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 | 64,500 | $18.38 | $38,220 |
| Production occupations | 8,770 | $18.19 | $37,840 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 8,260 | $13.43 | $27,930 |
| Sales and related occupations | 7,030 | $14.44 | $30,030 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 6,840 | $9.03 | $18,770 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 5,460 | $27.43 | $57,050 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 3,080 | $29.68 | $61,730 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 3,070 | $12.85 | $26,740 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,960 | $16.83 | $35,020 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 2,540 | $16.09 | $33,470 |
| Retail salespersons | 2,410 | $11.79 | $24,520 |
| Management occupations | 2,390 | $40.66 | $84,580 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 2,140 | $9.75 | $20,280 |
| Cashiers | 2,080 | $8.07 | $16,780 |
| Office clerks, general | 2,050 | $11.93 | $24,810 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,960 | $8.15 | $16,950 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,950 | $26.23 | $54,550 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 1,660 | $29.57 | $61,500 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 1,510 | $29.93 | $62,250 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,390 | $10.78 | $22,430 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,330 | $8.38 | $17,440 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,260 | $11.82 | $24,580 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 1,190 | $24.32 | $50,590 |
| Community and social services occupations | 1,110 | $19.81 | $41,210 |
| Registered nurses | 930 | $24.83 | $51,640 |
| Protective service occupations | 910 | $18.05 | $37,540 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 850 | $14.08 | $29,280 |
| Team assemblers | 850 | $13.05 | $27,130 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 770 | $8.56 | $17,800 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 710 | $19.52 | $40,600 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 690 | $9.85 | $20,480 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 680 | $8.08 | $16,810 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 680 | $16.14 | $33,560 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 670 | Not available | $47,290 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 660 | $18.06 | $37,560 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 650 | $9.01 | $18,740 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 650 | $10.80 | $22,460 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 610 | $14.18 | $29,490 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 600 | $16.98 | $35,310 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 570 | $10.70 | $22,250 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 560 | $10.18 | $21,170 |
| Production workers, all other | 560 | $17.42 | $36,240 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 530 | $24.38 | $50,710 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 510 | $14.87 | $30,940 |
| General and operations managers | 510 | $43.83 | $91,170 |
| Machinists | 490 | $17.33 | $36,050 |
| Customer service representatives | 480 | $12.58 | $26,170 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 480 | $19.42 | $40,380 |
| Carpenters | 470 | $14.69 | $30,550 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 460 | Not available | $27,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 450 | $19.99 | $41,590 |
| Teacher assistants | 440 | Not available | $23,260 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 430 | $15.30 | $31,830 |
| Accountants and auditors | 410 | $27.02 | $56,210 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 410 | $9.76 | $20,310 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 410 | $27.40 | $56,990 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 400 | $14.65 | $30,470 |
| Cooks, fast food | 380 | $10.54 | $21,920 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 380 | Not available | $48,620 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 380 | $10.32 | $21,460 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 370 | $17.82 | $37,060 |
| Tellers | 360 | $10.83 | $22,520 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 330 | $10.71 | $22,280 |
| Child care workers | 320 | $8.36 | $17,390 |
| Mechanical engineers | 320 | $36.23 | $75,360 |
| Dishwashers | 310 | $7.71 | $16,040 |
| Food preparation workers | 310 | $8.50 | $17,680 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 310 | $19.63 | $40,820 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 310 | $22.44 | $46,670 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 290 | $26.59 | $55,320 |
| Electricians | 290 | $20.40 | $42,420 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 290 | Not available | $50,930 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 290 | $12.53 | $26,050 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 270 | $22.55 | $46,900 |
| Bus drivers, school | 260 | $12.28 | $25,550 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 250 | $12.56 | $26,120 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 240 | $7.90 | $16,430 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 240 | $17.15 | $35,670 |
| Real estate sales agents | 230 | $14.72 | $30,620 |
| Computer support specialists | 220 | $17.95 | $37,340 |
| Personal and home care aides | 220 | $9.98 | $20,750 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 220 | $12.24 | $25,460 |
| Computer systems analysts | 210 | $34.04 | $70,800 |
| Electrical engineers | 210 | $29.22 | $60,770 |
| Helpers--production workers | 210 | $11.69 | $24,310 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 210 | $11.89 | $24,730 |
| Public relations specialists | 210 | $19.29 | $40,120 |
| Industrial engineers | 200 | $32.47 | $67,540 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 200 | $17.43 | $36,260 |
| Computer programmers | 190 | $29.30 | $60,950 |
