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 | 517,940 | $18.74 | $38,980 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 93,310 | $14.61 | $30,390 |
| Sales and related occupations | 65,380 | $16.44 | $34,190 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 40,600 | $13.98 | $29,080 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 38,250 | $8.50 | $17,670 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 35,110 | $27.37 | $56,940 |
| Production occupations | 35,110 | $15.28 | $31,790 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 28,040 | $17.49 | $36,380 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 26,140 | $21.37 | $44,450 |
| Management occupations | 25,120 | $46.06 | $95,810 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 23,930 | $19.15 | $39,830 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 20,240 | $29.60 | $61,560 |
| Cashiers | 17,210 | $8.27 | $17,190 |
| Retail salespersons | 16,180 | $11.82 | $24,590 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 14,440 | $10.30 | $21,430 |
| Registered nurses | 13,810 | $28.04 | $58,330 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 13,760 | $11.52 | $23,960 |
| Protective service occupations | 12,500 | $15.22 | $31,660 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 12,180 | $14.42 | $29,990 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 11,000 | $10.50 | $21,830 |
| Office clerks, general | 10,600 | $10.77 | $22,400 |
| General and operations managers | 10,520 | $49.21 | $102,360 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 10,110 | $31.29 | $65,080 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 9,930 | $7.41 | $15,410 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 9,850 | $10.29 | $21,410 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 9,400 | $25.90 | $53,870 |
| Customer service representatives | 8,590 | $14.85 | $30,890 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 8,590 | $19.52 | $40,590 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 7,430 | $7.51 | $15,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 7,270 | $21.96 | $45,680 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 7,110 | $30.49 | $63,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 7,090 | $17.94 | $37,310 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 7,080 | $10.30 | $21,410 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 7,030 | $15.32 | $31,860 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 6,720 | $9.15 | $19,030 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 6,320 | $18.91 | $39,330 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 6,070 | $10.62 | $22,090 |
| Security guards | 5,210 | $9.87 | $20,540 |
| Accountants and auditors | 4,730 | $29.47 | $61,300 |
| Community and social services occupations | 4,540 | $19.21 | $39,950 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 4,480 | Not available | $28,910 |
| Legal occupations | 4,260 | $45.45 | $94,540 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 4,220 | $16.92 | $35,190 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 4,090 | $16.20 | $33,690 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 3,930 | $11.56 | $24,040 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 3,910 | Not available | $45,410 |
| Construction laborers | 3,730 | $11.87 | $24,680 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 3,710 | Not available | $48,070 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 3,510 | $9.36 | $19,470 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 3,490 | $13.44 | $27,960 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 3,480 | $26.41 | $54,940 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 3,360 | $13.94 | $29,000 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 3,090 | $25.69 | $53,440 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 2,990 | $13.88 | $28,870 |
| Electricians | 2,980 | $20.18 | $41,980 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 2,930 | $8.43 | $17,530 |
| Team assemblers | 2,900 | $11.25 | $23,400 |
| Cooks, fast food | 2,890 | $7.40 | $15,390 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 2,880 | $25.87 | $53,810 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 2,860 | Not available | $46,600 |
| Tellers | 2,830 | $10.31 | $21,450 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 2,810 | $19.89 | $41,370 |
| Child care workers | 2,790 | $8.24 | $17,130 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 2,790 | $20.68 | $43,000 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 2,780 | $13.38 | $27,820 |
| Food preparation workers | 2,590 | $8.46 | $17,600 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 2,580 | $10.63 | $22,110 |
| Bus drivers, school | 2,460 | $7.38 | $15,360 |
| Home health aides | 2,460 | $8.96 | $18,650 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 2,440 | $17.83 | $37,090 |
| Lawyers | 2,440 | $62.40 | $129,790 |
| Carpenters | 2,410 | $17.40 | $36,200 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 2,400 | $10.70 | $22,260 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 2,370 | $27.89 | $58,010 |
| Helpers--production workers | 2,310 | $13.27 | $27,600 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 2,310 | $17.34 | $36,070 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 2,260 | $14.71 | $30,590 |
| Insurance sales agents | 2,260 | $30.21 | $62,830 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 2,110 | $16.11 | $33,500 |
| Computer systems analysts | 2,070 | $32.42 | $67,440 |
