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 | 74,430 | $16.55 | $34,420 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 11,040 | $13.75 | $28,600 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 8,610 | $8.67 | $18,040 |
| Sales and related occupations | 7,920 | $13.00 | $27,040 |
| Production occupations | 7,000 | $14.14 | $29,410 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 6,960 | $20.04 | $41,690 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 3,980 | $25.84 | $53,740 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 3,790 | $12.67 | $26,350 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 3,340 | $20.44 | $42,520 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,820 | $17.36 | $36,110 |
| Team assemblers | 2,590 | $12.58 | $26,170 |
| Retail salespersons | 2,560 | $10.50 | $21,850 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 2,530 | $11.93 | $24,810 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 2,470 | $7.49 | $15,590 |
| Management occupations | 2,280 | $38.87 | $80,840 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 2,120 | $27.98 | $58,210 |
| Cashiers | 1,920 | $8.18 | $17,010 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,840 | $12.09 | $25,150 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,830 | $8.49 | $17,660 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 1,730 | $25.25 | $52,530 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,590 | $12.55 | $26,110 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 1,500 | $25.86 | $53,790 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,500 | $14.12 | $29,370 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,370 | $11.67 | $24,270 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,310 | $9.58 | $19,930 |
| Registered nurses | 1,220 | $25.60 | $53,260 |
| Community and social services occupations | 1,180 | Not available | Not available |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 1,160 | $19.41 | $40,370 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1,090 | $14.26 | $29,670 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 1,090 | $10.54 | $21,920 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 990 | $10.68 | $22,210 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 880 | $16.52 | $34,360 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 840 | $13.18 | $27,420 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 770 | $10.85 | $22,570 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 700 | Not available | $49,460 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 700 | Not available | $24,160 |
| Telemarketers | 700 | $9.24 | $19,220 |
| Security guards | 690 | $10.53 | $21,900 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 670 | $14.57 | $30,300 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 670 | $11.55 | $24,030 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 660 | $9.37 | $19,500 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 650 | $18.20 | $37,860 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 620 | $13.46 | $28,000 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 610 | $19.71 | $40,990 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 600 | $16.01 | $33,300 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 600 | $16.52 | $34,360 |
| Teacher assistants | 580 | Not available | $20,220 |
| Food preparation workers | 570 | $8.88 | $18,470 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 540 | Not available | Not available |
| Carpenters | 530 | $18.91 | $39,320 |
| Customer service representatives | 510 | $11.67 | $24,270 |
| Child care workers | 490 | $8.72 | $18,150 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 490 | $19.91 | $41,410 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 480 | $23.13 | $48,120 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 460 | $10.82 | $22,510 |
| General and operations managers | 460 | $46.19 | $96,080 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 460 | $11.91 | $24,770 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 430 | $10.67 | $22,200 |
| Accountants and auditors | 420 | $23.63 | $49,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 410 | $24.20 | $50,340 |
| Construction laborers | 400 | $17.16 | $35,690 |
| Legal occupations | 390 | $26.96 | $56,070 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 370 | $7.73 | $16,080 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 350 | $25.98 | $54,030 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 350 | $25.89 | $53,840 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 330 | $7.61 | $15,830 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 330 | Not available | $49,150 |
| Cooks, fast food | 320 | $7.40 | $15,390 |
| Dishwashers | 320 | $7.60 | $15,820 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 320 | $9.69 | $20,150 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 300 | $16.63 | $34,600 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 280 | $16.76 | $34,870 |
| Bartenders | 280 | $7.90 | $16,440 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 280 | $7.84 | $16,310 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 270 | Not available | Not available |
| Production workers, all other | 270 | $9.45 | $19,660 |
| Tellers | 270 | $11.07 | $23,020 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 260 | $30.62 | $63,700 |
| Fire fighters | 260 | $17.29 | $35,960 |
| Helpers--production workers | 260 | $13.59 | $28,260 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 260 | $20.47 | $42,570 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 250 | $14.53 | $30,230 |
| Medical assistants | 250 | $12.92 | $26,870 |
| Public relations specialists | 250 | $22.47 | $46,750 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 230 | $27.56 | $57,320 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 230 | $12.84 | $26,710 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 220 | $7.78 | $16,170 |
| Bus drivers, school | 210 | $15.62 | $32,480 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 210 | $19.88 | $41,350 |
| Electricians | 210 | $22.76 | $47,330 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 210 | $16.93 | $35,210 |
| Graphic designers | 200 | $16.62 | $34,570 |
