
100 |
$18.33 |
$38,130 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
100 |
$13.04 |
$27,130 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
100 |
$17.09 |
$35,550 |
| Instructional coordinators |
100 |
$29.29 |
$60,920 |
| Legislators |
100 |
Not available |
$36,250 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
100 |
$9.93 |
$20,660 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
100 |
$11.08 |
$23,050 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
100 |
$22.74 |
$47,300 |
| Order clerks |
100 |
$10.19 |
$21,200 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
100 |
$15.36 |
$31,940 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
100 |
Not available |
$45,080 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
100 |
$26.43 |
$54,970 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
100 |
$37.39 |
$77,770 |
| Engineers, all other |
90 |
$34.96 |
$72,710 |
| Food batchmakers |
90 |
$9.19 |
$19,120 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
90 |
$6.85 |
$14,240 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
90 |
$12.74 |
$26,490 |
| Marketing managers |
90 |
$59.29 |
$123,330 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
90 |
$24.00 |
$49,910 |
| Tile and marble setters |
90 |
$14.58 |
$30,330 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
90 |
$13.61 |
$28,310 |
| Couriers and messengers |
80 |
$10.52 |
$21,880 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
80 |
$22.78 |
$47,380 |
| Floral designers |
80 |
$9.76 |
$20,310 |
| Graphic designers |
80 |
$18.46 |
$38,400 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
80 |
$14.47 |
$30,090 |
| Managers, all other |
80 |
$37.25 |
$77,480 |
| Market research analysts |
80 |
$29.99 |
$62,370 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
80 |
$10.29 |
$21,390 |
| Pest control workers |
80 |
$14.34 |
$29,820 |
| Physical therapists |
80 |
$39.17 |
$81,470 |
| Postal service clerks |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Procurement clerks |
80 |
$16.15 |
$33,580 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
80 |
$21.22 |
$44,140 |
| Riggers |
80 |
$21.17 |
$44,020 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
80 |
$30.37 |
$63,170 |
| Social workers, all other |
80 |
$15.35 |
$31,930 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
80 |
$27.88 |
$57,980 |
| Bakers |
70 |
$9.52 |
$19,810 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
70 |
$22.84 |
$47,510 |
| Counselors, all other |
70 |
$24.29 |
$50,520 |
| Court reporters |
70 |
$25.28 |
$52,590 |
| Crossing guards |
70 |
$7.39 |
$15,380 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
70 |
$9.93 |
$20,650 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
70 |
$15.64 |
$32,540 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
70 |
$13.72 |
$28,530 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
70 |
$15.68 |
$32,620 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
70 |
$21.79 |
$45,320 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
70 |
$19.35 |
$40,250 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
70 |
$11.66 |
$24,250 |
| Plant and system operators, all other |
70 |
$22.63 |
$47,070 |
| Purchasing managers |
70 |
$44.28 |
$92,110 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
70 |
$15.31 |
$31,840 |
| Coaches and scouts |
60 |
Not available |
$44,050 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
60 |
$24.50 |
$50,970 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
60 |
$23.99 |
$49,900 |
| Physical therapist aides |
60 |
$10.26 |
$21,340 |
| Printing machine operators |
60 |
$13.68 |
$28,460 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
60 |
$12.37 |
$25,730 |
| Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers |
60 |
$25.85 |
$53,770 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
60 |
$13.93 |
$28,980 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
50 |
$27.00 |
$56,160 |
| Broadcast technicians |
50 |
$13.43 |
$27,930 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
50 |
$12.04 |
$25,050 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
50 |
$20.92 |
$43,500 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
50 |
$11.90 |
$24,750 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
50 |
$16.34 |
$33,990 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
50 |
$26.95 |
$56,050 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
50 |
$38.05 |
$79,140 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
50 |
$23.32 |
$48,500 |
| Family and general practitioners |
50 |
$78.74 |
$163,780 |
| Financial analysts |
50 |
$31.77 |
$66,090 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
50 |
$19.41 |
$40,370 |
| Funeral directors |
50 |
$27.04 |
$56,240 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders |
50 |
$14.09 |
$29,310 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
50 |
$10.52 |
$21,880 |
| Library technicians |
50 |
$12.24 |
$25,460 |
| Materials engineers |
50 |
$44.69 |
$92,950 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
50 |