| Teacher assistants | 1,950 | Not available | $18,710 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 1,890 | $11.38 | $23,670 |
| Financial managers | 1,870 | $47.81 | $99,450 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 1,850 | $19.96 | $41,520 |
| Legal secretaries | 1,830 | $17.33 | $36,040 |
| Machinists | 1,810 | $19.22 | $39,970 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 1,780 | $8.97 | $18,660 |
| Telemarketers | 1,770 | $10.39 | $21,600 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 1,750 | $17.83 | $37,080 |
| Computer programmers | 1,730 | $34.90 | $72,590 |
| Management analysts | 1,720 | $38.75 | $80,600 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 1,710 | $34.33 | $71,410 |
| Medical assistants | 1,690 | $12.94 | $26,920 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 1,690 | $37.10 | $77,170 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 1,680 | $30.55 | $63,540 |
| Computer support specialists | 1,650 | $21.81 | $45,360 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 1,650 | $8.92 | $18,550 |
| Bill and account collectors | 1,590 | $14.58 | $30,330 |
| Driver/sales workers | 1,540 | $11.24 | $23,370 |
| Loan officers | 1,530 | $35.94 | $74,760 |
| Personal and home care aides | 1,520 | $7.86 | $16,360 |
| Parts salespersons | 1,480 | $16.20 | $33,700 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 1,450 | $26.86 | $55,870 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 1,450 | $14.30 | $29,730 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 1,440 | $45.39 | $94,420 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 1,430 | $14.41 | $29,980 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 1,410 | $9.61 | $19,990 |
| Fire fighters | 1,400 | $18.09 | $37,640 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 1,380 | Not available | Not available |
| Dishwashers | 1,370 | $8.20 | $17,060 |
| Sales managers | 1,370 | $46.23 | $96,150 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 1,370 | $23.07 | $47,990 |
| Construction managers | 1,330 | $37.09 | $77,140 |
| Pharmacists | 1,300 | $47.67 | $99,150 |
| Data entry keyers | 1,280 | $12.97 | $26,970 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 1,270 | $19.83 | $41,240 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 1,250 | $32.27 | $67,120 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 1,230 | $15.93 | $33,130 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 1,230 | $13.40 | $27,870 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 1,210 | $10.23 | $21,280 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 1,210 | $18.42 | $38,320 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 1,200 | $23.41 | $48,700 |
| Electrical engineers | 1,180 | $39.39 | $81,940 |
| Public relations specialists | 1,170 | $22.52 | $46,850 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 1,160 | $8.13 | $16,900 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 1,150 | $20.45 | $42,550 |
| Chief executives | 1,110 | $80.57 | $167,590 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 1,110 | $22.81 | $47,440 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 1,090 | $14.26 | $29,660 |
| Managers, all other | 1,090 | $45.46 | $94,560 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 1,050 | $19.48 | $40,510 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 1,030 | $7.55 | $15,710 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 1,030 | $24.40 | $50,740 |
| Coaches and scouts | 1,020 | Not available | $26,810 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 1,010 | $35.17 | $73,140 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 1,000 | $13.99 | $29,090 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 990 | $23.30 | $48,470 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 980 | $20.98 | $43,630 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 980 | $16.96 | $35,280 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 980 | $11.26 | $23,430 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 970 | $13.43 | $27,940 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 950 | $8.45 | $17,580 |
| Cost estimators | 940 | $28.12 | $58,500 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 940 | $11.74 | $24,410 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 940 | $25.22 | $52,450 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 930 | $14.85 | $30,890 |
| Order clerks | 930 | $13.59 | $28,260 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 930 | $16.19 | $33,670 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 920 | $8.33 | $17,320 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 900 | $14.17 | $29,480 |
| Helpers--electricians | 890 | $11.80 | $24,550 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 850 | $13.35 | $27,760 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 850 | $21.70 | $45,130 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 840 | $15.95 | $33,180 |
| Bartenders | 830 | $8.33 | $17,320 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 830 | Not available | Not available |
| Sheet metal workers | 830 | $17.94 | $37,320 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 810 | $21.21 | $44,120 |
| Dental assistants | 810 | $13.62 | $28,320 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 800 | $19.95 | $41,500 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 800 | $26.68 | $55,500 |
