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 |
164,300 |
$25.50 |
$53,050 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
25,670 |
$16.82 |
$34,990 |
| Sales and related occupations |
16,780 |
$21.20 |
$44,090 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
14,420 |
$10.44 |
$21,710 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
12,880 |
$42.72 |
$88,860 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
10,900 |
$23.99 |
$49,900 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
9,470 |
$36.37 |
$75,650 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
8,830 |
$42.43 |
$88,260 |
| Production occupations |
8,130 |
$16.69 |
$34,710 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
7,740 |
$35.62 |
$74,090 |
| Management occupations |
7,670 |
$55.76 |
$115,970 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
6,070 |
$16.78 |
$34,910 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
5,170 |
$38.68 |
$80,460 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
5,140 |
$20.18 |
$41,970 |
| Retail salespersons |
5,070 |
$13.04 |
$27,120 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
4,840 |
$21.23 |
$44,170 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
4,180 |
$13.05 |
$27,150 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
3,980 |
$13.47 |
$28,010 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
3,450 |
$25.07 |
$52,150 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
3,420 |
$15.03 |
$31,260 |
| Cashiers |
3,310 |
$10.88 |
$22,630 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
3,060 |
$22.50 |
$46,800 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
2,970 |
$10.02 |
$20,840 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
2,950 |
$8.88 |
$18,480 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
2,790 |
$47.35 |
$98,500 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
2,730 |
$15.57 |
$32,380 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
2,720 |
$52.95 |
$110,130 |
| General and operations managers |
2,720 |
$56.62 |
$117,770 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
2,680 |
$38.68 |
$80,460 |
| Registered nurses |
2,610 |
$32.75 |
$68,120 |
| Community and social services occupations |
2,240 |
$19.33 |
$40,210 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
2,170 |
$17.03 |
$35,430 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
2,110 |
$12.70 |
$26,420 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
2,080 |
$13.15 |
$27,350 |
| Protective service occupations |
2,050 |
$21.71 |
$45,150 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
2,010 |
$29.69 |
$61,750 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,950 |
$34.39 |
$71,530 |
| Computer systems analysts |
1,880 |
$42.93 |
$89,290 |
| Office clerks, general |
1,860 |
$14.25 |
$29,640 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
1,850 |
$54.25 |
$112,840 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,800 |
$13.64 |
$28,360 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,720 |
Not available |
$49,940 |
| Customer service representatives |
1,700 |
$16.26 |
$33,820 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,580 |
$11.61 |
$24,150 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
1,500 |
$11.86 |
$24,660 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,450 |
$14.30 |
$29,750 |
| Teacher assistants |
1,400 |
Not available |
$25,950 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,360 |
$12.49 |
$25,990 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
1,320 |
$47.85 |
$99,540 |
| Computer programmers |
1,210 |
$43.23 |
$89,920 |
| Computer support specialists |
1,200 |
$23.17 |
$48,200 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
1,160 |
$46.89 |
$97,540 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,140 |
$18.63 |
$38,750 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,120 |
$24.08 |
$50,090 |
| Legal occupations |
1,080 |
$39.68 |
$82,530 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,030 |
$21.07 |
$43,830 |
| Mechanical engineers |
950 |
$46.47 |
$96,650 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
940 |
Not available |
$52,270 |
| Food preparation workers |
920 |
$10.15 |
$21,110 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
910 |
$36.36 |
$75,630 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
910 |
$15.63 |
$32,520 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
870 |
$16.64 |
$34,610 |
| Atmospheric and space scientists |
860 |
$44.52 |
$92,610 |
| Management analysts |
840 |
$48.10 |
$100,040 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
820 |
$19.11 |
$39,740 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
820 |
$37.70 |
$78,430 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
790 |
$19.23 |
