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 | 79,980 | $18.91 | $39,340 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 13,370 | $15.25 | $31,710 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 9,160 | $11.30 | $23,500 |
| Sales and related occupations | 9,060 | $16.15 | $33,580 |
| Production occupations | 6,330 | $16.75 | $34,840 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 5,760 | $22.92 | $47,670 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 5,290 | $22.06 | $45,880 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 4,650 | $15.49 | $32,230 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 3,600 | $31.31 | $65,130 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 3,200 | $20.10 | $41,810 |
| Retail salespersons | 2,940 | $12.56 | $26,120 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 2,640 | $26.48 | $55,080 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 2,580 | Not available | Not available |
| Personal care and service occupations | 2,580 | $12.03 | $25,030 |
| Cashiers | 2,410 | $10.95 | $22,770 |
| Management occupations | 2,380 | $47.40 | $98,590 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 2,080 | $13.17 | $27,390 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1,830 | $16.85 | $35,040 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,770 | $12.34 | $25,660 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,720 | $10.12 | $21,040 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 1,700 | $10.22 | $21,260 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,630 | $13.20 | $27,460 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,620 | $23.55 | $48,980 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 1,300 | $31.97 | $66,510 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,270 | $13.40 | $27,870 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 1,260 | $12.86 | $26,750 |
| Carpenters | 1,070 | $23.33 | $48,530 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 1,010 | $11.98 | $24,920 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 990 | $11.55 | $24,030 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 970 | $20.21 | $42,030 |
| Community and social services occupations | 960 | $19.15 | $39,840 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 940 | $26.91 | $55,970 |
| Customer service representatives | 940 | $13.82 | $28,750 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 910 | $11.48 | $23,880 |
| Teacher assistants | 890 | Not available | $27,640 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 830 | $15.27 | $31,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 810 | $23.22 | $48,290 |
| Construction laborers | 800 | $18.41 | $38,290 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 800 | Not available | $51,290 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 790 | $18.08 | $37,610 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 790 | $18.41 | $38,300 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 780 | $26.54 | $55,210 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 770 | $11.22 | $23,340 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 730 | $30.87 | $64,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 710 | $20.52 | $42,670 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 710 | $25.27 | $52,560 |
| Personal and home care aides | 670 | $10.96 | $22,800 |
| Electricians | 630 | $22.21 | $46,200 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 630 | $11.02 | $22,930 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 610 | $13.54 | $28,170 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 590 | $16.46 | $34,240 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 570 | $9.82 | $20,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 530 | $31.83 | $66,210 |
| Security guards | 530 | $14.28 | $29,710 |
| Team assemblers | 530 | $13.52 | $28,130 |
| Home health aides | 520 | $10.66 | $22,170 |
| Food preparation workers | 510 | $10.44 | $21,710 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 510 | Not available | $56,150 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 510 | $18.81 | $39,120 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 500 | Not available | $35,870 |
| Dishwashers | 490 | $9.40 | $19,550 |
| General and operations managers | 490 | $52.62 | $109,450 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 490 | $15.84 | $32,950 |
| Child care workers | 480 | $10.09 | $21,000 |
| Accountants and auditors | 470 | $28.51 | $59,310 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 470 | $28.48 | $59,230 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 460 | $18.34 | $38,150 |
| Medical secretaries | 450 | $16.90 | $35,140 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 450 | $14.17 | $29,470 |
| Tellers | 440 | $11.85 | $24,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 430 | $26.02 | $54,110 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 390 | $19.42 | $40,390 |
| Legal occupations | 390 | $29.36 | $61,070 |
| Helpers--production workers | 380 | $13.58 | $28,240 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 350 | $9.44 | $19,640 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 350 | $14.77 | $30,730 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 350 | $11.86 | $24,670 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 340 | Not available | $54,470 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 330 | $18.77 | $39,040 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 330 | $14.86 | $30,900 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 320 | $27.44 | $57,070 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 300 | $14.69 | $30,540 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 300 | $11.70 | $24,340 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 300 | $16.53 | $34,380 |