| Advertising sales agents | 790 | $27.64 | $57,490 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 790 | $22.75 | $47,320 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 780 | $16.38 | $34,060 |
| Medical and health services managers | 780 | $40.81 | $84,880 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 780 | $13.53 | $28,150 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 770 | $24.51 | $50,970 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 770 | $12.04 | $25,040 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 760 | $15.66 | $32,570 |
| Training and development specialists | 760 | $24.76 | $51,490 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 750 | $15.61 | $32,470 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 750 | $12.05 | $25,070 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 740 | $12.55 | $26,110 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 740 | $15.85 | $32,980 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 730 | $48.93 | $101,780 |
| Dental hygienists | 730 | $21.33 | $44,370 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 720 | $34.43 | $71,610 |
| Personal financial advisors | 720 | $45.89 | $95,450 |
| Civil engineers | 710 | $34.44 | $71,640 |
| Food service managers | 710 | $23.61 | $49,110 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 700 | Not available | $76,550 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 700 | $8.46 | $17,600 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 690 | $32.82 | $68,270 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 680 | $16.84 | $35,020 |
| File clerks | 680 | $10.60 | $22,050 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 680 | $14.32 | $29,790 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 680 | $10.83 | $22,520 |
| Printing machine operators | 680 | $15.32 | $31,870 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 680 | $19.39 | $40,320 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 680 | $22.92 | $47,670 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 680 | $35.07 | $72,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 660 | $15.70 | $32,660 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 660 | $14.99 | $31,180 |
| Graphic designers | 650 | $22.41 | $46,610 |
| Medical secretaries | 650 | $13.68 | $28,450 |
| Pipelayers | 650 | $16.19 | $33,680 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 630 | $17.79 | $37,010 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 630 | $31.13 | $64,750 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 610 | Not available | $52,240 |
| All other information and record clerks | 600 | $16.92 | $35,190 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 600 | $13.95 | $29,010 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 590 | $25.18 | $52,370 |
| Engineering managers | 590 | $50.96 | $106,000 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 590 | $16.70 | $34,740 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 580 | $25.46 | $52,960 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 580 | $17.49 | $36,380 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 580 | $8.95 | $18,610 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 560 | $26.05 | $54,180 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | 560 | $10.23 | $21,270 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 560 | $14.72 | $30,630 |
| Real estate sales agents | 560 | $29.47 | $61,290 |
| Recreation workers | 550 | $10.06 | $20,930 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 540 | $21.50 | $44,730 |
| Production workers, all other | 540 | $12.72 | $26,470 |
| Social and human service assistants | 540 | $11.27 | $23,440 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 540 | $8.91 | $18,530 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 530 | $24.95 | $51,900 |
| Couriers and messengers | 530 | $10.42 | $21,680 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 530 | $17.96 | $37,370 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 530 | $16.70 | $34,740 |
| Sewing machine operators | 520 | $8.97 | $18,660 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 510 | $20.73 | $43,120 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 510 | $11.34 | $23,580 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | 510 | $20.43 | $42,490 |
| Cooks, short order | 510 | $8.18 | $17,020 |
| Crane and tower operators | 510 | $19.19 | $39,920 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 510 | $17.09 | $35,540 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 510 | $18.79 | $39,080 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 500 | $46.78 | $97,290 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 500 | $8.68 | $18,060 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 500 | $14.31 | $29,760 |
| Industrial production managers | 490 | $40.11 | $83,440 |
| Physical therapists | 490 | $36.08 | $75,040 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 490 | $11.83 | $24,610 |
| Respiratory therapists | 490 | $22.50 | $46,790 |
| Librarians | 480 | $22.62 | $47,050 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 480 | $10.48 | $21,790 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 470 | $11.51 | $23,940 |
| Surgical technologists | 470 | $15.69 | $32,640 |
| Computer operators | 460 | $15.92 | $33,110 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 460 | $12.72 | $26,460 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 450 | $20.49 | $42,610 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 450 | $11.93 | $24,820 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 450 | $12.93 | $26,880 |
