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 | 83,430 | $17.10 | $35,560 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 14,260 | $14.19 | $29,510 |
| Sales and related occupations | 10,970 | $14.01 | $29,130 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 8,250 | $8.81 | $18,330 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 7,040 | $14.50 | $30,160 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 5,330 | $17.65 | $36,710 |
| Retail salespersons | 4,010 | $12.04 | $25,050 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 3,710 | $18.64 | $38,780 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 3,700 | $19.16 | $39,850 |
| Production occupations | 3,560 | $16.11 | $33,510 |
| Management occupations | 3,200 | $36.59 | $76,120 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 3,010 | $11.20 | $23,300 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 2,650 | $11.66 | $24,260 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 2,610 | $24.93 | $51,860 |
| Cashiers | 2,450 | $8.83 | $18,370 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 2,100 | $14.19 | $29,520 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 2,090 | $10.22 | $21,250 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 1,920 | $12.62 | $26,250 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,850 | $8.13 | $16,900 |
| Registered nurses | 1,750 | $28.34 | $58,940 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,660 | $8.19 | $17,030 |
| Community and social services occupations | 1,600 | $19.55 | $40,670 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 1,520 | $12.12 | $25,210 |
| Carpenters | 1,510 | $15.72 | $32,690 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,420 | $11.38 | $23,670 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 1,400 | $27.15 | $56,470 |
| General and operations managers | 1,360 | $39.44 | $82,030 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 1,360 | $19.32 | $40,180 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 1,290 | $13.96 | $29,040 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 1,150 | $21.64 | $45,010 |
| Bartenders | 1,140 | $8.27 | $17,200 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,140 | $17.19 | $35,740 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 1,130 | $16.83 | $35,000 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 1,070 | $11.01 | $22,910 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,060 | $11.44 | $23,790 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 920 | $24.66 | $51,290 |
| Customer service representatives | 920 | $14.90 | $31,000 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 900 | $15.44 | $32,120 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 890 | $10.67 | $22,190 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 820 | Not available | $43,940 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 790 | $24.37 | $50,690 |
| Construction laborers | 770 | $15.70 | $32,650 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 740 | $11.73 | $24,390 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 730 | $10.08 | $20,960 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 720 | $17.29 | $35,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 680 | $25.44 | $52,910 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 670 | $18.65 | $38,780 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 670 | $8.60 | $17,890 |
| Home health aides | 660 | $10.14 | $21,100 |
| Legal occupations | 620 | $32.21 | $66,990 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 610 | $14.49 | $30,140 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 610 | $11.63 | $24,190 |
| Child care workers | 600 | $8.29 | $17,240 |
| Teacher assistants | 600 | Not available | $19,350 |
| Dishwashers | 550 | $8.31 | $17,290 |
| Accountants and auditors | 520 | $26.86 | $55,880 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 520 | Not available | $44,740 |
| Food preparation workers | 460 | $9.60 | $19,970 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 460 | $16.70 | $34,730 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 450 | $8.54 | $17,760 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 450 | $20.57 | $42,780 |
| Tellers | 450 | $12.24 | $25,460 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 430 | $11.31 | $23,530 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 420 | $13.54 | $28,170 |
| Social and human service assistants | 420 | $12.92 | $26,880 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 380 | $22.09 | $45,960 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 370 | $7.79 | $16,210 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 370 | Not available | $37,390 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 360 | $88.37 | $183,810 |
| Bus drivers, school | 350 | $10.36 | $21,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 350 | $27.01 | $56,190 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 350 | $11.70 | $24,330 |
| Telemarketers | 350 | $9.99 | $20,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 330 | $13.80 | $28,710 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 310 | $22.08 | $45,930 |
