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 | 86,230 | $21.19 | $44,070 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 14,280 | $14.83 | $30,840 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 8,910 | $28.90 | $60,120 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 8,430 | $9.57 | $19,910 |
| Sales and related occupations | 7,570 | $16.23 | $33,760 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 6,590 | $38.31 | $79,680 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 6,360 | $20.44 | $42,510 |
| Management occupations | 5,310 | $41.55 | $86,430 |
| Production occupations | 4,240 | $17.13 | $35,640 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 4,110 | $15.33 | $31,890 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 3,480 | $13.56 | $28,210 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,910 | $20.77 | $43,200 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 2,790 | $30.35 | $63,120 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 2,530 | $24.85 | $51,690 |
| Retail salespersons | 2,300 | $10.63 | $22,120 |
| Cashiers | 2,180 | $8.90 | $18,510 |
| Customer service representatives | 2,040 | $12.80 | $26,630 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 2,040 | $9.56 | $19,880 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,950 | $11.95 | $24,850 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,730 | $8.63 | $17,960 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,720 | $14.64 | $30,450 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,690 | $12.19 | $25,350 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,620 | $12.70 | $26,410 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,470 | $12.17 | $25,310 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1,330 | $16.08 | $33,450 |
| Managers, all other | 1,270 | $37.21 | $77,390 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 1,270 | $19.23 | $40,000 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 1,030 | $20.50 | $42,650 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 1,000 | $18.18 | $37,820 |
| Computer systems analysts | 950 | $44.76 | $93,090 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 940 | $10.10 | $21,010 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 920 | Not available | $52,270 |
| Team assemblers | 900 | $21.46 | $44,630 |
| Community and social services occupations | 830 | $19.32 | $40,190 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 830 | $18.12 | $37,700 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 830 | $13.84 | $28,790 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 810 | $14.61 | $30,400 |
| Registered nurses | 800 | $25.61 | $53,260 |
| Management analysts | 790 | $36.54 | $76,000 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 770 | $11.62 | $24,160 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 760 | Not available | $26,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 680 | $20.27 | $42,170 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 670 | $11.06 | $23,010 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 650 | $11.12 | $23,120 |
| Security guards | 650 | $11.31 | $23,520 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 640 | $18.44 | $38,360 |
| Teacher assistants | 640 | Not available | $20,930 |
| Food preparation workers | 620 | $8.76 | $18,230 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 620 | $13.44 | $27,950 |
| Accountants and auditors | 610 | $28.20 | $58,650 |
| Legal occupations | 610 | $51.67 | $107,480 |
| Bartenders | 590 | $8.54 | $17,770 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 580 | Not available | $51,180 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 580 | $11.60 | $24,120 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 550 | $23.40 | $48,670 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 540 | $31.71 | $65,950 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 540 | $9.45 | $19,660 |
| Cooks, fast food | 500 | $9.05 | $18,820 |
| Financial analysts | 480 | $35.30 | $73,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 470 | $14.79 | $30,760 |
| All other information and record clerks | 460 | $12.22 | $25,420 |
| Financial managers | 460 | $47.43 | $98,650 |
| Carpenters | 450 | $26.31 | $54,720 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 420 | $19.83 | $41,240 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 420 | $8.59 | $17,860 |
| Home health aides | 410 | $9.94 | $20,670 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 410 | $10.25 | $21,320 |
| Helpers--production workers | 400 | $13.54 | $28,160 |
| Construction laborers | 390 | $22.25 | $46,280 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 380 | $8.39 | $17,440 |
| Lawyers | 380 | $67.06 | $139,490 |
| Dishwashers | 360 | $8.37 | $17,420 |
| Child care workers | 350 | $9.05 | $18,810 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 350 | $42.63 | $88,670 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 350 | $11.13 | $23,150 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 330 | $24.30 | $50,540 |
| Production workers, all other | 320 | $15.38 | $32,000 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 300 | $11.52 | $23,970 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 290 | $30.20 | $62,810 |
| Electricians | 280 | $31.87 | $66,290 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 280 | $31.11 | $64,720 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 280 | $21.19 | $44,070 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 270 | $18.65 | $38,800 |
| Marketing managers | 270 | $52.93 | $110,100 |
| Tellers | 270 | $11.35 | $23,610 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 260 | $18.94 | $39,390 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 240 | $9.56 | $19,890 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 240 | $12.82 | $26,660 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 230 | $19.71 | $40,990 |
| Personal and home care aides | 230 | $8.26 | $17,170 |
| Coaches and scouts | 220 | Not available | $28,430 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 220 | $14.17 | $29,480 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 220 | $26.03 | $54,150 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 220 | Not available | $49,730 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 220 | Not available | Not available |