| Pest control workers | 450 | $15.67 | $32,590 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 440 | $31.71 | $65,960 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 430 | $10.30 | $21,430 |
| Occupational therapists | 430 | $31.57 | $65,670 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 420 | $19.67 | $40,910 |
| Surveyors | 420 | $24.30 | $50,540 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 410 | $11.84 | $24,620 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 410 | $17.72 | $36,860 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 410 | $10.90 | $22,660 |
| Administrative services managers | 400 | $34.04 | $70,800 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 400 | Not available | $41,900 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay | 390 | $24.59 | $51,140 |
| Mechanical engineers | 390 | $36.80 | $76,530 |
| Financial analysts | 380 | $31.79 | $66,110 |
| Legislators | 380 | Not available | $15,130 |
| Brokerage clerks | 370 | $16.64 | $34,600 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 370 | $22.91 | $47,650 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 360 | $22.91 | $47,640 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 360 | $26.84 | $55,820 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 360 | $11.58 | $24,090 |
| Power plant operators | 360 | $25.45 | $52,930 |
| Roofers | 360 | $14.65 | $30,470 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 350 | $11.04 | $22,960 |
| Database administrators | 350 | $31.29 | $65,090 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 350 | $26.82 | $55,780 |
| Marketing managers | 350 | $49.12 | $102,170 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 350 | $14.36 | $29,870 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 350 | $23.08 | $48,010 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 350 | Not available | $46,100 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 350 | $25.19 | $52,390 |
| Chemical technicians | 340 | $19.02 | $39,560 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 340 | $15.37 | $31,970 |
| Industrial engineers | 340 | $34.12 | $70,980 |
| Parking lot attendants | 340 | $7.95 | $16,530 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 340 | $8.73 | $18,150 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 340 | $17.45 | $36,300 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 330 | $17.43 | $36,250 |
| New accounts clerks | 330 | $12.90 | $26,820 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 330 | $26.85 | $55,850 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 330 | $11.13 | $23,150 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 320 | $13.61 | $28,320 |
| Millwrights | 320 | $18.86 | $39,230 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 320 | $15.09 | $31,400 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 320 | $15.96 | $33,190 |
| Anesthesiologists | 310 | $78.23 | $162,720 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 310 | $18.11 | $37,660 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | 310 | $13.08 | $27,210 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 310 | $24.96 | $51,910 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 310 | $24.48 | $50,910 |
| Financial examiners | 310 | $24.65 | $51,280 |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products | 310 | $10.39 | $21,620 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 310 | $21.96 | $45,670 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 310 | Not available | $47,320 |
| Transportation workers, all other | 310 | $9.12 | $18,980 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 310 | $20.45 | $42,540 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 300 | $21.05 | $43,780 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 300 | $9.91 | $20,610 |
| Library technicians | 300 | $12.25 | $25,470 |
| Mine cutting and channeling machine operators | 300 | $15.31 | $31,850 |
| Service station attendants | 300 | $9.82 | $20,420 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 290 | $12.96 | $26,950 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 290 | $32.20 | $66,970 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 290 | Not available | $48,740 |
| Insurance underwriters | 280 | $24.81 | $51,610 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders | 280 | $17.66 | $36,740 |
| Postal service clerks | 280 | Not available | Not available |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | 280 | $17.44 | $36,280 |
| Shampooers | 280 | $7.63 | $15,860 |
| Dentists, general | 270 | $68.29 | $142,040 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 270 | $32.31 | $67,200 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 270 | $14.76 | $30,700 |
| Tank car, truck, and ship loaders | 270 | $12.51 | $26,030 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 270 | $12.29 | $25,560 |
| Bakers | 260 | $11.25 | $23,410 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 260 | $21.04 | $43,760 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 260 | $12.60 | $26,210 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 260 | $29.47 | $61,290 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 260 | $13.12 | $27,280 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 260 | Not available | Not available |
| Producers and directors | 260 | $25.42 | $52,870 |
| Residential advisors | 260 | $9.72 | $20,210 |
