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 |
286,080 |
$18.89 |
$39,300 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
47,380 |
$14.77 |
$30,720 |
| Sales and related occupations |
31,410 |
$15.10 |
$31,410 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
23,210 |
$9.12 |
$18,960 |
| Management occupations |
20,120 |
$38.48 |
$80,050 |
| Production occupations |
19,510 |
$14.39 |
$29,920 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
18,600 |
$13.22 |
$27,490 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
15,340 |
$17.34 |
$36,080 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
15,210 |
$29.84 |
$62,070 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
12,030 |
$23.49 |
$48,860 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
11,660 |
$18.30 |
$38,070 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
11,440 |
$26.87 |
$55,880 |
| Retail salespersons |
11,090 |
$11.29 |
$23,470 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
8,740 |
$11.60 |
$24,140 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
8,660 |
$32.47 |
$67,530 |
| Office clerks, general |
7,170 |
$12.72 |
$26,450 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
6,920 |
$28.94 |
$60,190 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
6,910 |
$12.58 |
$26,160 |
| General and operations managers |
6,530 |
$38.28 |
$79,630 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
6,140 |
$8.67 |
$18,040 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
5,930 |
$10.53 |
$21,900 |
| Registered nurses |
5,890 |
$28.15 |
$58,560 |
| Protective service occupations |
5,730 |
$17.85 |
$37,130 |
| Customer service representatives |
5,560 |
$13.28 |
$27,620 |
| Community and social services occupations |
5,480 |
$17.30 |
$35,970 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
5,480 |
$8.15 |
$16,960 |
| Cashiers |
5,230 |
$9.52 |
$19,800 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
4,630 |
$19.36 |
$40,280 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
4,360 |
$14.78 |
$30,730 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
4,350 |
$15.08 |
$31,370 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
4,200 |
$10.10 |
$21,000 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
3,910 |
$11.27 |
$23,440 |
| Carpenters |
3,860 |
$15.28 |
$31,780 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
3,440 |
$21.18 |
$44,050 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
3,360 |
$17.86 |
$37,150 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
3,300 |
$24.43 |
$50,800 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
2,950 |
Not available |
$54,280 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
2,940 |
$11.52 |
$23,960 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
2,860 |
$17.11 |
$35,580 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
2,770 |
$22.03 |
$45,820 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
2,750 |
Not available |
$51,450 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
2,650 |
$10.84 |
$22,560 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
2,330 |
$11.91 |
$24,780 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
2,270 |
$15.06 |
$31,320 |
| Bus drivers, school |
2,180 |
$13.53 |
$28,150 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
2,130 |
$26.99 |
$56,130 |
| Child care workers |
2,090 |
$8.66 |
$18,020 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
2,050 |
$11.60 |
$24,130 |
| Legal occupations |
2,030 |
$37.85 |
$78,730 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
2,030 |
$21.16 |
$44,010 |
| Computer support specialists |
1,950 |
$19.05 |
$39,630 |
| Construction laborers |
1,930 |
$14.80 |
$30,780 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
1,830 |
$12.55 |
$26,100 |
| Social and human service assistants |
1,700 |
$12.03 |
$25,020 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
1,630 |
$14.94 |
$31,070 |
| Team assemblers |
1,620 |
$13.72 |
$28,530 |
| Financial managers |
1,590 |
$39.09 |
$81,300 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
1,560 |
Not available |
$61,090 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,550 |
$10.66 |
$22,170 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,540 |
$25.97 |
$54,010 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,520 |
$9.37 |
$19,490 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,450 |
$13.27 |
$27,600 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,420 |
$25.40 |
$52,840 |
| Dishwashers |
1,420 |
$7.90 |
$16,440 |
| Management analysts |
1,420 |
$36.58 |
$76,080 |
| Electrical engineers |
1,380 |
$36.30 |
$75,500 |
| Chief executives |
1,360 |
$67.74 |
$140,890 |
| Security guards |
1,340 |
$11.24 |
$23,380 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
1,300 |
$32.21 |
$67,010 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,300 |
$23.79 |
$49,480 |
| Tellers |
1,290 |
$10.46 |
$21,750 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
1,280 |
$12.98 |
$27,000 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
1,270 |
$14.52 |
$30,190 |
| Teacher assistants |
1,240 |
Not available |
$20,950 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,210 |
$9.64 |