| Bartenders | 270 | $13.37 | $27,800 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 260 | $15.26 | $31,730 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | 260 | $9.91 | $20,620 |
| Bus drivers, school | 250 | $16.55 | $34,430 |
| Coaches and scouts | 250 | Not available | $35,140 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 250 | $28.71 | $59,720 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 250 | $31.48 | $65,470 |
| Civil engineers | 240 | $32.96 | $68,560 |
| Computer support specialists | 240 | $20.72 | $43,100 |
| Financial managers | 240 | $50.77 | $105,610 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 240 | $28.16 | $58,570 |
| Medical assistants | 240 | $14.83 | $30,840 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 240 | $16.42 | $34,160 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 230 | $17.53 | $36,460 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 230 | $12.12 | $25,210 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 220 | Not available | Not available |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 220 | $30.21 | $62,840 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 210 | $12.25 | $25,490 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 210 | $19.00 | $39,530 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 210 | $23.38 | $48,640 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 200 | $9.67 | $20,110 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 200 | $12.09 | $25,160 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 200 | Not available | Not available |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 200 | $21.66 | $45,040 |
| Recreation workers | 200 | $11.42 | $23,750 |
| Roofers | 200 | $18.82 | $39,140 |
| Social and human service assistants | 200 | $12.14 | $25,250 |
| Bakers | 190 | $13.61 | $28,310 |
| Dental assistants | 190 | $16.67 | $34,670 |
| Pharmacists | 190 | $50.13 | $104,280 |
| Cost estimators | 180 | $27.91 | $58,050 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators | 180 | $15.32 | $31,870 |
| Parts salespersons | 180 | $13.47 | $28,020 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 170 | $11.27 | $23,450 |
| Dental hygienists | 170 | $42.15 | $87,680 |
| Fire fighters | 170 | $25.85 | $53,770 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 170 | $12.65 | $26,300 |
| Lawyers | 170 | $34.54 | $71,840 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 170 | $10.53 | $21,890 |
| Library technicians | 170 | $16.73 | $34,790 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 170 | $12.11 | $25,200 |
| Millwrights | 170 | $27.41 | $57,010 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 170 | $17.95 | $37,340 |
| Telemarketers | 170 | $11.68 | $24,290 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 160 | $14.93 | $31,050 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 160 | $18.39 | $38,240 |
| Graphic designers | 160 | $17.31 | $36,010 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 160 | $22.24 | $46,250 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 160 | $10.07 | $20,950 |
| Managers, all other | 160 | $43.39 | $90,250 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 160 | $19.28 | $40,100 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 160 | $25.79 | $53,640 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 150 | $26.48 | $55,080 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 150 | $31.27 | $65,030 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 150 | $9.37 | $19,490 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 150 | $23.97 | $49,850 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 150 | $14.19 | $29,520 |
| Legal secretaries | 150 | $15.77 | $32,790 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 150 | $15.43 | $32,090 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 150 | $13.91 | $28,940 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 140 | $34.91 | $72,610 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 140 | $25.42 | $52,870 |
| Gaming dealers | 140 | $13.70 | $28,490 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 140 | $20.98 | $43,630 |
| Construction managers | 130 | $46.37 | $96,450 |
| Insurance sales agents | 130 | $20.69 | $43,030 |
| Librarians | 130 | $26.99 | $56,130 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 130 | $23.76 | $49,420 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 130 | $20.45 | $42,530 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 130 | $17.59 | $36,580 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 130 | $20.56 | $42,770 |
| Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders | 130 | $11.79 | $24,520 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 130 | $18.90 | $39,310 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 120 | Not available | $87,310 |
| File clerks | 120 | $11.27 | $23,440 |
| Market research analysts | 120 | $24.72 | $51,410 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 120 | $27.26 | $56,700 |
| Production workers, all other | 120 | $11.95 | $24,850 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 120 | $19.80 | $41,180 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 120 | $23.09 | $48,020 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 110 | $22.72 | $47,250 |