| Tile and marble setters | 260 | $14.41 | $29,980 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 250 | $22.50 | $46,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 250 | $30.07 | $62,540 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 250 | $48.73 | $101,360 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 250 | $10.24 | $21,290 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 250 | $11.69 | $24,310 |
| Pourers and casters, metal | 250 | $18.35 | $38,170 |
| Procurement clerks | 250 | $14.58 | $30,320 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 250 | $41.96 | $87,280 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners | 250 | $14.84 | $30,870 |
| Veterinarians | 250 | $29.81 | $62,000 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | 240 | $14.70 | $30,580 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 240 | $19.89 | $41,380 |
| Commercial pilots | 230 | Not available | $77,720 |
| Editors | 230 | $22.63 | $47,060 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 230 | $26.87 | $55,890 |
| Logging equipment operators | 230 | $11.61 | $24,150 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | 230 | $12.06 | $25,070 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 230 | $17.81 | $37,050 |
| Bindery workers | 220 | $13.36 | $27,780 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 220 | $14.29 | $29,730 |
| Credit analysts | 220 | $27.46 | $57,110 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 220 | $21.07 | $43,830 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 220 | $25.35 | $52,730 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 220 | $16.13 | $33,550 |
| Purchasing managers | 220 | $46.54 | $96,800 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 220 | $28.10 | $58,450 |
| Tax preparers | 220 | $12.21 | $25,390 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 210 | $11.92 | $24,800 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 210 | Not available | Not available |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 210 | $11.06 | $23,010 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 200 | $15.64 | $32,530 |
| Crossing guards | 200 | $8.07 | $16,780 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 200 | Not available | $50,030 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 200 | $20.15 | $41,920 |
| Interior designers | 200 | $26.32 | $54,740 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 200 | $7.70 | $16,030 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 200 | $9.70 | $20,170 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 200 | Not available | $69,110 |
| Sales engineers | 200 | $34.51 | $71,780 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 200 | $13.69 | $28,480 |
| Social and community service managers | 200 | $24.89 | $51,760 |
| Word processors and typists | 200 | $14.48 | $30,110 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 190 | $13.98 | $29,080 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 190 | $20.46 | $42,560 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 190 | $14.63 | $30,440 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 190 | $23.10 | $48,040 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 190 | $37.53 | $78,050 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 190 | $17.45 | $36,290 |
| Market research analysts | 190 | $31.47 | $65,460 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 190 | $20.28 | $42,190 |
| Mental health counselors | 190 | $15.71 | $32,680 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 190 | $10.23 | $21,280 |
| Public relations managers | 190 | $43.98 | $91,490 |
| Radio and television announcers | 190 | $24.22 | $50,390 |
| Chemists | 180 | $30.40 | $63,240 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 180 | $16.42 | $34,160 |
| Home appliance repairers | 180 | $14.53 | $30,230 |
| Physical therapist aides | 180 | $10.35 | $21,520 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 180 | $18.15 | $37,740 |
| Social workers, all other | 180 | $22.84 | $47,500 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 170 | $27.73 | $57,670 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | 170 | $16.93 | $35,210 |
| Floral designers | 170 | $11.52 | $23,970 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 170 | $14.23 | $29,610 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 170 | $16.34 | $33,980 |
| Logisticians | 170 | $33.25 | $69,160 |
| Mechanical drafters | 170 | $25.23 | $52,490 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 170 | $27.31 | $56,800 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 170 | $23.68 | $49,250 |
| Pharmacy aides | 170 | $8.29 | $17,250 |
| Photographers | 170 | $11.65 | $24,220 |
| Travel agents | 170 | $16.72 | $34,770 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 170 | $15.00 | $31,190 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 160 | $13.47 | $28,020 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 160 | $16.97 | $35,290 |
| Food batchmakers | 160 | $9.96 | $20,710 |
| Instructional coordinators | 160 | $26.48 | $55,090 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 160 | $28.17 | $58,600 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 160 | $11.71 | $24,360 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 160 | $11.95 | $24,850 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 160 | $6.97 | $14,490 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 150 | $18.86 | $39,240 |
| Art directors | 150 | $30.31 | $63,040 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 150 | Not available | $51,410 |