| Construction laborers | 190 | $11.16 | $23,200 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 190 | $25.41 | $52,850 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 180 | $36.34 | $75,590 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 180 | $10.18 | $21,180 |
| Cooks, short order | 180 | $8.48 | $17,630 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 180 | $15.56 | $32,370 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 180 | $19.06 | $39,650 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 180 | $13.01 | $27,070 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 180 | $14.53 | $30,230 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 170 | $27.56 | $57,330 |
| Management analysts | 170 | $42.14 | $87,650 |
| Medical assistants | 170 | $12.22 | $25,420 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 170 | $14.15 | $29,430 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 170 | Not available | Not available |
| Financial managers | 160 | $36.07 | $75,020 |
| Legal occupations | 160 | $26.97 | $56,100 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 160 | $25.48 | $52,990 |
| Parts salespersons | 160 | $11.61 | $24,140 |
| Pharmacists | 160 | $51.30 | $106,700 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 150 | $14.06 | $29,250 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 150 | $17.62 | $36,640 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 150 | $9.44 | $19,630 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 150 | $8.31 | $17,290 |
| Market research analysts | 150 | $30.32 | $63,070 |
| Social and human service assistants | 150 | $13.62 | $28,320 |
| All other information and record clerks | 140 | $15.47 | $32,180 |
| Bartenders | 140 | $9.87 | $20,540 |
| Coaches and scouts | 140 | Not available | Not available |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 140 | $18.80 | $39,100 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 140 | $22.64 | $47,090 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 140 | $35.39 | $73,620 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 140 | $30.98 | $64,430 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 140 | $8.96 | $18,650 |
| Recreation workers | 140 | $12.21 | $25,400 |
| Computer and information scientists, research | 130 | $37.45 | $77,890 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 130 | Not available | $67,430 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Highway maintenance workers | 130 | $16.06 | $33,410 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 130 | $11.54 | $24,000 |
| Security guards | 130 | $10.67 | $22,190 |
| Tool and die makers | 130 | $22.58 | $46,960 |
| Civil engineers | 120 | $28.55 | $59,390 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 120 | $19.73 | $41,050 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 120 | $19.75 | $41,070 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 120 | Not available | $43,600 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 120 | $20.35 | $42,330 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 120 | $12.62 | $26,240 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 110 | $8.35 | $17,370 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 110 | $24.45 | $50,850 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 110 | $12.69 | $26,390 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 110 | $25.84 | $53,750 |
| Insurance sales agents | 110 | $19.05 | $39,620 |
| Librarians | 110 | $26.12 | $54,320 |
| Medical and health services managers | 110 | $46.86 | $97,460 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 110 | $21.73 | $45,200 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 100 | $16.26 | $33,810 |
| Biological technicians | 100 | $15.41 | $32,060 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 100 | $8.77 | $18,240 |
| Coil winders, tapers, and finishers | 100 | $13.89 | $28,890 |
| Cost estimators | 100 | $22.38 | $46,560 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 100 | $12.88 | $26,790 |
| Family and general practitioners | 100 | $90.82 | $188,910 |
| Home health aides | 100 | $9.39 | $19,530 |
| Industrial production managers | 100 | $46.95 | $97,650 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 100 | $8.60 | $17,890 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 100 | $18.87 | $39,240 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 100 | $82.37 | $171,340 |
| Service station attendants | 100 | $9.37 | $19,480 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 100 | $16.33 | $33,960 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 90 | $17.68 | $36,770 |
| Chemical technicians | 90 | $20.45 | $42,540 |
| Chief executives | 90 | $64.33 | $133,810 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 90 | $46.49 | $96,700 |
| Construction managers | 90 | $33.62 | $69,920 |
| Dental assistants | 90 | $15.80 | $32,860 |
| Dental hygienists | 90 | $29.16 | $60,650 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 90 | $11.03 | $22,940 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 90 | $14.34 | $29,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 90 | $16.24 | $33,780 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 90 | $20.95 | $43,570 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 90 | $7.94 | $16,520 |
| Food service managers | 90 | $21.81 | $45,370 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 90 | $17.66 | $36,740 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 90 | $11.08 | $23,060 |
| Managers, all other | 90 | $32.10 | $66,760 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 90 | $21.80 | $45,330 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 90 | $18.56 | $38,600 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 90 | $11.74 | $24,430 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 90 | Not available | $54,840 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 80 | $11.28 | $23,470 |
| Engineering managers | 80 | $61.76 | $128,470 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 80 | $7.44 | $15,480 |
| Order clerks | 80 | $9.57 | $19,900 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 80 | $18.73 | $38,970 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 80 | $17.67 | $36,750 |
| Physical scientists, all other | 80 | $36.87 | $76,700 |
