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 | 68,280 | $18.54 | $38,570 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 11,790 | $15.12 | $31,460 |
| Sales and related occupations | 8,890 | $16.55 | $34,430 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 7,390 | $10.78 | $22,430 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 5,300 | $19.61 | $40,800 |
| Production occupations | 4,120 | $16.02 | $33,330 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 3,780 | $19.19 | $39,920 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 3,780 | $13.83 | $28,760 |
| Retail salespersons | 3,690 | $12.60 | $26,210 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 3,310 | $36.06 | $75,000 |
| Management occupations | 2,860 | $38.87 | $80,840 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,570 | $19.32 | $40,190 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 2,560 | $12.50 | $26,000 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,990 | $27.39 | $56,970 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,860 | $12.81 | $26,650 |
| Customer service representatives | 1,740 | $13.83 | $28,770 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,740 | $14.13 | $29,400 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,630 | $9.16 | $19,060 |
| Cashiers | 1,600 | $10.62 | $22,080 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1,490 | $16.23 | $33,760 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,460 | $14.50 | $30,170 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,420 | $11.76 | $24,460 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 1,260 | $18.50 | $38,480 |
| Registered nurses | 1,260 | $34.51 | $71,780 |
| Carpenters | 1,090 | $18.12 | $37,680 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,080 | $22.69 | $47,190 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 1,000 | $31.02 | $64,530 |
| Community and social services occupations | 970 | $19.65 | $40,880 |
| General and operations managers | 910 | $41.81 | $86,970 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 880 | $9.91 | $20,620 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 830 | $14.31 | $29,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 800 | $18.98 | $39,470 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 780 | $28.19 | $58,640 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 770 | $11.89 | $24,730 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 750 | $24.41 | $50,780 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 740 | $12.91 | $26,860 |
| Teacher assistants | 690 | Not available | $25,270 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 680 | $21.52 | $44,750 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 670 | $13.82 | $28,750 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 600 | $12.01 | $24,970 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 600 | $12.26 | $25,510 |
| Construction laborers | 580 | $16.79 | $34,930 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 580 | $24.29 | $50,530 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 530 | $17.57 | $36,550 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 510 | $9.74 | $20,260 |
| Medical secretaries | 510 | $15.15 | $31,520 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 490 | Not available | $46,050 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 480 | $18.01 | $37,450 |
| Food preparation workers | 470 | $10.44 | $21,720 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 470 | Not available | $49,270 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 460 | $11.78 | $24,510 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 450 | $28.28 | $58,810 |
| Home health aides | 450 | $10.57 | $21,990 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 440 | $11.06 | $23,000 |
| Dishwashers | 420 | $9.20 | $19,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 420 | $14.75 | $30,670 |
| Electricians | 410 | $28.43 | $59,140 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 410 | Not available | $49,190 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 410 | $18.19 | $37,840 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 410 | $14.84 | $30,870 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 400 | $12.89 | $26,810 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 400 | $15.76 | $32,770 |
| Bartenders | 370 | $10.20 | $21,210 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 370 | $17.42 | $36,240 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 370 | $19.71 | $41,000 |
| Construction managers | 360 | $37.51 | $78,030 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 350 | $22.61 | $47,030 |
| Service station attendants | 350 | $9.49 | $19,740 |
| Legal occupations | 340 | $34.40 | $71,550 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 320 | $9.23 | $19,200 |
| Medical assistants | 320 | $14.65 | $30,470 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 310 | $21.33 | $44,380 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 310 | $25.04 | $52,080 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 300 | $13.01 | $27,070 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 300 | $11.23 | $23,360 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 300 | $14.64 | $30,450 |
| Accountants and auditors | 290 | $34.09 | $70,910 |
| Computer support specialists | 290 | $21.10 | $43,880 |
| Team assemblers | 290 | $13.77 | $28,640 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 280 | Not available | Not available |