| Broadcast technicians | 150 | $16.71 | $34,760 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 150 | $11.20 | $23,290 |
| Job printers | 150 | $14.43 | $30,010 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers | 150 | $20.03 | $41,660 |
| Surgeons | 150 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Tool and die makers | 150 | $20.39 | $42,420 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 140 | Not available | $88,800 |
| Choreographers | 140 | $14.66 | $30,500 |
| Engineers, all other | 140 | $33.48 | $69,640 |
| Mining machine operators, all other | 140 | $19.25 | $40,050 |
| Operations research analysts | 140 | $26.48 | $55,070 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | 140 | $14.12 | $29,360 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 140 | $15.79 | $32,840 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 140 | $11.07 | $23,020 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians | 140 | $19.47 | $40,500 |
| Writers and authors | 140 | $22.49 | $46,770 |
| Budget analysts | 130 | $26.17 | $54,440 |
| Clergy | 130 | $22.24 | $46,270 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 130 | $14.02 | $29,150 |
| Foundry mold and coremakers | 130 | $15.03 | $31,270 |
| Loan counselors | 130 | $16.15 | $33,600 |
| Psychiatric aides | 130 | $11.12 | $23,120 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 130 | $13.56 | $28,200 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 120 | $41.89 | $87,130 |
| Audiologists | 120 | $25.58 | $53,220 |
| Environmental engineers | 120 | $29.74 | $61,870 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | 120 | $9.61 | $20,000 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders | 120 | $15.67 | $32,590 |
| Internists, general | 120 | $88.36 | $183,790 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 120 | $14.99 | $31,170 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 110 | $12.11 | $25,190 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators | 110 | $11.71 | $24,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 110 | $32.70 | $68,030 |
| Health educators | 110 | $21.72 | $45,170 |
| Lodging managers | 110 | $22.05 | $45,860 |
| Materials engineers | 110 | $32.80 | $68,220 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians | 100 | $9.12 | $18,960 |
| Desktop publishers | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 100 | $24.52 | $51,000 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | $58,830 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 100 | $10.71 | $22,270 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | 100 | $15.22 | $31,660 |
| Helpers--roofers | 100 | $8.83 | $18,360 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 100 | $17.97 | $37,380 |
| Physician assistants | 100 | $37.70 | $78,420 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers | 100 | $11.63 | $24,200 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists | 90 | $25.97 | $54,010 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Drafters, all other | 90 | $20.92 | $43,520 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas | 90 | $19.69 | $40,950 |
| Emergency management specialists | 90 | $27.18 | $56,530 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 90 | $20.09 | $41,780 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 90 | $25.19 | $52,390 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons | 90 | $11.36 | $23,620 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 90 | Not available | $84,820 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | 90 | $11.06 | $23,000 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents | 90 | $30.00 | $62,390 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 90 | $16.87 | $35,090 |
| Training and development managers | 90 | $35.82 | $74,500 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture | 80 | $16.59 | $34,500 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders | 80 | $15.35 | $31,930 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 80 | $44.71 | $92,990 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 80 | $15.52 | $32,290 |
| Mechanical door repairers | 80 | $15.93 | $33,130 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 80 | $14.82 | $30,820 |
| Pediatricians, general | 80 | $65.93 | $137,130 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $67,550 |
| Psychiatric technicians | 80 | $15.85 | $32,960 |
| Technical writers | 80 | $23.25 | $48,370 |
| Actuaries | 70 | $34.30 | $71,340 |
| Curators | 70 | $19.78 | $41,130 |
| Education administrators, all other | 70 | $33.01 | $68,670 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers | 70 | $25.90 | $53,870 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | 70 | $7.82 | $16,270 |
| Helpers--extraction workers | 70 | $11.56 | $24,050 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants | 70 | $8.45 | $17,580 |
| Recreational therapists | 70 | $18.35 | $38,160 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | 70 | $14.17 | $29,480 |
| Urban and regional planners | 70 | $25.90 | $53,870 |
| Animal trainers | 60 | $10.73 | $22,320 |
| Athletic trainers | 60 | Not available | $36,670 |
| Broadcast news analysts | 60 | $31.47 | $65,460 |
| Chemical plant and system operators | 60 | $25.08 | $52,170 |
| Commercial and industrial designers | 60 | $23.74 | $49,380 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $47,900 |
| Film and video editors | 60 | $21.43 | $44,580 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $56,740 |