$15.22 |
$31,650 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders |
50 |
$20.07 |
$41,750 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
50 |
$11.40 |
$23,720 |
| Occupational therapists |
50 |
$34.44 |
$71,630 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation |
50 |
$14.41 |
$29,980 |
| Photographers |
50 |
$13.56 |
$28,200 |
| Rail car repairers |
50 |
$13.84 |
$28,790 |
| Veterinarians |
50 |
$37.06 |
$77,090 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
40 |
$33.45 |
$69,580 |
| Database administrators |
40 |
$34.63 |
$72,040 |
| Dentists, general |
40 |
$98.28 |
$204,420 |
| Environmental engineers |
40 |
$40.63 |
$84,510 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
40 |
$33.87 |
$70,460 |
| Motorcycle mechanics |
40 |
$15.85 |
$32,970 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
40 |
$8.11 |
$16,880 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$54,990 |
| Personal financial advisors |
40 |
$28.59 |
$59,470 |
| Pourers and casters, metal |
40 |
$21.88 |
$45,510 |
| Producers and directors |
40 |
$23.39 |
$48,650 |
| Animal control workers |
30 |
$14.03 |
$29,180 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
30 |
$26.15 |
$54,400 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
30 |
$38.80 |
$80,710 |
| Health educators |
30 |
$15.44 |
$32,110 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
30 |
$14.78 |
$30,750 |
| Private detectives and investigators |
30 |
$17.43 |
$36,260 |
| Production workers, all other |
30 |
$9.08 |
$18,880 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
Not available |
$20.80 |
$43,270 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
Not available |
$19.03 |
$39,570 |
| Budget analysts |
Not available |
$29.51 |
$61,380 |
| Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels |
Not available |
$31.66 |
$65,860 |
| Civil engineers |
Not available |
$27.35 |
$56,880 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$12.41 |
$25,800 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
Not available |
$16.96 |
$35,270 |
| Computer operators |
Not available |
$12.92 |
$26,870 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
Not available |
$35.60 |
$74,040 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
Not available |
$45.43 |
$94,490 |
| Cooks, short order |
Not available |
$8.76 |
$18,210 |
| Correspondence clerks |
Not available |
$10.88 |
$22,630 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
Not available |
$11.40 |
$23,710 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
Not available |
$17.23 |
$35,850 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
Not available |
$11.87 |
$24,690 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians |
Not available |
$24.44 |
$50,830 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles |
Not available |
$10.44 |
$21,720 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
Not available |
$17.42 |
$36,230 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$16.02 |
$33,330 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
Not available |
$23.37 |
$48,600 |
| Geological and petroleum technicians |
Not available |
$16.70 |
$34,730 |
| Glaziers |
Not available |
$13.70 |
$28,500 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
Not available |
$12.92 |
$26,880 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
Not available |
$16.18 |
$33,650 |
| Lay-out workers, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$18.71 |
$38,910 |
| Lodging managers |
Not available |
$32.21 |
$66,990 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
Not available |
$23.29 |
$48,450 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
Not available |
$12.07 |
$25,110 |
| Millwrights |
Not available |
$21.94 |
$45,640 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
Not available |
$29.98 |
$62,360 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
Not available |
$14.47 |
$30,090 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
Not available |
$15.67 |
$32,590 |
| Pipelayers |
Not available |
$14.05 |
$29,230 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
Not available |
$11.45 |
$23,810 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
Not available |
$11.20 |
$23,290 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians |
Not available |
$21.05 |
$43,780 |
| Sailors and marine oilers |
Not available |
$19.81 |
$41,200 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
Not available |
$10.76 |
$22,380 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
Not available |
$17.98 |
$37,400 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$8.97 |
$18,650 |
| Ship engineers |
Not available |
$27.02 |
$56,200 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
Not available |
$20.77 |
$43,210 |
| Surgeons |
Not available |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
Not available |
$9.69 |
$20,160 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
Not available |
$18.78 |
$39,060 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
Not available |
$10.48 |
$21,810 |