| Medical secretaries | 200 | $14.62 | $30,410 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 200 | $25.63 | $53,310 |
| Coaches and scouts | 190 | Not available | $42,660 |
| Computer support specialists | 190 | $16.87 | $35,080 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 190 | $24.42 | $50,800 |
| Lawyers | 190 | $39.42 | $81,990 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 190 | $13.09 | $27,230 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 190 | $12.02 | $25,000 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 180 | $7.96 | $16,570 |
| Insurance sales agents | 180 | Not available | Not available |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 180 | $12.46 | $25,910 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 180 | $11.49 | $23,910 |
| Dental assistants | 170 | $17.74 | $36,900 |
| Driver/sales workers | 170 | $14.55 | $30,260 |
| Mechanical engineers | 170 | $34.41 | $71,580 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 170 | $9.49 | $19,740 |
| Computer programmers | 160 | $23.94 | $49,790 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand | 160 | $16.75 | $34,840 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 160 | $12.53 | $26,070 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 160 | $15.88 | $33,040 |
| Financial managers | 160 | $39.68 | $82,530 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 160 | $17.17 | $35,700 |
| Industrial engineers | 150 | $32.34 | $67,260 |
| Loan officers | 150 | $25.42 | $52,870 |
| Medical and health services managers | 150 | $39.77 | $82,720 |
| Pharmacists | 150 | $48.47 | $100,830 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 150 | $22.95 | $47,740 |
| Data entry keyers | 140 | $12.48 | $25,950 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 140 | $22.07 | $45,900 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 140 | $10.02 | $20,840 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 140 | $25.72 | $53,490 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 140 | $32.14 | $66,860 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 140 | $46.07 | $95,830 |
| Chief executives | 130 | $65.09 | $135,380 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 130 | $9.09 | $18,910 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | 130 | $11.99 | $24,940 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 130 | $18.41 | $38,300 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 130 | $14.08 | $29,290 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 130 | Not available | $50,070 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 120 | $15.92 | $33,110 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 120 | $17.33 | $36,050 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 120 | $36.11 | $75,110 |
| Food service managers | 120 | $23.10 | $48,050 |
| Librarians | 120 | $29.49 | $61,330 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 120 | $11.05 | $22,990 |
| Management analysts | 120 | $63.81 | $132,730 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 120 | $14.22 | $29,580 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 120 | $23.59 | $49,060 |
| Computer operators | 110 | $14.49 | $30,140 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 110 | $22.36 | $46,520 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 110 | $12.04 | $25,040 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 110 | $15.19 | $31,600 |
| Roofers | 110 | $13.23 | $27,510 |
| Training and development specialists | 110 | $20.83 | $43,320 |
| All other information and record clerks | 100 | $13.34 | $27,740 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 100 | $10.45 | $21,740 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 100 | $19.16 | $39,840 |
| Legal secretaries | 100 | $13.67 | $28,430 |
| Machinists | 100 | $15.78 | $32,820 |
| Managers, all other | 100 | $35.86 | $74,600 |
| Order clerks | 100 | $13.32 | $27,700 |
| Physical therapists | 100 | $34.66 | $72,090 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 90 | $7.59 | $15,780 |
| Civil engineers | 90 | $28.82 | $59,940 |
| Cost estimators | 90 | $27.88 | $57,980 |
| Dental hygienists | 90 | $32.32 | $67,230 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 90 | $14.50 | $30,160 |
| Editors | 90 | $21.15 | $44,000 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 90 | $17.22 | $35,810 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 90 | $11.32 | $23,550 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 90 | $21.75 | $45,230 |
| Industrial production managers | 90 | $46.94 | $97,630 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 90 | $20.91 | $43,500 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 90 | $18.52 | $38,520 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Printing machine operators | 90 | $17.18 | $35,740 |
| Sales managers | 90 | $33.59 | $69,860 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 80 | $13.22 | $27,490 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 80 | $18.13 | $37,710 |
| Electrical engineers | 80 | $34.85 | $72,480 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 80 | $13.79 | $28,690 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 80 | $15.32 | $31,870 |
| Social and community service managers | 80 | $22.22 | $46,210 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 80 | Not available | $48,190 |
| Surveyors | 80 | $17.81 | $37,050 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 80 | $17.47 | $36,340 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 70 | $23.69 | $49,270 |
| Bakers | 70 | $9.69 | $20,160 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 70 | $17.47 | $36,330 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 70 | $23.91 | $49,740 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 70 | $20.50 | $42,640 |
| Construction managers | 70 | $37.00 | $76,950 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 70 | Not available | $72,620 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 70 | $9.60 | $19,970 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 70 | $9.12 | $18,960 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 70 | Not available | $46,060 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 70 | $7.86 | $16,350 |