| Computer systems analysts | 110 | $29.43 | $61,220 |
| Data entry keyers | 110 | $13.01 | $27,050 |
| Loan officers | 110 | $32.01 | $66,590 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 110 | $17.77 | $36,960 |
| Sales managers | 110 | $64.97 | $135,140 |
| Sewing machine operators | 110 | $12.45 | $25,890 |
| Administrative services managers | 100 | $40.10 | $83,400 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 100 | $19.37 | $40,280 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 100 | $34.36 | $71,460 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 100 | $22.09 | $45,950 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 100 | $16.56 | $34,440 |
| Mechanical engineers | 100 | $45.40 | $94,430 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 100 | $12.54 | $26,080 |
| Tapers | 100 | $19.94 | $41,470 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 90 | $18.98 | $39,480 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 90 | $22.15 | $46,060 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 90 | $17.31 | $36,000 |
| Driver/sales workers | 90 | $18.03 | $37,490 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 90 | $12.36 | $25,720 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 90 | $26.95 | $56,060 |
| Floral designers | 90 | $11.05 | $22,980 |
| Mental health counselors | 90 | $19.99 | $41,570 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 90 | $20.78 | $43,210 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 90 | $33.55 | $69,790 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 90 | $14.81 | $30,810 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 90 | $13.74 | $28,570 |
| Advertising sales agents | 80 | $20.60 | $42,850 |
| Aerospace engineers | 80 | $38.95 | $81,010 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 80 | $24.16 | $50,250 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 80 | $16.61 | $34,550 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 80 | $15.26 | $31,750 |
| Editors | 80 | $23.35 | $48,570 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 80 | $21.89 | $45,540 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 80 | $21.30 | $44,310 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 80 | $18.65 | $38,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 80 | $19.20 | $39,930 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 80 | $23.59 | $49,070 |
| Industrial production managers | 80 | $46.89 | $97,530 |
| Machinists | 80 | $20.73 | $43,120 |
| Management analysts | 80 | $31.84 | $66,220 |
| Order clerks | 80 | $15.69 | $32,630 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 80 | $17.89 | $37,210 |
| Public relations specialists | 80 | $27.95 | $58,140 |
| Tour guides and escorts | 80 | $8.96 | $18,630 |
| Urban and regional planners | 80 | $27.31 | $56,810 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 80 | $15.14 | $31,490 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 70 | $31.72 | $65,980 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 70 | $40.44 | $84,120 |
| Engineering managers | 70 | $58.56 | $121,800 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | 70 | $19.49 | $40,530 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 70 | $39.52 | $82,210 |
| Gaming supervisors | 70 | $21.20 | $44,100 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 70 | $15.61 | $32,470 |
| Logging workers, all other | 70 | $17.30 | $35,990 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 70 | $17.92 | $37,280 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 70 | $10.21 | $21,240 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 70 | $29.98 | $62,350 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 70 | $20.03 | $41,670 |
| Training and development specialists | 70 | $27.04 | $56,240 |
| Veterinarians | 70 | $38.37 | $79,810 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 70 | $10.62 | $22,090 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 70 | Not available | $59,210 |
| Bill and account collectors | 60 | $15.67 | $32,590 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 60 | $28.70 | $59,700 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 60 | $14.99 | $31,190 |
| Food service managers | 60 | $26.01 | $54,100 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 60 | $18.99 | $39,500 |
| Industrial engineers | 60 | $39.66 | $82,500 |
| Instructional coordinators | 60 | $24.20 | $50,350 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 60 | $17.32 | $36,020 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 60 | $20.04 | $41,670 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 60 | $17.03 | $35,430 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 60 | $20.25 | $42,130 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 60 | $101.32 | $210,740 |
| Real estate brokers | 60 | $81.52 | $169,560 |
| Service station attendants | 60 | $9.47 | $19,700 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 60 | Not available | $52,290 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 60 | $27.03 | $56,220 |
| All other information and record clerks | 50 | $15.44 | $32,110 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 50 | $21.62 | $44,960 |
| Chemists | 50 | $31.35 | $65,210 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 50 | $23.38 | $48,640 |