$20,040 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
1,190 |
$24.48 |
$50,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
1,160 |
$24.67 |
$51,310 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
1,150 |
$14.14 |
$29,410 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,150 |
$19.80 |
$41,190 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
1,140 |
$15.45 |
$32,140 |
| File clerks |
1,130 |
$14.54 |
$30,240 |
| Administrative services managers |
1,110 |
$28.25 |
$58,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,100 |
$14.60 |
$30,370 |
| Electricians |
1,080 |
$21.04 |
$43,760 |
| Lawyers |
1,080 |
$48.98 |
$101,870 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
1,060 |
$8.64 |
$17,980 |
| Sales managers |
1,060 |
$37.92 |
$78,880 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
1,040 |
$37.09 |
$77,140 |
| Cooks, fast food |
1,030 |
$8.15 |
$16,940 |
| Medical assistants |
1,030 |
$15.73 |
$32,710 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
1,020 |
$12.50 |
$26,000 |
| Production workers, all other |
1,020 |
$14.29 |
$29,730 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
1,000 |
$12.98 |
$26,990 |
| Computer programmers |
960 |
$30.05 |
$62,500 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
960 |
$11.32 |
$23,540 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
910 |
$10.75 |
$22,360 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
910 |
$15.07 |
$31,340 |
| Industrial engineers |
880 |
$37.43 |
$77,860 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
880 |
$22.53 |
$46,860 |
| Home health aides |
870 |
$9.40 |
$19,560 |
| Medical and health services managers |
850 |
$35.71 |
$74,280 |
| Pharmacists |
850 |
$53.58 |
$111,440 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
830 |
$40.19 |
$83,600 |
| Dental assistants |
820 |
$14.50 |
$30,150 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
800 |
$15.88 |
$33,020 |
| Managers, all other |
800 |
$42.87 |
$89,180 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
780 |
$8.83 |
$18,360 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
750 |
$11.15 |
$23,190 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
750 |
$12.12 |
$25,210 |
| Loan officers |
750 |
$30.02 |
$62,430 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
720 |
$7.73 |
$16,080 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
720 |
$17.13 |
$35,640 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
690 |
$19.13 |
$39,790 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
670 |
$17.61 |
$36,630 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
660 |
$11.38 |
$23,660 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
660 |
$13.03 |
$27,100 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
650 |
$24.65 |
$51,280 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
640 |
$13.67 |
$28,430 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
640 |
$16.60 |
$34,520 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
640 |
$20.60 |
$42,850 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
630 |
$28.28 |
$58,820 |
| Medical secretaries |
630 |
$14.88 |
$30,960 |
| Order clerks |
630 |
$18.37 |
$38,200 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
620 |
$19.74 |
$41,050 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
620 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Computer and information systems managers |
610 |
$45.96 |
$95,590 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
610 |
$28.94 |
$60,200 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
610 |
$14.84 |
$30,870 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
610 |
$15.48 |
$32,200 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
600 |
$22.35 |
$46,480 |
| Insurance sales agents |
600 |
$20.31 |
$42,250 |
| Bartenders |
580 |
$9.44 |
$19,640 |
| Engineers, all other |
580 |
$35.36 |
$73,540 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
570 |
$11.35 |
$23,600 |
| Engineering managers |
570 |
$49.68 |
$103,340 |
| Food batchmakers |
570 |
$14.62 |
$30,410 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
570 |
$15.83 |
$32,930 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
560 |
$11.13 |
$23,150 |
| Library technicians |
560 |
$11.40 |
$23,720 |
| Construction managers |
550 |
$30.41 |
$63,260 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
550 |
$15.76 |
$32,790 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
540 |
$41.21 |
$85,710 |
| Legal secretaries |
540 |
$18.39 |
$38,250 |
| Personal and home care aides |
540 |
$9.70 |
$20,180 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
540 |
$23.77 |
$49,440 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
530 |
$14.14 |
$29,410 |
| Computer systems analysts |
530 |
$34.60 |
$71,970 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
530 |
$11.92 |
$24,800 |
| Bill and account collectors |
520 |
$15.25 |
$31,710 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
520 |
$27.22 |
$56,610 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
510 |
$18.85 |
$39,210 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
510 |
$8.36 |
$17,390 |
| Couriers and messengers |
490 |
$10.41 |
$21,660 |
| Training and development specialists |
