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 | 59,750 | $17.32 | $36,030 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 11,550 | $13.58 | $28,240 |
| Sales and related occupations | 6,580 | $15.21 | $31,650 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 5,050 | $8.89 | $18,490 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 4,020 | $29.73 | $61,830 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 3,490 | $13.91 | $28,940 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 3,360 | $16.66 | $34,660 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 2,960 | $19.52 | $40,610 |
| Management occupations | 2,890 | $38.17 | $79,390 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 2,710 | $9.88 | $20,550 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 2,430 | $25.28 | $52,590 |
| Production occupations | 2,310 | $17.18 | $35,730 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,250 | $18.41 | $38,280 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 2,100 | $11.19 | $23,290 |
| Retail salespersons | 2,100 | $12.90 | $26,840 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 2,050 | $11.83 | $24,620 |
| Cashiers | 1,910 | $8.10 | $16,840 |
| Registered nurses | 1,730 | $24.16 | $50,250 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,440 | $10.61 | $22,060 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,240 | $8.15 | $16,950 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1,100 | $14.63 | $30,430 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,080 | $15.05 | $31,310 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 1,060 | $11.59 | $24,110 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 1,050 | $26.86 | $55,860 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 1,040 | $16.68 | $34,700 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 980 | $23.79 | $49,480 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 970 | $16.04 | $33,370 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 940 | $11.45 | $23,820 |
| Community and social services occupations | 930 | $16.90 | $35,160 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 860 | $15.93 | $33,130 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 820 | $10.47 | $21,780 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 790 | Not available | $45,750 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 780 | $7.83 | $16,290 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 740 | $10.23 | $21,280 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 690 | $9.55 | $19,860 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 640 | $20.72 | $43,100 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 630 | $22.53 | $46,860 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 610 | $19.79 | $41,160 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 590 | $8.75 | $18,200 |
| Carpenters | 580 | $14.02 | $29,160 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 580 | $17.81 | $37,040 |
| General and operations managers | 570 | $44.41 | $92,380 |
| Accountants and auditors | 560 | $23.69 | $49,270 |
| Teacher assistants | 560 | Not available | $27,950 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 530 | $14.56 | $30,280 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 470 | $11.23 | $23,370 |
| Child care workers | 440 | $8.29 | $17,240 |
| Construction laborers | 440 | $12.82 | $26,660 |
| Food preparation workers | 400 | $9.59 | $19,950 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 400 | Not available | $44,580 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 390 | $17.63 | $36,670 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 380 | $17.41 | $36,210 |
| Personal and home care aides | 380 | $8.90 | $18,510 |
| Recreation workers | 380 | $11.30 | $23,510 |
| Bartenders | 370 | $8.57 | $17,820 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 370 | $17.52 | $36,440 |
| Tellers | 370 | $11.07 | $23,020 |
| Driver/sales workers | 340 | $11.93 | $24,820 |
| Legal occupations | 340 | $34.96 | $72,720 |
| Residential advisors | 340 | $9.61 | $19,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 330 | $14.63 | $30,430 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 330 | $12.17 | $25,310 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 320 | $22.56 | $46,930 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 320 | $12.85 | $26,730 |
| Home health aides | 310 | $10.66 | $22,170 |
| Electricians | 280 | $19.60 | $40,770 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 270 | $16.06 | $33,410 |
| Civil engineers | 270 | $30.88 | $64,240 |
| Social and human service assistants | 270 | $11.63 | $24,180 |
| Security guards | 260 | $12.18 | $25,340 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 250 | $9.17 | $19,080 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 240 | $10.89 | $22,660 |
| Insurance sales agents | 240 | Not available | Not available |
| Parts salespersons | 240 | $12.87 | $26,770 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 230 | $27.06 | $56,290 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 230 | $9.89 | $20,560 |
| Chief executives | 220 | $73.04 | $151,930 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 220 | $7.72 | $16,060 |
| Dishwashers | 220 | $7.88 | $16,380 |
| Financial managers | 220 | $44.99 | $93,590 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 220 | $7.56 | $15,720 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 220 | $15.77 | $32,790 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 210 | $12.96 | $26,970 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 210 | $25.34 | $52,710 |
| Bill and account collectors | 200 | $13.87 | $28,850 |
| Gaming dealers | 200 | $9.41 | $19,570 |
| Social and community service managers | 200 | $25.05 | $52,100 |
| Gaming and sports book writers and runners | 190 | $9.81 | $20,410 |
| Managers, all other | 190 | $33.78 | $70,270 |
| Medical secretaries | 180 | $12.40 | $25,790 |
| Computer support specialists | 170 | $17.60 | $36,600 |
| Graphic designers | 170 | $16.44 | $34,200 |