| Lawyers | 310 | $41.24 | $85,790 |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers | 310 | $28.31 | $58,880 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 300 | $16.49 | $34,300 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 290 | $29.79 | $61,960 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 280 | $8.01 | $16,660 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 270 | $20.42 | $42,470 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 260 | $10.01 | $20,820 |
| Computer support specialists | 250 | $17.78 | $36,980 |
| Parts salespersons | 250 | $15.71 | $32,670 |
| Team assemblers | 250 | $13.17 | $27,400 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 240 | $28.47 | $59,220 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 240 | $13.86 | $28,830 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 240 | $22.19 | $46,150 |
| Electricians | 230 | $19.71 | $41,000 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 230 | $9.16 | $19,060 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 230 | $8.13 | $16,910 |
| Recreation workers | 230 | $12.64 | $26,290 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 220 | $17.29 | $35,960 |
| Medical assistants | 220 | $13.28 | $27,630 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 220 | $17.99 | $37,410 |
| Cost estimators | 210 | $21.49 | $44,700 |
| Driver/sales workers | 210 | $13.70 | $28,490 |
| Insurance sales agents | 210 | Not available | Not available |
| Medical secretaries | 210 | $14.57 | $30,310 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 200 | $17.33 | $36,060 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 200 | $18.76 | $39,020 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 200 | $24.29 | $50,530 |
| Pharmacists | 200 | $46.74 | $97,230 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 200 | $13.15 | $27,360 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 200 | Not available | Not available |
| Machinists | 190 | $18.62 | $38,720 |
| Dental assistants | 180 | $14.77 | $30,710 |
| Loan officers | 180 | $27.92 | $58,070 |
| Order clerks | 180 | $13.45 | $27,970 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 180 | $15.29 | $31,800 |
| Civil engineers | 170 | $32.54 | $67,680 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 170 | $10.31 | $21,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 170 | $21.81 | $45,360 |
| Legal secretaries | 170 | $15.53 | $32,300 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 170 | $22.27 | $46,330 |
| Chief executives | 160 | $48.94 | $101,800 |
| Clergy | 160 | $15.68 | $32,620 |
| Dental hygienists | 160 | $31.18 | $64,850 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 160 | $26.23 | $54,550 |
| Helpers--production workers | 160 | $12.10 | $25,170 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 160 | $14.72 | $30,610 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| Public relations specialists | 160 | $22.64 | $47,090 |
| Advertising sales agents | 150 | $15.43 | $32,100 |
| Construction managers | 150 | $32.72 | $68,060 |
| Electrical engineers | 150 | $33.87 | $70,450 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 150 | $15.63 | $32,510 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 150 | $15.34 | $31,910 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 150 | $11.14 | $23,160 |
| Bakers | 140 | $10.98 | $22,840 |
| Bill and account collectors | 140 | $15.38 | $32,000 |
| Computer programmers | 140 | $25.21 | $52,440 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 140 | $20.48 | $42,600 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 140 | $15.25 | $31,730 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 140 | $24.38 | $50,710 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 140 | $12.48 | $25,960 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 140 | $14.25 | $29,640 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 140 | $10.31 | $21,440 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 130 | $20.41 | $42,450 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 130 | $22.01 | $45,780 |
| Financial managers | 130 | $41.24 | $85,770 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 130 | $16.14 | $33,570 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 130 | $11.39 | $23,690 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 130 | $17.23 | $35,840 |
| Sales managers | 130 | $37.07 | $77,100 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 130 | $9.06 | $18,840 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 130 | $22.77 | $47,370 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 130 | $21.03 | $43,730 |
| All other information and record clerks | 120 | $15.05 | $31,310 |
| Data entry keyers | 120 | $11.73 | $24,410 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 120 | $24.73 | $51,450 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 120 | $12.81 | $26,640 |
| Personal financial advisors | 120 | $27.56 | $57,330 |
| Surveyors | 120 | $26.75 | $55,640 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 110 | $16.51 | $34,340 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 110 | $13.55 | $28,190 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 110 | $18.79 | $39,080 |
| Coaches and scouts | 110 | Not available | $18,700 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 110 | $12.42 | $25,830 |
| File clerks | 110 | $11.34 | $23,600 |
| Librarians | 110 | $20.74 | $43,140 |