490 |
$23.54 |
$48,970 |
| Cost estimators |
480 |
$21.52 |
$44,760 |
| Dental hygienists |
480 |
$33.40 |
$69,470 |
| Recreation workers |
480 |
$11.49 |
$23,890 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
480 |
$12.81 |
$26,650 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
470 |
$23.10 |
$48,050 |
| Crossing guards |
470 |
$9.61 |
$19,990 |
| Civil engineers |
460 |
$34.71 |
$72,200 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
460 |
$28.25 |
$58,760 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
460 |
$19.96 |
$41,520 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
460 |
$10.28 |
$21,380 |
| All other information and record clerks |
450 |
$16.05 |
$33,380 |
| Forest and conservation technicians |
450 |
$17.69 |
$36,800 |
| Food service managers |
440 |
$18.95 |
$39,410 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
440 |
$17.10 |
$35,560 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
440 |
$19.39 |
$40,330 |
| Machinists |
440 |
$15.25 |
$31,720 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
440 |
$20.91 |
$43,490 |
| Parts salespersons |
440 |
$14.45 |
$30,050 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
430 |
$14.09 |
$29,310 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
430 |
$27.57 |
$57,340 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
430 |
$8.16 |
$16,960 |
| Graphic designers |
430 |
$21.24 |
$44,180 |
| Mechanical engineers |
430 |
$49.39 |
$102,730 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
430 |
$18.26 |
$37,990 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
410 |
$22.99 |
$47,820 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
410 |
$15.68 |
$32,610 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
390 |
$40.34 |
$83,910 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
390 |
$16.32 |
$33,940 |
| Physical therapists |
390 |
$32.30 |
$67,190 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
390 |
$63.35 |
$131,760 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
380 |
$7.67 |
$15,950 |
| Fire fighters |
380 |
$23.68 |
$49,260 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
380 |
$20.58 |
$42,800 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
380 |
$8.81 |
$18,320 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
380 |
$18.92 |
$39,360 |
| Procurement clerks |
380 |
$17.33 |
$36,040 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
380 |
$24.77 |
$51,530 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
380 |
$20.03 |
$41,660 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
370 |
$20.53 |
$42,700 |
| Marketing managers |
370 |
$42.88 |
$89,190 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
360 |
$31.36 |
$65,240 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
360 |
$24.34 |
$50,640 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
350 |
$14.87 |
$30,930 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
350 |
$19.20 |
$39,940 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
340 |
$19.72 |
$41,020 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
340 |
$17.16 |
$35,680 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
340 |
$21.73 |
$45,200 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
340 |
$12.83 |
$26,690 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
330 |
$11.12 |
$23,120 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
330 |
$16.59 |
$34,500 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
330 |
$21.36 |
$44,420 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
330 |
$13.53 |
$28,140 |
| Helpers--production workers |
320 |
$10.82 |
$22,500 |
| Respiratory therapists |
320 |
$21.36 |
$44,420 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
310 |
Not available |
$82,120 |
| Market research analysts |
310 |
$31.36 |
$65,230 |
| Purchasing managers |
310 |
$38.54 |
$80,170 |
| Advertising sales agents |
300 |
$25.40 |
$52,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
300 |
$18.05 |
$37,530 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
300 |
$26.10 |
$54,280 |
| Personal financial advisors |
300 |
$27.97 |
$58,170 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
290 |
$16.60 |
$34,530 |
| Surgical technologists |
290 |
$18.25 |
$37,960 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
280 |
$20.36 |
$42,360 |
| Public relations specialists |
280 |
$29.97 |
$62,340 |
| Financial analysts |
270 |
$26.81 |
$55,760 |
| Industrial production managers |
270 |
$41.63 |
$86,590 |
| Logisticians |
270 |
$24.88 |
$51,740 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
270 |
$15.98 |
$33,240 |
| Travel agents |
270 |
$15.36 |
$31,940 |
| Bakers |
260 |
$12.04 |
$25,050 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
260 |
$31.69 |
$65,910 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
260 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
260 |
$35.85 |
$74,560 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
250 |
$28.58 |
$59,450 |
| Dentists, general |
250 |
$82.79 |
$172,200 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
250 |
$25.27 |
$52,560 |
| Instructional coordinators |
250 |
$20.57 |
$42,780 |
| Parking lot attendants |
250 |
$8.07 |
$16,790 |
| Printing machine operators |