| Physical therapists | 80 | $34.61 | $71,990 |
| Sales managers | 80 | $42.17 | $87,710 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 80 | Not available | $50,000 |
| Bill and account collectors | 70 | $13.04 | $27,130 |
| Driver/sales workers | 70 | $19.33 | $40,220 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 70 | $9.55 | $19,860 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 70 | $14.37 | $29,900 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 70 | $13.92 | $28,950 |
| Training and development specialists | 70 | $24.33 | $50,610 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 60 | $18.17 | $37,800 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 60 | $15.63 | $32,510 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 60 | $29.87 | $62,120 |
| Environmental engineers | 60 | $33.02 | $68,680 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 60 | $21.15 | $43,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 60 | $27.50 | $57,190 |
| Graphic designers | 60 | $17.80 | $37,030 |
| Helpers--electricians | 60 | $12.29 | $25,560 |
| Legislators | 60 | Not available | $14,550 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 60 | $16.15 | $33,590 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 60 | $14.57 | $30,310 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 60 | $29.42 | $61,200 |
| Social and community service managers | 60 | $25.72 | $53,510 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 60 | $9.80 | $20,380 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 60 | $17.05 | $35,460 |
| Administrative services managers | 50 | $32.05 | $66,650 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians | 50 | $12.99 | $27,020 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 50 | $33.99 | $70,690 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 50 | $17.66 | $36,740 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 50 | $16.32 | $33,950 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 50 | $11.07 | $23,020 |
| Chemical engineers | 50 | $45.43 | $94,490 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 50 | $35.34 | $73,500 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 50 | $20.92 | $43,510 |
| File clerks | 50 | $9.30 | $19,330 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 50 | $16.43 | $34,170 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 50 | $17.50 | $36,410 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 50 | $19.39 | $40,330 |
| Lawyers | 50 | $45.08 | $93,760 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 50 | $22.03 | $45,820 |
| Pharmacy aides | 50 | $9.49 | $19,730 |
| Printing machine operators | 50 | $13.07 | $27,190 |
| Tax preparers | 50 | $12.37 | $25,730 |
| Veterinarians | 50 | $38.05 | $79,140 |
| Advertising sales agents | 40 | $12.54 | $26,070 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 40 | $15.46 | $32,160 |
| Chemists | 40 | $27.68 | $57,570 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 40 | $23.71 | $49,320 |
| Database administrators | 40 | $37.85 | $78,740 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 40 | $15.68 | $32,610 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 40 | $16.44 | $34,200 |
| Financial analysts | 40 | $36.47 | $75,860 |
| Floral designers | 40 | $10.42 | $21,680 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 40 | $9.47 | $19,700 |
| Library technicians | 40 | $13.09 | $27,220 |
| Loan officers | 40 | $19.87 | $41,320 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 40 | $10.79 | $22,440 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 40 | $17.45 | $36,290 |
| Mental health counselors | 40 | $23.92 | $49,750 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $15.10 | $31,410 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 40 | $9.98 | $20,770 |
| Photographers | 40 | $14.83 | $30,840 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 40 | $18.65 | $38,800 |
| Postal service clerks | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 40 | $22.23 | $46,250 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 40 | $13.87 | $28,840 |
| Purchasing managers | 40 | $47.27 | $98,330 |
| Respiratory therapists | 40 | $22.41 | $46,620 |
| Sheet metal workers | 40 | $13.44 | $27,960 |
| Soil and plant scientists | 40 | $20.60 | $42,850 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 40 | $18.40 | $38,280 |
| Surgical technologists | 40 | $17.10 | $35,570 |
| Surveyors | 40 | $22.28 | $46,340 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 40 | $12.94 | $26,910 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 30 | $22.59 | $46,990 |
| Editors | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 30 | $24.94 | $51,880 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 30 | $20.33 | $42,280 |
| Engineers, all other | 30 | $28.15 | $58,540 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 30 | $32.09 | $66,750 |
| Marketing managers | 30 | $65.35 | $135,930 |
| Medical secretaries | 30 | $13.62 | $28,330 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 30 | $12.69 | $26,400 |
| Urban and regional planners | 30 | $26.19 | $54,480 |
| Crane and tower operators | Not available | $18.04 | $37,530 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | Not available | $7.70 | $16,010 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | Not available | $17.47 | $36,330 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | Not available | $14.73 | $30,640 |
| Health educators | Not available | $20.56 | $42,770 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $10.15 | $21,100 |
| Opticians, dispensing | Not available | $17.72 | $36,850 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | Not available | $11.96 | $24,880 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | Not available | $11.21 | $23,310 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | Not available | $21.88 | $45,510 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | Not available | $35.71 | $74,280 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | Not available | Not available | $51,490 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | Not available | $7.36 | $15,310 |