| Managers, all other | 110 | $42.62 | $88,640 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 110 | $11.17 | $23,240 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 110 | $27.84 | $57,900 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 110 | $25.47 | $52,970 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 110 | $20.40 | $42,420 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 110 | $37.63 | $78,280 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 100 | $26.82 | $55,780 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 100 | $20.60 | $42,840 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 100 | $24.38 | $50,700 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 100 | $26.77 | $55,680 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 100 | $8.98 | $18,680 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 100 | $22.49 | $46,770 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 100 | $19.13 | $39,800 |
| Service station attendants | 100 | $10.38 | $21,580 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 90 | $8.27 | $17,200 |
| Computer systems analysts | 90 | $30.75 | $63,960 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 90 | Not available | $65,980 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 90 | $19.29 | $40,130 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 90 | Not available | $40,490 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 90 | $18.86 | $39,240 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 90 | $12.53 | $26,060 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 90 | $15.32 | $31,870 |
| Social and community service managers | 90 | $20.88 | $43,430 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 90 | $18.22 | $37,900 |
| Training and development specialists | 90 | $21.18 | $44,060 |
| Administrative services managers | 80 | $26.86 | $55,870 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 80 | $20.17 | $41,950 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 80 | $12.95 | $26,930 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 80 | $18.82 | $39,140 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 80 | $20.68 | $43,010 |
| Couriers and messengers | 80 | $13.06 | $27,170 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 80 | $27.88 | $57,980 |
| Family and general practitioners | 80 | $56.16 | $116,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 80 | $15.02 | $31,250 |
| Graphic designers | 80 | $16.76 | $34,850 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 80 | $10.16 | $21,130 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 80 | $11.14 | $23,170 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 80 | $17.48 | $36,370 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 80 | $23.99 | $49,890 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 80 | Not available | $43,930 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 80 | Not available | $42,660 |
| Dentists, general | 70 | $69.09 | $143,710 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 70 | $20.40 | $42,430 |
| Forest and conservation technicians | 70 | $14.79 | $30,770 |
| Market research analysts | 70 | $25.65 | $53,350 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 70 | $24.39 | $50,740 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 70 | $19.36 | $40,270 |
| Physician assistants | 70 | $38.96 | $81,030 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 70 | $12.36 | $25,710 |
| Bindery workers | 60 | $12.65 | $26,310 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 60 | $35.06 | $72,930 |
| Crossing guards | 60 | $12.80 | $26,630 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 60 | $35.71 | $74,280 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 60 | $17.37 | $36,130 |
| Engineering managers | 60 | $44.99 | $93,590 |
| Gaming supervisors | 60 | $15.07 | $31,350 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 60 | $42.02 | $87,410 |
| Industrial engineers | 60 | $38.13 | $79,310 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 60 | $17.21 | $35,810 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 60 | $18.21 | $37,870 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 60 | $29.55 | $61,450 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Producers and directors | 60 | $22.11 | $46,000 |
| Public relations managers | 60 | $24.43 | $50,810 |
| Radio and television announcers | 60 | $15.77 | $32,800 |
| Sewing machine operators | 60 | $9.21 | $19,150 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 60 | Not available | $42,460 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 60 | $20.00 | $41,590 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 50 | $32.23 | $67,050 |
| Editors | 50 | $18.77 | $39,040 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 50 | $24.01 | $49,930 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 50 | $8.01 | $16,660 |
| Food service managers | 50 | $20.67 | $42,990 |
| Health educators | 50 | $13.24 | $27,530 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 50 | $19.66 | $40,880 |
| Management analysts | 50 | $37.30 | $77,590 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 50 | $16.25 | $33,790 |
| Mechanical engineers | 50 | $35.53 | $73,900 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 50 | $26.20 | $54,500 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 50 | $17.14 | $35,660 |