250 |
$12.84 |
$26,710 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
250 |
$18.57 |
$38,630 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
250 |
$15.39 |
$32,010 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
240 |
$30.02 |
$62,450 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
240 |
$12.79 |
$26,600 |
| Natural sciences managers |
240 |
$41.87 |
$87,090 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
230 |
$24.37 |
$50,700 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
230 |
$8.89 |
$18,490 |
| Interpreters and translators |
230 |
$19.89 |
$41,370 |
| Physician assistants |
230 |
$35.34 |
$73,520 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians |
230 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Social and community service managers |
230 |
$28.66 |
$59,610 |
| Surveyors |
230 |
$26.10 |
$54,280 |
| Data entry keyers |
220 |
$14.06 |
$29,240 |
| Legislators |
220 |
Not available |
$38,670 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
220 |
$9.92 |
$20,630 |
| Physical therapist aides |
220 |
$11.84 |
$24,630 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
220 |
$11.56 |
$24,040 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
210 |
$22.76 |
$47,350 |
| Occupational therapists |
210 |
$29.40 |
$61,150 |
| Roofers |
210 |
$15.92 |
$33,110 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
210 |
$26.54 |
$55,200 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
200 |
$10.29 |
$21,400 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
200 |
$17.01 |
$35,370 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
200 |
$13.46 |
$28,010 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
200 |
$17.20 |
$35,780 |
| Service station attendants |
200 |
$10.40 |
$21,640 |
| Sewing machine operators |
200 |
$10.03 |
$20,860 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
190 |
$13.39 |
$27,860 |
| Editors |
190 |
$24.73 |
$51,440 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
190 |
$38.45 |
$79,970 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
190 |
$30.44 |
$63,320 |
| Mental health counselors |
190 |
$19.89 |
$41,380 |
| Veterinarians |
190 |
$42.43 |
$88,240 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
180 |
$23.87 |
$49,640 |
| Database administrators |
180 |
$35.57 |
$73,990 |
| Real estate sales agents |
180 |
$27.78 |
$57,790 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
180 |
$32.09 |
$66,750 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
180 |
$17.33 |
$36,050 |
| Technical writers |
180 |
$28.13 |
$58,510 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
180 |
$21.29 |
$44,270 |
| Zoologists and wildlife biologists |
180 |
$25.29 |
$52,600 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
170 |
$10.69 |
$22,240 |
| Computer operators |
170 |
$17.41 |
$36,210 |
| Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders |
170 |
$12.71 |
$26,430 |
| Floral designers |
170 |
$9.65 |
$20,080 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
170 |
$13.92 |
$28,960 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
170 |
$41.73 |
$86,790 |
| Operations research analysts |
170 |
$31.85 |
$66,250 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
170 |
$18.80 |
$39,110 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
170 |
$8.70 |
$18,100 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
170 |
$13.94 |
$29,000 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
160 |
$26.00 |
$54,070 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
160 |
$30.40 |
$63,240 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
160 |
$43.29 |
$90,030 |
| Urban and regional planners |
160 |
$28.94 |
$60,190 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
150 |
$28.02 |
$58,280 |
| Education administrators, all other |
150 |
$44.09 |
$91,720 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
150 |
$23.54 |
$48,970 |
| Librarians |
150 |
$23.44 |
$48,750 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
150 |
$11.58 |
$24,080 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
150 |
$18.47 |
$38,410 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
150 |
$10.33 |
$21,490 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
140 |
$23.97 |
$49,870 |
| Budget analysts |
140 |
$27.32 |
$56,820 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
140 |
$12.53 |
$26,060 |
| Loan counselors |
140 |
$15.77 |
$32,810 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
140 |
$13.04 |
$27,120 |
| Commercial pilots |
130 |
Not available |
$52,600 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers |
130 |
$24.80 |
$51,590 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
130 |
$15.05 |
$31,300 |
| Public relations managers |
130 |
$35.56 |
$73,960 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
120 |
$26.95 |
$56,050 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers |
120 |
$18.51 |
$38,500 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
120 |
$24.67 |
$51,320 |
| Radio and television announcers |
120 |
$20.84 |
$43,350 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
120 |
$25.14 |
$52,300 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
110 |
$21.21 |