| Computer and information systems managers | 210 | $62.23 | $129,430 |
| Dental hygienists | 210 | $22.81 | $47,440 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 210 | $11.72 | $24,370 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 210 | $20.90 | $43,470 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 200 | $25.40 | $52,840 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 190 | $19.33 | $40,210 |
| Food service managers | 190 | $19.39 | $40,320 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 190 | $9.67 | $20,110 |
| Medical secretaries | 190 | $15.00 | $31,200 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 190 | $44.07 | $91,670 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 180 | $20.57 | $42,780 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 180 | Not available | Not available |
| Medical assistants | 180 | $13.35 | $27,770 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 180 | $17.03 | $35,420 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 170 | $31.18 | $64,850 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 170 | $31.49 | $65,490 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 170 | $27.21 | $56,600 |
| Industrial engineers | 170 | $35.24 | $73,300 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 160 | $11.96 | $24,880 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 160 | $13.49 | $28,060 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 150 | $20.85 | $43,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 150 | Not available | Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 150 | $41.83 | $87,000 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 150 | $34.40 | $71,540 |
| Training and development specialists | 150 | $22.37 | $46,520 |
| Administrative services managers | 140 | $35.63 | $74,110 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 140 | $8.63 | $17,940 |
| Bill and account collectors | 140 | $17.18 | $35,730 |
| Loan officers | 140 | $26.20 | $54,490 |
| Logisticians | 140 | $26.06 | $54,200 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 140 | $24.96 | $51,910 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 130 | $8.68 | $18,050 |
| File clerks | 130 | $9.29 | $19,320 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 130 | $38.90 | $80,910 |
| Legal secretaries | 130 | $20.64 | $42,940 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 130 | $10.26 | $21,350 |
| Market research analysts | 130 | $34.06 | $70,850 |
| Parts salespersons | 130 | $16.42 | $34,150 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 120 | $9.98 | $20,770 |
| Fire fighters | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 120 | $59.65 | $124,060 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 120 | Not available | $49,350 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 110 | $22.30 | $46,380 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 110 | $14.58 | $30,320 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 110 | $10.03 | $20,860 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 110 | $22.18 | $46,130 |
| Roofers | 110 | $17.45 | $36,290 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 110 | $24.12 | $50,170 |
| Sheet metal workers | 110 | $27.51 | $57,220 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 110 | Not available | $51,520 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 100 | $13.19 | $27,430 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 100 | $12.69 | $26,400 |
| Driver/sales workers | 100 | $15.43 | $32,100 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 100 | Not available | $81,910 |
| Graphic designers | 100 | $17.80 | $37,020 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 100 | $20.79 | $43,240 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 100 | $16.00 | $33,280 |
| Librarians | 100 | $24.99 | $51,980 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 100 | $14.75 | $30,670 |
| Physical therapists | 100 | $35.05 | $72,900 |
| Printing machine operators | 100 | $15.80 | $32,860 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 100 | $25.29 | $52,600 |
| Cost estimators | 90 | $32.15 | $66,870 |
| Dental assistants | 90 | $18.33 | $38,130 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 90 | $35.03 | $72,850 |
| Order clerks | 90 | $11.76 | $24,460 |
| Public relations managers | 90 | $34.50 | $71,750 |
| Data entry keyers | 80 | $11.75 | $24,440 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 80 | $18.17 | $37,780 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 80 | $23.26 | $48,390 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 80 | $25.92 | $53,900 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 80 | $20.66 | $42,980 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 80 | Not available | $41,720 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 80 | $16.90 | $35,160 |
| Medical and health services managers | 80 | $35.11 | $73,030 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 80 | $15.36 | $31,950 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 80 | $21.08 | $43,850 |
| Social and human service assistants | 80 | $13.03 | $27,100 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 70 | $17.00 | $35,350 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 70 | $58.71 | $122,130 |
| Library technicians | 70 | $17.45 | $36,300 |
| Machinists | 70 | $14.12 | $29,370 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 70 | $23.18 | $48,220 |
| Pharmacists | 70 | $53.79 | $111,880 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 70 | $23.48 | $48,840 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Speech-language pathologists | 70 | $27.33 | $56,850 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 70 | $37.50 | $78,000 |
| Advertising sales agents | 60 | $18.42 | $38,310 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 60 | $13.97 | $29,050 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $62,600 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 60 | $27.49 | $57,190 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 60 | $26.72 | $55,580 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 60 | $20.04 | $41,690 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 60 | $9.82 | $20,420 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $51,750 |