| Postal service clerks | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Printing machine operators | 50 | $14.98 | $31,170 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 50 | $21.82 | $45,380 |
| Word processors and typists | 50 | $13.78 | $28,670 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 40 | $23.71 | $49,320 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 40 | $20.46 | $42,560 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 40 | $25.45 | $52,940 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 40 | $30.94 | $64,360 |
| Floral designers | 40 | $10.51 | $21,870 |
| Mechanical drafters | 40 | $17.23 | $35,840 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 40 | $15.16 | $31,540 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 40 | $8.75 | $18,200 |
| Occupational therapists | 40 | $28.06 | $58,370 |
| Optometrists | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Protective service workers, all other | 40 | $13.10 | $27,250 |
| Radiation therapists | 40 | $45.34 | $94,310 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 40 | $16.93 | $35,210 |
| Surgical technologists | 40 | $19.89 | $41,360 |
| Transportation inspectors | 40 | $25.71 | $53,490 |
| Veterinarians | 40 | $22.43 | $46,660 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 40 | Not available | $42,830 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 40 | $16.50 | $34,310 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 30 | $10.83 | $22,530 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 30 | $13.65 | $28,390 |
| Biological scientists, all other | 30 | $31.20 | $64,890 |
| Budget analysts | 30 | $27.92 | $58,070 |
| Chiropractors | 30 | $17.76 | $36,940 |
| Commercial pilots | 30 | Not available | $49,070 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 30 | $15.47 | $32,180 |
| Financial analysts | 30 | $32.70 | $68,010 |
| Geological and petroleum technicians | 30 | $15.86 | $32,980 |
| Home appliance repairers | 30 | $9.96 | $20,710 |
| Instructional coordinators | 30 | $19.99 | $41,580 |
| Library technicians | 30 | $14.22 | $29,590 |
| Natural sciences managers | 30 | $43.68 | $90,840 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 30 | $13.81 | $28,720 |
| Petroleum engineers | 30 | $41.59 | $86,500 |
| Procurement clerks | 30 | $17.68 | $36,770 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 30 | $21.31 | $44,330 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | Not available | $20.11 | $41,830 |
| Brokerage clerks | Not available | $12.33 | $25,650 |
| Cargo and freight agents | Not available | $19.46 | $40,480 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | Not available | $27.75 | $57,730 |
| Cooks, fast food | Not available | $8.15 | $16,940 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | Not available | $8.12 | $16,900 |
| Curators | Not available | $16.44 | $34,180 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | Not available | $29.39 | $61,120 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | Not available | $22.29 | $46,360 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | Not available | $9.78 | $20,340 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | Not available | $15.29 | $31,810 |
| Gaming and sports book writers and runners | Not available | $7.31 | $15,200 |
| Gaming change persons and booth cashiers | Not available | $10.44 | $21,720 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | Not available | $18.54 | $38,570 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | Not available | $11.30 | $23,500 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $12.48 | $25,960 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | Not available | $17.73 | $36,870 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | Not available | $19.63 | $40,830 |
| Interior designers | Not available | $9.90 | $20,580 |
| Job printers | Not available | $19.01 | $39,550 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | Not available | $12.05 | $25,070 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | Not available | $12.98 | $26,990 |
| Lodging managers | Not available | $17.09 | $35,540 |
| Marketing managers | Not available | $34.29 | $71,320 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | Not available | $10.05 | $20,890 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | Not available | $11.26 | $23,430 |
| Personal and home care aides | Not available | $10.43 | $21,690 |
| Pipelayers | Not available | $19.21 | $39,950 |
| Real estate brokers | Not available | $30.96 | $64,410 |
| Real estate sales agents | Not available | $21.13 | $43,940 |
| Respiratory therapists | Not available | $23.09 | $48,020 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | Not available | $14.39 | $29,940 |
| Security guards | Not available | $10.20 | $21,210 |
| Sheet metal workers | Not available | $16.10 | $33,490 |
| Social workers, all other | Not available | $18.46 | $38,390 |
| Speech-language pathologists | Not available | $29.47 | $61,290 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | Not available | $12.40 | $25,790 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | Not available | $26.36 | $54,840 |
| Travel agents | Not available | $14.14 | $29,410 |