| Driver/sales workers | 270 | $14.52 | $30,210 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 270 | $19.57 | $40,710 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 270 | $24.46 | $50,870 |
| Tellers | 270 | $12.25 | $25,490 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 260 | $13.73 | $28,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 260 | $23.62 | $49,120 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 250 | $16.10 | $33,490 |
| Cooks, fast food | 250 | $9.43 | $19,610 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 250 | $15.46 | $32,150 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 250 | $9.70 | $20,170 |
| All other information and record clerks | 240 | $13.67 | $28,440 |
| Cost estimators | 240 | $24.74 | $51,460 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 230 | $15.14 | $31,490 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 230 | $9.85 | $20,490 |
| Coaches and scouts | 220 | Not available | $33,730 |
| Lawyers | 220 | $38.31 | $79,680 |
| Recreation workers | 220 | $12.11 | $25,190 |
| Security guards | 220 | $11.06 | $23,000 |
| Child care workers | 210 | $10.81 | $22,490 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 210 | $10.61 | $22,060 |
| Dental assistants | 210 | $17.63 | $36,670 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 210 | $24.27 | $50,480 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 200 | $41.86 | $87,060 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 200 | $17.60 | $36,610 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 200 | $13.23 | $27,510 |
| Managers, all other | 200 | $34.94 | $72,670 |
| Production workers, all other | 200 | $15.26 | $31,740 |
| Social and human service assistants | 200 | $13.78 | $28,660 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 190 | $9.80 | $20,390 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 190 | $27.76 | $57,740 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 180 | $16.09 | $33,460 |
| Fire fighters | 180 | $27.39 | $56,970 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 180 | $13.02 | $27,080 |
| Insurance sales agents | 170 | $25.73 | $53,510 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 170 | Not available | $50,320 |
| Legal secretaries | 160 | $17.62 | $36,650 |
| Parts salespersons | 160 | $16.43 | $34,180 |
| Physical therapists | 160 | $31.84 | $66,230 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 150 | $10.72 | $22,300 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 150 | $14.52 | $30,210 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 150 | $19.41 | $40,370 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 150 | $16.28 | $33,860 |
| Sheet metal workers | 150 | $18.32 | $38,100 |
| Civil engineers | 140 | $31.19 | $64,880 |
| Clergy | 140 | $22.43 | $46,660 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 140 | $11.61 | $24,150 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 140 | $27.10 | $56,380 |
| Graphic designers | 140 | $18.48 | $38,440 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 140 | $10.18 | $21,180 |
| Loan officers | 140 | $39.00 | $81,110 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 140 | $11.06 | $23,010 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 130 | $37.22 | $77,410 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 130 | $18.56 | $38,610 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 130 | $13.43 | $27,940 |
| Food service managers | 130 | $24.50 | $50,970 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 130 | $15.40 | $32,030 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Telemarketers | 130 | $14.43 | $30,020 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 130 | $24.03 | $49,980 |
| Advertising sales agents | 120 | $25.03 | $52,060 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 120 | Not available | $78,070 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 120 | $17.22 | $35,830 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 120 | $18.37 | $38,210 |
| Roofers | 120 | $14.58 | $30,320 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 120 | $30.85 | $64,170 |
| Sales managers | 120 | $58.22 | $121,100 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 120 | $18.97 | $39,470 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 120 | $17.89 | $37,210 |
| Bakers | 110 | $13.47 | $28,020 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 110 | $21.49 | $44,700 |
| File clerks | 110 | $11.30 | $23,500 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 110 | $21.78 | $45,310 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 110 | $15.50 | $32,250 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 110 | $15.78 | $32,830 |
| Medical and health services managers | 110 | $44.47 | $92,490 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 110 | $11.12 | $23,130 |
| Pharmacists | 110 | $56.06 | $116,610 |
| Printing machine operators | 110 | $14.51 | $30,170 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 110 | $28.88 | $60,080 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 110 | $15.16 | $31,530 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 100 | $29.78 | $61,940 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 100 | $16.48 | $34,280 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 100 | $12.05 | $25,070 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 100 | $12.19 | $25,350 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 100 | $23.44 | $48,750 |