| Lawyers | 170 | $43.93 | $91,370 |
| Legal secretaries | 170 | $14.46 | $30,070 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 160 | $27.39 | $56,960 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 160 | $14.38 | $29,910 |
| Loan officers | 160 | $23.64 | $49,170 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 150 | $18.48 | $38,440 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 150 | $9.07 | $18,870 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 150 | $21.08 | $43,840 |
| Construction managers | 150 | $39.82 | $82,820 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 150 | $19.62 | $40,820 |
| Bus drivers, school | 140 | $16.90 | $35,150 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 140 | $16.70 | $34,730 |
| Computer programmers | 140 | $20.85 | $43,360 |
| Medical and health services managers | 140 | $32.16 | $66,890 |
| Medical assistants | 140 | $13.04 | $27,130 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 140 | $18.16 | $37,760 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 130 | $18.95 | $39,410 |
| File clerks | 130 | $10.47 | $21,780 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 130 | $31.43 | $65,370 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 130 | $13.29 | $27,640 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Sales managers | 130 | $36.48 | $75,880 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 130 | $21.68 | $45,090 |
| Advertising sales agents | 120 | $28.01 | $58,250 |
| Dental assistants | 120 | $15.46 | $32,150 |
| Helpers--production workers | 120 | $11.08 | $23,050 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 120 | $13.04 | $27,130 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 120 | Not available | $48,760 |
| Administrative services managers | 110 | $27.85 | $57,920 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 110 | $18.60 | $38,700 |
| Cost estimators | 110 | $22.97 | $47,780 |
| Financial analysts | 110 | $26.28 | $54,670 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 110 | $18.09 | $37,640 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 110 | $8.02 | $16,690 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 110 | $22.10 | $45,960 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 110 | $22.29 | $46,370 |
| Order clerks | 110 | $10.82 | $22,500 |
| Pharmacists | 110 | $43.33 | $90,130 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 110 | $32.87 | $68,370 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 110 | $38.38 | $79,830 |
| Training and development specialists | 110 | $25.29 | $52,600 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 100 | $36.30 | $75,510 |
| Computer systems analysts | 100 | $28.92 | $60,160 |
| Dental hygienists | 100 | $27.31 | $56,810 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 100 | $22.47 | $46,740 |
| Food batchmakers | 100 | $9.99 | $20,780 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 100 | $22.17 | $46,120 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 100 | $15.03 | $31,270 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 100 | $25.42 | $52,880 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 100 | $12.96 | $26,960 |
| Surveyors | 100 | $25.46 | $52,960 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 90 | $20.02 | $41,640 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 90 | $14.76 | $30,710 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 90 | $8.55 | $17,790 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 90 | $17.26 | $35,900 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 90 | $25.75 | $53,560 |
| Management analysts | 90 | $35.29 | $73,390 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 90 | $15.67 | $32,600 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 90 | $13.79 | $28,690 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 90 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Public relations specialists | 90 | $23.68 | $49,260 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 90 | $27.03 | $56,230 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 90 | $15.26 | $31,730 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 90 | $27.07 | $56,300 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 90 | $41.02 | $85,320 |
| All other information and record clerks | 80 | $15.50 | $32,230 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 80 | $26.84 | $55,840 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 80 | $13.36 | $27,790 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 80 | $7.60 | $15,810 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 80 | $24.86 | $51,710 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | 80 | $10.99 | $22,850 |
| Engineering managers | 80 | $43.54 | $90,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 80 | $15.07 | $31,340 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 80 | $15.93 | $33,130 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 80 | $17.78 | $36,970 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 80 | $9.13 | $18,990 |
| Physical therapists | 80 | $27.46 | $57,120 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Sheet metal workers | 80 | $17.35 | $36,080 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 70 | $16.56 | $34,440 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 70 | $16.45 | $34,210 |
| Electrical engineers | 70 | $36.34 | $75,600 |
| Family and general practitioners | 70 | $95.99 | $199,660 |
| Food service managers | 70 | $21.92 | $45,590 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 70 | $10.91 | $22,690 |
| Librarians | 70 | $20.12 | $41,850 |
| Library technicians | 70 | $10.64 | $22,140 |
| Natural sciences managers | 70 | $38.29 | $79,640 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 70 | $20.07 | $41,750 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 70 | $15.26 | $31,730 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 70 | $21.02 | $43,730 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 70 | $25.24 | $52,490 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 70 | $18.86 | $39,230 |