| Computer programmers | 50 | $34.29 | $71,310 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 50 | $23.95 | $49,820 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 50 | $18.98 | $39,470 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 50 | $28.71 | $59,720 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 50 | $21.10 | $43,880 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 50 | $22.47 | $46,740 |
| Glaziers | 50 | $18.43 | $38,340 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 50 | $18.32 | $38,110 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 50 | Not available | $46,850 |
| Marketing managers | 50 | $47.99 | $99,830 |
| Massage therapists | 50 | $26.65 | $55,430 |
| Mechanical drafters | 50 | $20.85 | $43,370 |
| Medical and health services managers | 50 | $45.51 | $94,650 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 50 | $11.15 | $23,190 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 50 | $26.48 | $55,080 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 50 | $11.84 | $24,630 |
| Pharmacy aides | 50 | $10.76 | $22,370 |
| Physical therapists | 50 | $34.11 | $70,940 |
| Physician assistants | 50 | $42.59 | $88,580 |
| Pipelayers | 50 | $20.28 | $42,180 |
| Postal service clerks | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Social and community service managers | 50 | $29.58 | $61,530 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 50 | Not available | $53,680 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 50 | Not available | $47,470 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 50 | $38.07 | $79,180 |
| Word processors and typists | 50 | $18.43 | $38,330 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders | 40 | $14.13 | $29,380 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 40 | $22.99 | $47,830 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 40 | $17.15 | $35,670 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 40 | $24.13 | $50,200 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | 40 | $16.18 | $33,660 |
| Cooks, short order | 40 | $11.29 | $23,480 |
| Crossing guards | 40 | $18.99 | $39,490 |
| Database administrators | 40 | $22.94 | $47,710 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 40 | $11.22 | $23,340 |
| Gaming cage workers | 40 | $12.54 | $26,090 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 40 | $10.30 | $21,410 |
| Legislators | 40 | Not available | $42,830 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 40 | $19.51 | $40,570 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 40 | $18.17 | $37,780 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 40 | $14.66 | $30,490 |
| Motorboat mechanics | 40 | $20.99 | $43,670 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 40 | $19.69 | $40,960 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 40 | $13.08 | $27,210 |
| Travel agents | 40 | $12.08 | $25,120 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 40 | $15.69 | $32,640 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 40 | $22.94 | $47,720 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers | 30 | $14.76 | $30,700 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 30 | $32.94 | $68,510 |
| Couriers and messengers | 30 | $13.49 | $28,060 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 30 | $34.81 | $72,400 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 30 | $20.08 | $41,770 |
| Environmental engineers | 30 | $35.03 | $72,870 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 30 | $26.98 | $56,120 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 30 | $37.59 | $78,190 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 30 | $27.16 | $56,500 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 30 | $23.64 | $49,180 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 30 | $24.34 | $50,630 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 30 | $12.47 | $25,930 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | Not available | $9.35 | $19,450 |
| Electrical engineers | Not available | $36.33 | $75,560 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | Not available | $34.71 | $72,200 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | Not available | $19.22 | $39,970 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | Not available | $23.62 | $49,130 |
| Family and general practitioners | Not available | $81.06 | $168,600 |
| Farm and home management advisors | Not available | $21.95 | $45,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | Not available | $23.57 | $49,020 |
| Food batchmakers | Not available | $12.10 | $25,180 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | Not available | $32.67 | $67,950 |
| Highway maintenance workers | Not available | $20.31 | $42,250 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | Not available | $14.39 | $29,920 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | Not available | $10.56 | $21,960 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $17.79 | $37,000 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | Not available | $14.40 | $29,960 |
| New accounts clerks | Not available | $16.99 | $35,330 |
| Personal financial advisors | Not available | $31.39 | $65,300 |
| Printing machine operators | Not available | $16.06 | $33,400 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | Not available | $62.49 | $129,970 |
| Real estate sales agents | Not available | $22.30 | $46,390 |
| Registered nurses | Not available | $25.84 | $53,740 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | Not available | $13.24 | $27,530 |
| Sheet metal workers | Not available | $19.36 | $40,260 |
| Tax preparers | Not available | $18.10 | $37,650 |
| Zoologists and wildlife biologists | Not available | $27.28 | $56,740 |
