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 |
More than $70 |
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 |
More than $70 |
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 |