| Forensic science technicians | 60 | $27.67 | $57,550 |
| Material moving workers, all other | 60 | $17.96 | $37,360 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 60 | $25.14 | $52,290 |
| Optometrists | 60 | $43.46 | $90,390 |
| Orthodontists | 60 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $73,840 |
| Real estate brokers | 60 | $36.62 | $76,170 |
| Agricultural inspectors | 50 | $19.25 | $40,050 |
| Animal control workers | 50 | $12.84 | $26,700 |
| Biological scientists, all other | 50 | $31.30 | $65,110 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $67,430 |
| Correspondence clerks | 50 | $15.27 | $31,750 |
| Costume attendants | 50 | $16.20 | $33,700 |
| Court reporters | 50 | $10.19 | $21,190 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | 50 | $17.46 | $36,320 |
| Foresters | 50 | $21.60 | $44,930 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 50 | $33.76 | $70,230 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $72,910 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 50 | $21.39 | $44,480 |
| Interpreters and translators | 50 | $14.90 | $30,990 |
| Psychiatrists | 50 | $105.12 | $218,650 |
| Radiation therapists | 50 | $32.77 | $68,150 |
| Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons | 50 | $15.32 | $31,860 |
| Statisticians | 50 | $27.76 | $57,730 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners | 50 | $15.59 | $32,430 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 40 | $7.96 | $16,560 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other | 40 | $12.44 | $25,880 |
| Multi-media artists and animators | 40 | $23.93 | $49,770 |
| Natural sciences managers | 40 | $52.87 | $109,980 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | 40 | $88.62 | $184,320 |
| Patternmakers, metal and plastic | 40 | $17.64 | $36,690 |
| Rail yard engineers, dinkey operators, and hostlers | 40 | $23.33 | $48,540 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $58,950 |
| Upholsterers | 40 | $15.44 | $32,120 |
| Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators | 30 | $22.55 | $46,900 |
| Dietetic technicians | 30 | $12.98 | $27,000 |
| Motion picture projectionists | 30 | $8.04 | $16,720 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | $56,090 |
| Atmospheric and space scientists | Not available | $22.70 | $47,210 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $85,990 |
| Carpet installers | Not available | $17.26 | $35,900 |
| Computer hardware engineers | Not available | $45.85 | $95,360 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $69,740 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | Not available | $12.83 | $26,690 |
| Continuous mining machine operators | Not available | $17.82 | $37,070 |
| Craft artists | Not available | $14.99 | $31,170 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $15.10 | $31,410 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | Not available | $24.93 | $51,860 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | Not available | $15.94 | $33,160 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers | Not available | $10.12 | $21,050 |
| Family and general practitioners | Not available | $66.24 | $137,780 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | Not available | $15.20 | $31,620 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | Not available | $9.02 | $18,760 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators | Not available | $28.92 | $60,160 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | Not available | $15.11 | $31,420 |
| Funeral attendants | Not available | $9.04 | $18,800 |
| Funeral directors | Not available | $17.96 | $37,350 |
| Glaziers | Not available | $18.00 | $37,440 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical | Not available | $12.85 | $26,730 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | Not available | $22.20 | $46,170 |
| Law clerks | Not available | $17.37 | $36,140 |
| Lay-out workers, metal and plastic | Not available | $14.32 | $29,780 |
| Loading machine operators, underground mining | Not available | $19.74 | $41,070 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | Not available | $10.45 | $21,730 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | Not available | $10.34 | $21,510 |
| Marriage and family therapists | Not available | $16.30 | $33,910 |
| Medical appliance technicians | Not available | $20.13 | $41,880 |
| Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers | Not available | $45.55 | $94,750 |
| Musicians and singers | Not available | $11.82 | Not available |
| Occupational therapist aides | Not available | $17.62 | $36,650 |
| Orthotists and prosthetists | Not available | $31.16 | $64,820 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | Not available | $11.79 | $24,530 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | Not available | $14.65 | $30,470 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | Not available | Not available | $39,330 |
| Private detectives and investigators | Not available | $18.69 | $38,880 |
| Skin care specialists | Not available | $10.74 | $22,340 |
| Slaughterers and meat packers | Not available | $10.62 | $22,090 |
| Stonemasons | Not available | $21.99 | $45,750 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | Not available | $18.28 | $38,020 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | Not available | $9.13 | $18,980 |
| Tour guides and escorts | Not available | $19.07 | $39,670 |
| Transportation inspectors | Not available | $32.14 | $66,850 |