| Training and development specialists | 100 | $28.49 | $59,260 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 100 | $15.57 | $32,390 |
| Administrative services managers | 90 | $30.33 | $63,090 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 90 | $24.00 | $49,920 |
| Crossing guards | 90 | $16.71 | $34,750 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 90 | $16.44 | $34,180 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 90 | $20.18 | $41,970 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 90 | $20.16 | $41,930 |
| Machinists | 90 | $17.97 | $37,380 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 80 | $15.75 | $32,770 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 80 | $21.59 | $44,900 |
| Chemical engineers | 80 | $45.26 | $94,140 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 80 | $34.30 | $71,330 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 80 | $14.93 | $31,050 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 80 | $23.97 | $49,860 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 80 | $16.25 | $33,790 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 80 | $17.97 | $37,380 |
| Library technicians | 80 | $14.22 | $29,580 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 80 | $9.38 | $19,500 |
| Order clerks | 80 | $13.94 | $29,000 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 80 | $16.80 | $34,950 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 80 | $15.60 | $32,440 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 80 | Not available | $48,640 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 70 | $33.79 | $70,290 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 70 | $19.25 | $40,050 |
| Chemists | 70 | $27.48 | $57,170 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 70 | $22.48 | $46,770 |
| Computer programmers | 70 | $30.34 | $63,100 |
| Financial managers | 70 | $57.20 | $118,980 |
| Instructional coordinators | 70 | $26.09 | $54,270 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 70 | $27.87 | $57,960 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 70 | $28.44 | $59,150 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians | 70 | $16.61 | $34,560 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 70 | $20.42 | $42,470 |
| Veterinarians | 70 | $29.93 | $62,250 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 60 | $23.97 | $49,860 |
| Bill and account collectors | 60 | $15.92 | $33,120 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 60 | $25.63 | $53,300 |
| Computer systems analysts | 60 | $33.01 | $68,660 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 60 | $30.69 | $63,840 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 60 | $14.54 | $30,250 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 60 | $24.44 | $50,840 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 60 | $14.08 | $29,290 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 60 | $33.38 | $69,430 |
| Floral designers | 60 | $11.00 | $22,880 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 60 | $16.58 | $34,480 |
| Marketing managers | 60 | $42.92 | $89,270 |
| Mechanical engineers | 60 | $33.21 | $69,080 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 60 | $13.43 | $27,940 |
| Occupational therapists | 60 | $30.44 | $63,320 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 60 | Not available | $47,050 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 60 | $14.72 | $30,610 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners | 60 | $15.48 | $32,200 |
| Umpires, referees, and other sports officials | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Urban and regional planners | 60 | $30.23 | $62,870 |
| Art directors | 50 | $33.12 | $68,890 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 50 | $20.39 | $42,410 |
| Brokerage clerks | 50 | $17.68 | $36,770 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 50 | $15.43 | $32,090 |
| Data entry keyers | 50 | $14.01 | $29,140 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 50 | $40.39 | $84,010 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 50 | $16.80 | $34,940 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 50 | $14.97 | $31,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 50 | $41.27 | $85,830 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 50 | $14.77 | $30,710 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 50 | $16.14 | $33,570 |
| Industrial production managers | 50 | $42.98 | $89,390 |
| Interpreters and translators | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Lodging managers | 50 | $21.42 | $44,550 |
| Management analysts | 50 | $27.36 | $56,920 |
| Massage therapists | 50 | $26.72 | $55,570 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 50 | $27.04 | $56,240 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 50 | $17.78 | $36,980 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 50 | $14.29 | $29,710 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 50 | $15.17 | $31,550 |
| Physical therapist aides | 50 | $11.36 | $23,620 |
| Pipelayers | 50 | $18.37 | $38,210 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 50 | $16.89 | $35,140 |
| Residential advisors | 50 | $12.28 | $25,540 |
| Social and community service managers | 50 | $27.43 | $57,050 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 50 | $25.48 | $53,000 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 50 | $21.29 | $44,280 |
| Agricultural workers, all other | 40 | $13.85 | $28,820 |
| Broadcast technicians | 40 | $15.89 | $33,050 |
