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 | $75.00 | 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 | $75.00 | 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 |