| Legislators | 60 | Not available | $26,440 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $54,600 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 60 | $15.47 | $32,170 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 60 | $10.13 | $21,070 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 60 | $89.76 | $186,710 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 60 | $19.01 | $39,540 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 60 | $10.79 | $22,440 |
| Tool and die makers | 60 | $25.68 | $53,420 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 50 | $40.51 | $84,260 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 50 | $22.36 | $46,500 |
| Job printers | 50 | $13.78 | $28,670 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 50 | $18.69 | $38,880 |
| Social and community service managers | 50 | $22.25 | $46,280 |
| Bakers | 40 | $9.51 | $19,780 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 40 | $14.21 | $29,550 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 40 | $18.37 | $38,200 |
| Civil engineers | 40 | $40.15 | $83,510 |
| Dentists, general | 40 | $93.87 | $195,240 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 40 | $10.90 | $22,680 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 40 | $17.28 | $35,950 |
| Instructional coordinators | 40 | $21.47 | $44,660 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 40 | $22.00 | $45,760 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 40 | $11.93 | $24,820 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 30 | $16.27 | $33,840 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 30 | $19.32 | $40,180 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 30 | $10.64 | $22,140 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | 30 | $12.66 | $26,340 |
| Engineering managers | 30 | $47.16 | $98,090 |
| Occupational therapists | 30 | $29.77 | $61,910 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | $57,110 |
| Postal service clerks | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Real estate sales agents | 30 | $20.42 | $42,480 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 30 | $12.19 | $25,350 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | Not available | $16.25 | $33,790 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | Not available | $29.89 | $62,180 |
| Athletic trainers | Not available | Not available | $40,180 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | Not available | $27.79 | $57,800 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | Not available | $22.62 | $47,050 |
| Chief executives | Not available | $70.44 | $146,500 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | Not available | $30.16 | $62,740 |
| Computer operators | Not available | $17.74 | $36,910 |
| Computer programmers | Not available | $37.04 | $77,050 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | Not available | $43.85 | $91,220 |
| Computer specialists, all other | Not available | $39.88 | $82,940 |
| Computer support specialists | Not available | $25.08 | $52,170 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | Not available | $21.41 | $44,540 |
| Construction managers | Not available | $45.10 | $93,800 |
| Couriers and messengers | Not available | $10.15 | $21,100 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | Not available | $12.19 | $25,350 |
| Credit analysts | Not available | $25.89 | $53,840 |
| Database administrators | Not available | $43.55 | $90,580 |
| Drafters, all other | Not available | $19.93 | $41,450 |
| Engineers, all other | Not available | $44.68 | $92,940 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $51,350 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | Not available | $10.90 | $22,670 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | Not available | $10.72 | $22,300 |
| General and operations managers | Not available | $40.89 | $85,050 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | Not available | $19.59 | $40,740 |
| Helpers--carpenters | Not available | $15.38 | $31,980 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $44,150 |
| Home appliance repairers | Not available | $15.24 | $31,700 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | Not available | $30.28 | $62,990 |
| Industrial production managers | Not available | $46.51 | $96,730 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | Not available | $19.47 | $40,500 |
| Insurance sales agents | Not available | $28.82 | $59,940 |
| Insurance underwriters | Not available | $35.89 | $74,660 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | Not available | $13.69 | $28,470 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | Not available | $8.72 | $18,130 |
| Massage therapists | Not available | $12.34 | $25,660 |
| Meter readers, utilities | Not available | $17.03 | $35,430 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | Not available | $8.91 | $18,530 |
| Personal financial advisors | Not available | $21.38 | $44,470 |
| Physician assistants | Not available | $39.84 | $82,870 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | Not available | $17.97 | $37,380 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | Not available | $27.32 | $56,820 |
| Purchasing managers | Not available | $50.76 | $105,570 |
| Radio and television announcers | Not available | $25.84 | $53,750 |
| Recreation workers | Not available | $11.26 | $23,430 |
| Residential advisors | Not available | $13.66 | $28,400 |
| Sales managers | Not available | $49.59 | $103,140 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | Not available | $27.89 | $58,010 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | Not available | $10.63 | $22,110 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | Not available | Not available | $54,320 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | Not available | $16.88 | $35,110 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | Not available | $16.28 | $33,870 |