$40,010 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
790 |
$9.25 |
$19,240 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
760 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Bartenders |
750 |
$9.20 |
$19,140 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
740 |
$28.90 |
$60,110 |
| Carpenters |
730 |
$20.78 |
$43,230 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
730 |
$9.83 |
$20,440 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
720 |
$13.34 |
$27,750 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
720 |
$14.45 |
$30,050 |
| Chemists |
710 |
$43.36 |
$90,190 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
700 |
$19.84 |
$41,260 |
| Personal and home care aides |
700 |
$9.88 |
$20,550 |
| Public relations specialists |
700 |
$34.86 |
$72,500 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
690 |
$10.38 |
$21,600 |
| Engineering managers |
680 |
$73.24 |
$152,340 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
660 |
$14.33 |
$29,800 |
| Team assemblers |
650 |
$13.08 |
$27,210 |
| Construction laborers |
640 |
$14.46 |
$30,070 |
| Database administrators |
640 |
$34.20 |
$71,130 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
640 |
$10.31 |
$21,450 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
640 |
$30.13 |
$62,660 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
640 |
$16.30 |
$33,910 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
620 |
$37.57 |
$78,140 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
620 |
$13.55 |
$28,180 |
| Lawyers |
610 |
$50.78 |
$105,630 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
610 |
Not available |
$58,020 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
600 |
$63.44 |
$131,960 |
| Medical assistants |
600 |
$15.83 |
$32,920 |
| Tellers |
600 |
$13.29 |
$27,650 |
| Dishwashers |
590 |
$9.02 |
$18,760 |
| Child care workers |
580 |
$12.10 |
$25,170 |
| Industrial engineers |
580 |
$42.29 |
$87,950 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
580 |
$30.88 |
$64,240 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
520 |
$11.52 |
$23,960 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
520 |
$16.48 |
$34,280 |
| Chemical technicians |
500 |
Not available |
Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
500 |
$26.76 |
$55,660 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
500 |
$16.78 |
$34,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
490 |
$25.97 |
$54,020 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
480 |
$27.79 |
$57,790 |
| Electrical engineers |
480 |
$43.29 |
$90,040 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
480 |
$19.68 |
$40,940 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
470 |
$20.43 |
$42,490 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
470 |
$37.74 |
$78,490 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
470 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
460 |
$11.37 |
$23,650 |
| Security guards |
460 |
$11.14 |
$23,180 |
| Cost estimators |
440 |
$32.40 |
$67,390 |
| Electricians |
440 |
$26.02 |
$54,120 |
| Managers, all other |
440 |
$58.15 |
$120,950 |
| Coaches and scouts |
430 |
Not available |
$35,540 |
| Cooks, fast food |
430 |
$9.09 |
$18,910 |
| Home health aides |
430 |
$12.32 |
$25,630 |
| Financial analysts |
420 |
$50.81 |
$105,680 |
| Bus drivers, school |
410 |
$15.18 |
$31,570 |
| Printing machine operators |
410 |
$15.43 |
$32,090 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
400 |
$29.17 |
$60,680 |
| Graphic designers |
390 |
$23.87 |
$49,660 |
| Physical therapists |
390 |
$28.20 |
$58,650 |
| Dental assistants |
380 |
$17.89 |
$37,220 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
380 |
$18.67 |
$38,830 |
| Loan officers |
370 |
$32.52 |
$67,650 |
| Social and human service assistants |
370 |
$15.20 |
$31,620 |
| Engineers, all other |
360 |
$50.17 |
$104,360 |
| Aerospace engineers |
350 |
$45.26 |
$94,150 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
350 |
$31.20 |
$64,900 |
| All other information and record clerks |
340 |
$17.69 |
$36,790 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
340 |
$10.23 |
$21,270 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
340 |
$36.10 |
$75,090 |
| Driver/sales workers |
330 |
$9.14 |
$19,020 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
330 |
$23.46 |
$48,800 |
| Editors |
320 |
$26.41 |
$54,930 |
| Physicists |
320 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
310 |
$15.93 |
$33,140 |
| Fire fighters |
310 |
$24.00 |
$49,930 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
310 |
$13.78 |
$28,660 |
| Sales engineers |
310 |
$40.51 |
$84,270 |
| File clerks |
300 |
$13.79 |
$28,690 |
| Financial managers |
300 |
$62.17 |
$129,310 |
| Telemarketers |
300 |
$13.67 |