| Biological technicians | 60 | $15.11 | $31,430 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 60 | $13.05 | $27,150 |
| Coaches and scouts | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 60 | $16.51 | $34,350 |
| Cooks, short order | 60 | $8.87 | $18,450 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 60 | Not available | $88,230 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 60 | $22.58 | $46,960 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 60 | $25.97 | $54,010 |
| Helpers--roofers | 60 | $11.79 | $24,520 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 60 | Not available | $41,920 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 60 | $25.69 | $53,430 |
| Public relations managers | 60 | $30.25 | $62,910 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 60 | $14.62 | $30,400 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 60 | $37.50 | $78,000 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 60 | $14.82 | $30,830 |
| Computer operators | 50 | $14.01 | $29,130 |
| Education administrators, all other | 50 | $24.74 | $51,450 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 50 | $21.41 | $44,540 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 50 | $28.91 | $60,140 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 50 | $9.18 | $19,100 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 50 | $18.06 | $37,560 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 50 | $10.36 | $21,540 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $46,800 |
| Occupational therapists | 50 | $24.12 | $50,160 |
| Printing machine operators | 50 | $15.02 | $31,250 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 50 | $17.74 | $36,900 |
| Roofers | 50 | $14.56 | $30,280 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 50 | $18.93 | $39,380 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 50 | $40.00 | $83,200 |
| Bakers | 40 | $9.78 | $20,340 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Couriers and messengers | 40 | $10.23 | $21,270 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 40 | $9.64 | $20,050 |
| Editors | 40 | $20.15 | $41,910 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 40 | $29.56 | $61,480 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 40 | $11.33 | $23,570 |
| Internists, general | 40 | $96.62 | $200,970 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 40 | $11.76 | $24,470 |
| Marketing managers | 40 | $41.72 | $86,780 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 40 | $17.03 | $35,410 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 40 | $15.90 | $33,080 |
| Optometrists | 40 | $65.01 | $135,230 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 40 | $18.05 | $37,550 |
| Procurement clerks | 40 | $15.70 | $32,660 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 40 | $15.15 | $31,510 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 40 | $17.25 | $35,880 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 40 | Not available | $49,250 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 40 | Not available | $49,480 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | $38,930 |
| Bindery workers | 30 | $13.35 | $27,770 |
| Commercial pilots | 30 | Not available | $65,210 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 30 | $28.58 | $59,440 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | $43,650 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 30 | $16.67 | $34,660 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | $37,310 |
| Floral designers | 30 | $10.80 | $22,460 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 30 | $30.65 | $63,760 |
| Veterinarians | 30 | $37.17 | $77,310 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | Not available | $8.38 | $17,430 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | Not available | $16.23 | $33,760 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers | Not available | $13.65 | $28,400 |
| Broadcast technicians | Not available | $15.60 | $32,440 |
| Chemical technicians | Not available | $17.48 | $36,360 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | Not available | $22.35 | $46,480 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | Not available | $21.10 | $43,880 |
| Counselors, all other | Not available | $19.13 | $39,780 |
| Customer service representatives | Not available | $12.16 | $25,300 |
| Data entry keyers | Not available | $11.50 | $23,930 |
| Dentists, general | Not available | $81.41 | $169,340 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians | Not available | $21.14 | $43,970 |
| Engineers, all other | Not available | $19.14 | $39,810 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | Not available | $13.77 | $28,650 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | Not available | $11.42 | $23,760 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | Not available | $20.27 | $42,170 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | Not available | $20.79 | $43,240 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | Not available | $13.82 | $28,760 |
| Job printers | Not available | $20.57 | $42,780 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | Not available | $9.02 | $18,750 |
| Manufactured building and mobile home installers | Not available | $14.98 | $31,150 |
| Mechanical engineers | Not available | $36.96 | $76,880 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | Not available | $11.68 | $24,290 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | Not available | $8.42 | $17,500 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | Not available | $13.93 | $28,970 |
| Protective service workers, all other | Not available | $15.32 | $31,880 |
| Radio and television announcers | Not available | $12.53 | $26,060 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | Not available | $14.95 | $31,100 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | Not available | $9.75 | $20,280 |
| Telemarketers | Not available | $10.17 | $21,150 |
| Tire repairers and changers | Not available | $12.22 | $25,420 |