$44,120 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
110 |
$41.72 |
$86,770 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
110 |
$16.38 |
$34,060 |
| Home appliance repairers |
110 |
$17.15 |
$35,670 |
| Law clerks |
110 |
$22.27 |
$46,320 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
110 |
$13.75 |
$28,600 |
| Photographers |
110 |
$13.14 |
$27,330 |
| Traffic technicians |
110 |
$15.51 |
$32,250 |
| Art directors |
100 |
$30.22 |
$62,850 |
| Biological technicians |
100 |
$15.96 |
$33,200 |
| Dietetic technicians |
100 |
$12.87 |
$26,760 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
100 |
$14.67 |
$30,500 |
| Environmental engineers |
100 |
$31.09 |
$64,670 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
100 |
$12.77 |
$26,560 |
| Postal service clerks |
100 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Radiation therapists |
100 |
$26.77 |
$55,680 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
90 |
$19.85 |
$41,280 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
90 |
$12.07 |
$25,110 |
| Massage therapists |
90 |
$15.84 |
$32,940 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
90 |
$29.63 |
$61,640 |
| Producers and directors |
90 |
$22.09 |
$45,940 |
| Real estate brokers |
90 |
$17.42 |
$36,230 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists |
80 |
$26.05 |
$54,190 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
80 |
$29.48 |
$61,320 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
80 |
$19.32 |
$40,190 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$49,220 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
80 |
$12.48 |
$25,950 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
80 |
$16.56 |
$34,430 |
| Recreational therapists |
80 |
$19.27 |
$40,070 |
| Training and development managers |
80 |
$31.69 |
$65,910 |
| Word processors and typists |
80 |
$15.84 |
$32,940 |
| Agricultural inspectors |
70 |
$18.93 |
$39,370 |
| Hydrologists |
70 |
$38.76 |
$80,620 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
70 |
$12.43 |
$25,850 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
70 |
$16.08 |
$33,450 |
| Chemists |
60 |
$22.50 |
$46,810 |
| Chiropractors |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
60 |
$25.91 |
$53,900 |
| Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers |
60 |
$34.68 |
$72,130 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
60 |
$14.73 |
$30,630 |
| Media and communication equipment workers, all other |
60 |
$25.38 |
$52,790 |
| Millwrights |
60 |
$21.52 |
$44,770 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
60 |
$16.61 |
$34,540 |
| Social workers, all other |
60 |
$29.35 |
$61,040 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
50 |
$23.90 |
$49,720 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
50 |
$17.59 |
$36,580 |
| Credit analysts |
50 |
$25.97 |
$54,020 |
| Forest and conservation workers |
50 |
$15.64 |
$32,540 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
50 |
$10.34 |
$21,520 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
50 |
$16.29 |
$33,890 |
| Soil and plant scientists |
50 |
$23.26 |
$48,380 |
| Tax preparers |
50 |
$16.75 |
$34,850 |
| Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators |
40 |
$24.48 |
$50,910 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
40 |
$15.03 |
$31,270 |
| Desktop publishers |
40 |
$16.84 |
$35,030 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians |
40 |
$19.75 |
$41,090 |
| Financial examiners |
40 |
$29.01 |
$60,350 |
| Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators |
40 |
$17.42 |
$36,240 |
| Fish and game wardens |
40 |
$24.51 |
$50,980 |
| Forensic science technicians |
40 |
$22.09 |
$45,950 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$13.48 |
$28,040 |
| Health educators |
40 |
$26.38 |
$54,880 |
| Lodging managers |
40 |
$24.98 |
$51,950 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
40 |
$17.30 |
$35,980 |
| Motion picture projectionists |
40 |
$13.67 |
$28,430 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
40 |
$31.62 |
$65,760 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
40 |
$17.00 |
$35,360 |
| Audio-visual collections specialists |
30 |
$30.06 |
$62,520 |
| Chemical technicians |
30 |
$16.10 |
$33,500 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
30 |
$23.78 |
$49,450 |
| Furniture finishers |
30 |
$13.85 |
$28,810 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
30 |
$18.29 |
$38,050 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
30 |
$17.45 |
$36,290 |
| Private detectives and investigators |
30 |
$24.29 |
$50,530 |
| Transportation inspectors |
30 |
$26.19 |
$54,470 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians |
Not available |
$22.19 |
$46,160 |
| Agricultural engineers |
Not available |
$38.84 |
$80,790 |
| Animal control workers |
Not available |
$17.79 |
$37,010 |
| Animal trainers |
Not available |
$9.27 |
$19,280 |
| Athletes and sports competitors |
Not available |
Not available |
$24,760 |
| Athletic trainers |
Not available |
Not available |
$38,060 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
Not available |
$19.92 |
$41,430 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
Not available |