$28,440 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
300 |
$20.61 |
$42,870 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
290 |
$22.12 |
$46,010 |
| Marketing managers |
290 |
$53.26 |
$110,790 |
| Pharmacists |
290 |
$52.28 |
$108,750 |
| Data entry keyers |
280 |
$13.13 |
$27,310 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
280 |
$37.77 |
$78,560 |
| Medical secretaries |
280 |
$14.42 |
$30,000 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other |
280 |
$36.06 |
$75,000 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
270 |
$16.41 |
$34,130 |
| Dental hygienists |
270 |
$39.89 |
$82,970 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
270 |
$27.80 |
$57,820 |
| Advertising sales agents |
260 |
$23.25 |
$48,360 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
260 |
$9.39 |
$19,530 |
| Machinists |
260 |
$26.89 |
$55,930 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
260 |
$11.62 |
$24,170 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
260 |
$11.73 |
$24,410 |
| Sales managers |
260 |
$56.49 |
$117,510 |
| Training and development specialists |
260 |
$31.46 |
$65,430 |
| Civil engineers |
250 |
$37.61 |
$78,230 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
250 |
$13.52 |
$28,120 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
250 |
$22.80 |
$47,420 |
| Library technicians |
250 |
$19.37 |
$40,280 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
250 |
$22.53 |
$46,870 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
240 |
$10.06 |
$20,930 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
240 |
$16.51 |
$34,350 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
240 |
$23.08 |
$48,010 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
240 |
$22.28 |
$46,340 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
240 |
$15.85 |
$32,960 |
| Recreation workers |
240 |
$12.39 |
$25,780 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
230 |
$11.38 |
$23,670 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
230 |
$9.28 |
$19,310 |
| Order clerks |
230 |
$16.99 |
$35,340 |
| Bakers |
220 |
$12.56 |
$26,120 |
| Chemical engineers |
220 |
$38.23 |
$79,510 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
220 |
Not available |
$85,900 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
220 |
$17.08 |
$35,520 |
| Medical and health services managers |
220 |
$42.35 |
$88,080 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
220 |
$19.34 |
$40,230 |
| Travel agents |
220 |
$18.73 |
$38,950 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
210 |
$25.99 |
$54,050 |
| Computer operators |
210 |
$21.48 |
$44,670 |
| Construction managers |
210 |
$42.71 |
$88,840 |
| Environmental engineers |
210 |
$37.76 |
$78,530 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
210 |
$24.15 |
$50,230 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
200 |
$13.97 |
$29,050 |
| Brokerage clerks |
200 |
$16.44 |
$34,190 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
200 |
$23.52 |
$48,920 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
200 |
$15.61 |
$32,480 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
190 |
$19.35 |
$40,250 |
| Massage therapists |
190 |
$16.81 |
$34,970 |
| Bicycle repairers |
180 |
$11.00 |
$22,880 |
| Cooks, short order |
180 |
$10.11 |
$21,030 |
| Dentists, general |
180 |
$79.56 |
$165,490 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
180 |
$25.37 |
$52,780 |
| Legal secretaries |
180 |
$22.34 |
$46,460 |
| Librarians |
180 |
$29.56 |
$61,490 |
| Logisticians |
180 |
$33.32 |
$69,300 |
| Occupational therapists |
180 |
$29.82 |
$62,030 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
180 |
$20.60 |
$42,860 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
180 |
$21.85 |
$45,450 |
| Parts salespersons |
180 |
$19.68 |
$40,930 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
170 |
$21.78 |
$45,300 |
| Natural sciences managers |
170 |
$69.79 |
$145,170 |
| Personal financial advisors |
170 |
$33.98 |
$70,670 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
170 |
$81.24 |
$168,980 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
170 |
Not available |
$54,630 |
| Chief executives |
160 |
$90.76 |
$188,780 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
160 |
$29.73 |
$61,830 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
160 |
$13.44 |
$27,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
160 |
$26.36 |
$54,830 |
| Helpers--production workers |
160 |
$11.05 |
$22,980 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
160 |
$35.88 |
$74,630 |
| Instructional coordinators |
160 |
$29.14 |
$60,620 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
160 |
Not available |
$48,590 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
160 |
$13.85 |
$28,800 |