| Chief executives | 40 | $75.29 | $156,610 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 40 | $18.91 | $39,340 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 40 | $21.67 | $45,080 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 40 | $49.29 | $102,530 |
| Computer hardware engineers | 40 | $47.57 | $98,940 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 40 | $36.38 | $75,680 |
| Directors, religious activities and education | 40 | $16.72 | $34,780 |
| Editors | 40 | $20.68 | $43,020 |
| Electrical engineers | 40 | $36.31 | $75,530 |
| Engineers, all other | 40 | $34.18 | $71,090 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 40 | $29.22 | $60,770 |
| Furniture finishers | 40 | $12.88 | $26,790 |
| Health educators | 40 | $22.91 | $47,650 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 40 | $14.26 | $29,670 |
| Industrial engineers | 40 | $37.28 | $77,530 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 40 | Not available | $48,360 |
| Librarians | 40 | $24.56 | $51,090 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 40 | $25.42 | $52,870 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 40 | $18.14 | $37,730 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 40 | $22.83 | $47,480 |
| Postal service clerks | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Public relations managers | 40 | $24.13 | $50,190 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 40 | $12.59 | $26,190 |
| Sewing machine operators | 40 | $9.67 | $20,120 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 40 | $31.02 | $64,520 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 40 | $19.32 | $40,190 |
| Surveyors | 40 | $33.83 | $70,370 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 40 | $11.35 | $23,610 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 40 | $12.15 | $25,260 |
| Zoologists and wildlife biologists | 40 | $27.76 | $57,740 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 30 | $19.37 | $40,300 |
| Dentists, general | 30 | $68.28 | $142,010 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other | 30 | $10.56 | $21,960 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 30 | $14.16 | $29,460 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 30 | $16.35 | $34,020 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 30 | $20.03 | $41,660 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other | 30 | $15.93 | $33,140 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 30 | $13.84 | $28,790 |
| Natural sciences managers | 30 | $49.24 | $102,410 |
| Producers and directors | 30 | $18.16 | $37,780 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 30 | $17.82 | $37,080 |
| Radio and television announcers | 30 | $16.94 | $35,230 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 30 | $37.41 | $77,810 |
| Travel agents | 30 | $11.39 | $23,700 |
| Bus drivers, school | Not available | $13.45 | $27,980 |
| Conservation scientists | Not available | $21.48 | $44,670 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | Not available | $14.08 | $29,300 |
| Cooks, short order | Not available | $10.56 | $21,960 |
| Dental hygienists | Not available | $35.20 | $73,220 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | Not available | $20.29 | $42,210 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | Not available | $20.93 | $43,530 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | Not available | $14.73 | $30,650 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | Not available | $21.02 | $43,720 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | Not available | $16.57 | $34,460 |
| Financial specialists, all other | Not available | $24.32 | $50,580 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | Not available | $31.72 | $65,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | Not available | $21.33 | $44,370 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | Not available | $10.62 | $22,090 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | Not available | $17.37 | $36,120 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | Not available | $11.06 | $23,010 |
| Home appliance repairers | Not available | $12.31 | $25,600 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall | Not available | $14.11 | $29,350 |
| Medical equipment repairers | Not available | $21.92 | $45,590 |
| Musicians and singers | Not available | $21.34 | Not available |
| New accounts clerks | Not available | $12.04 | $25,040 |
| Personal and home care aides | Not available | $10.32 | $21,470 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | Not available | $10.81 | $22,480 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | Not available | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | Not available | $14.17 | $29,480 |
| Public relations specialists | Not available | $22.83 | $47,490 |
| Real estate brokers | Not available | $25.29 | $52,600 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | Not available | $16.82 | $34,990 |
| Social workers, all other | Not available | $19.38 | $40,300 |
| Surgical technologists | Not available | $20.11 | $41,820 |
| Technical writers | Not available | $28.46 | $59,200 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | Not available | $25.65 | $53,360 |
| Tire repairers and changers | Not available | $13.44 | $27,960 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | Not available | $11.76 | $24,450 |
| Woodworkers, all other | Not available | $17.07 | $35,510 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | Not available | $12.56 | $26,120 |