| Mechanical drafters | 70 | $20.89 | $43,460 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 70 | $25.69 | $53,430 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 70 | $11.81 | $24,570 |
| Parts salespersons | 70 | $12.28 | $25,540 |
| Personal financial advisors | 70 | $43.63 | $90,750 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 70 | $13.51 | $28,100 |
| Respiratory therapists | 70 | $25.00 | $51,990 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 70 | $25.08 | $52,170 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 60 | $23.96 | $49,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 60 | $21.84 | $45,430 |
| Floral designers | 60 | $11.70 | $24,340 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 60 | $15.18 | $31,570 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 60 | $23.06 | $47,960 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 60 | $15.85 | $32,970 |
| Occupational therapists | 60 | $29.21 | $60,760 |
| Recreation workers | 60 | $12.42 | $25,830 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 60 | $11.65 | $24,240 |
| Service station attendants | 60 | $8.30 | $17,270 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 60 | $26.15 | $54,390 |
| Tax preparers | 60 | $18.36 | $38,200 |
| Travel agents | 60 | $10.95 | $22,770 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 60 | $17.92 | $37,270 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 50 | $19.44 | $40,430 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 50 | $13.11 | $27,260 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 50 | $40.76 | $84,790 |
| Engineering managers | 50 | $43.99 | $91,490 |
| Engineers, all other | 50 | $32.80 | $68,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 50 | $16.66 | $34,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 50 | $13.26 | $27,580 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 50 | $15.63 | $32,520 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 50 | $10.57 | $21,990 |
| Legislators | 50 | Not available | $133,230 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 50 | $10.88 | $22,640 |
| Photographers | 50 | $13.96 | $29,030 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 50 | $18.53 | $38,530 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 50 | $17.65 | $36,710 |
| Surgical technologists | 50 | $16.97 | $35,300 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 50 | $12.58 | $26,160 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 50 | $9.44 | $19,640 |
| Bill and account collectors | 40 | $15.05 | $31,300 |
| Biological technicians | 40 | $14.78 | $30,740 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 40 | $20.84 | $43,350 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 40 | $23.34 | $48,560 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 40 | $17.24 | $35,860 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 40 | $21.08 | $43,850 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 40 | $12.53 | $26,070 |
| File clerks | 40 | $10.63 | $22,120 |
| Health educators | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 40 | $16.05 | $33,390 |
| Market research analysts | 40 | $27.86 | $57,950 |
| Pest control workers | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 40 | $14.38 | $29,910 |
| Postal service clerks | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 40 | $18.73 | $38,950 |
| Procurement clerks | 40 | $15.07 | $31,340 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 40 | $10.95 | $22,770 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 40 | Not available | $47,700 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 40 | $15.70 | $32,650 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 40 | $13.01 | $27,070 |
| Veterinarians | 40 | $34.00 | $70,730 |
| Writers and authors | 40 | $18.38 | $38,230 |
| Administrative services managers | 30 | $32.97 | $68,570 |
| Dentists, general | 30 | $106.29 | $221,090 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 30 | $24.14 | $50,200 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 30 | $24.85 | $51,700 |
| Financial analysts | 30 | $30.59 | $63,630 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 30 | $40.81 | $84,890 |
| Microbiologists | 30 | $24.85 | $51,700 |
| Natural sciences managers | 30 | $35.15 | $73,110 |
| New accounts clerks | 30 | $14.42 | $29,990 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 30 | $9.45 | $19,650 |
| Producers and directors | 30 | $29.17 | $60,680 |
| Advertising sales agents | Not available | $16.79 | $34,930 |
| Bindery workers | Not available | $10.38 | $21,590 |
| Computer specialists, all other | Not available | $19.19 | $39,910 |
| Cooks, short order | Not available | $8.67 | $18,040 |
| Couriers and messengers | Not available | $9.90 | $20,590 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | Not available | $12.26 | $25,500 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | Not available | $14.08 | $29,280 |
| Family and general practitioners | Not available | $59.35 | $123,450 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | Not available | $10.97 | $22,810 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | Not available | $9.26 | $19,270 |
| Instructional coordinators | Not available | $32.11 | $66,790 |
| Massage therapists | Not available | $20.73 | $43,110 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | Not available | $17.20 | $35,780 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | Not available | $13.36 | $27,790 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | Not available | $12.52 | $26,030 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | Not available | $7.80 | $16,230 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | Not available | $15.03 | $31,250 |
| Personal and home care aides | Not available | $9.17 | $19,080 |
| Pharmacy aides | Not available | $9.75 | $20,270 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | Not available | $94.66 | $196,900 |
| Skin care specialists | Not available | $8.24 | $17,130 |
| Social and human service assistants | Not available | $11.64 | $24,210 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | Not available | $25.08 | $52,170 |
| Telephone operators | Not available | $17.83 | $37,090 |
| Tire repairers and changers | Not available | $10.38 | $21,590 |