$11.57 |
$24,060 |
| Bindery workers |
Not available |
$11.95 |
$24,850 |
| Biological scientists, all other |
Not available |
$30.95 |
$64,370 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
Not available |
$20.65 |
$42,950 |
| Broadcast technicians |
Not available |
$18.52 |
$38,520 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$65,050 |
| Coaches and scouts |
Not available |
Not available |
$27,710 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
Not available |
$39.19 |
$81,510 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
Not available |
$17.00 |
$35,360 |
| Cooks, short order |
Not available |
$10.19 |
$21,190 |
| Crane and tower operators |
Not available |
$23.11 |
$48,060 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
Not available |
$12.13 |
$25,230 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$14.05 |
$29,220 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$13.19 |
$27,440 |
| Designers, all other |
Not available |
$32.72 |
$68,050 |
| Driver/sales workers |
Not available |
$14.62 |
$30,400 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
Not available |
$19.41 |
$40,380 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
Not available |
$15.76 |
$32,790 |
| Emergency management specialists |
Not available |
$27.08 |
$56,330 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
Not available |
$19.03 |
$39,580 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
Not available |
$12.11 |
$25,200 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
Not available |
$16.23 |
$33,760 |
| Family and general practitioners |
Not available |
$85.51 |
$177,860 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
Not available |
$12.37 |
$25,720 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
Not available |
$14.97 |
$31,140 |
| Funeral directors |
Not available |
$29.45 |
$61,270 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
Not available |
$29.70 |
$61,770 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
Not available |
$17.99 |
$37,430 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
Not available |
$14.16 |
$29,450 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
Not available |
$13.21 |
$27,480 |
| Helpers--roofers |
Not available |
$9.16 |
$19,040 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
Not available |
$16.90 |
$35,150 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
Not available |
$16.09 |
$33,460 |
| Insurance underwriters |
Not available |
$24.55 |
$51,070 |
| Interior designers |
Not available |
$21.59 |
$44,910 |
| Logging equipment operators |
Not available |
$23.13 |
$48,110 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
Not available |
$16.72 |
$34,770 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
Not available |
$10.06 |
$20,910 |
| Mechanical drafters |
Not available |
$25.83 |
$53,720 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
Not available |
$20.86 |
$43,400 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
Not available |
$24.37 |
$50,690 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
Not available |
$21.32 |
$44,340 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
Not available |
$13.19 |
$27,440 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$14.23 |
$29,610 |
| New accounts clerks |
Not available |
$12.91 |
$26,850 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$11.33 |
$23,570 |
| Pest control workers |
Not available |
$14.12 |
$29,370 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation |
Not available |
$12.96 |
$26,960 |
| Pharmacy aides |
Not available |
$8.30 |
$17,270 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
Not available |
$14.63 |
$30,430 |
| Pipelayers |
Not available |
$14.57 |
$30,300 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
Not available |
$9.96 |
$20,710 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers |
Not available |
$12.78 |
$26,580 |
| Psychiatric technicians |
Not available |
$14.71 |
$30,600 |
| Residential advisors |
Not available |
$10.33 |
$21,480 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$16.78 |
$34,910 |
| Sheet metal workers |
Not available |
$18.62 |
$38,730 |
| Stonemasons |
Not available |
$15.75 |
$32,770 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
Not available |
$17.76 |
$36,940 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
Not available |
$8.78 |
$18,270 |
| Tapers |
Not available |
$21.36 |
$44,440 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
Not available |
$18.07 |
$37,580 |
| Telemarketers |
Not available |
$10.56 |
$21,960 |
| Therapists, all other |
Not available |
$25.38 |
$52,800 |
| Tile and marble setters |
Not available |
$14.72 |
$30,620 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
Not available |
$11.57 |
$24,070 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
Not available |
$22.62 |
$47,050 |
| Upholsterers |
Not available |
$12.47 |
$25,940 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
Not available |
$9.41 |
$19,560 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
Not available |
$17.73 |
$36,880 |
| Woodworkers, all other |
Not available |
$10.92 |
$22,710 |
| Writers and authors |
Not available |
$25.87 |
$53,800 |