| Mental health counselors |
160 |
$18.77 |
$39,050 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
160 |
$32.15 |
$66,870 |
| Technical writers |
160 |
$35.25 |
$73,330 |
| Umpires, referees, and other sports officials |
160 |
Not available |
$29,350 |
| Veterinarians |
160 |
$43.79 |
$91,070 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
160 |
$19.17 |
$39,880 |
| Biochemists and biophysicists |
150 |
$44.99 |
$93,590 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
150 |
$34.34 |
$71,420 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
150 |
$46.70 |
$97,130 |
| Sheet metal workers |
150 |
$20.13 |
$41,880 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
150 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
150 |
$30.90 |
$64,260 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
140 |
$30.39 |
$63,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
140 |
$20.10 |
$41,810 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
140 |
$19.01 |
$39,540 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
140 |
$19.43 |
$40,420 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
140 |
$14.19 |
$29,510 |
| Administrative services managers |
130 |
$46.46 |
$96,640 |
| Bindery workers |
130 |
$14.26 |
$29,650 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
130 |
$22.00 |
$45,770 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
130 |
$36.76 |
$76,470 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
130 |
$30.20 |
$62,810 |
| Food batchmakers |
130 |
$13.12 |
$27,290 |
| Food service managers |
130 |
$25.97 |
$54,020 |
| Industrial production managers |
130 |
$47.55 |
$98,900 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
130 |
$20.48 |
$42,600 |
| Physician assistants |
130 |
$33.83 |
$70,360 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
130 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
130 |
$26.00 |
$54,080 |
| Roofers |
130 |
$17.21 |
$35,790 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
130 |
$43.15 |
$89,750 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
130 |
$7.88 |
$16,390 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
120 |
$26.24 |
$54,580 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
120 |
$28.13 |
$58,500 |
| Family and general practitioners |
120 |
$84.30 |
$175,340 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
120 |
$19.91 |
$41,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
120 |
$21.92 |
$45,580 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
120 |
$19.21 |
$39,950 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
120 |
$20.06 |
$41,710 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
120 |
$25.24 |
$52,500 |
| Urban and regional planners |
120 |
$33.25 |
$69,160 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
120 |
$12.72 |
$26,460 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
110 |
$33.20 |
$69,060 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
110 |
$19.58 |
$40,720 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
110 |
$17.26 |
$35,890 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
110 |
$22.45 |
$46,700 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
110 |
$36.70 |
$76,330 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
110 |
$12.66 |
$26,330 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
110 |
$27.98 |
$58,190 |
| Media and communication workers, all other |
110 |
$33.88 |
$70,460 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
110 |
$18.86 |
$39,230 |
| Postal service clerks |
110 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Real estate brokers |
110 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Surgical technologists |
110 |
$21.54 |
$44,800 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
100 |
$16.96 |
$35,280 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
100 |
$16.55 |
$34,420 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
100 |
$19.83 |
$41,240 |
| New accounts clerks |
100 |
$15.20 |
$31,630 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
100 |
$19.74 |
$41,060 |
| Photographers |
100 |
$16.91 |
$35,180 |
| Public relations managers |
100 |
$47.64 |
$99,090 |
| Respiratory therapists |
100 |
$25.26 |
$52,540 |
| Art directors |
90 |
$29.96 |
$62,320 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
90 |
$20.05 |
$41,700 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
90 |
$13.78 |
$28,670 |
| Film and video editors |
90 |
$27.97 |
$58,180 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
90 |
$18.12 |
$37,700 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
90 |
$13.19 |
$27,440 |
| Optometrists |
90 |
$28.86 |
$60,030 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
90 |
$22.43 |
$46,650 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
90 |
$20.00 |
$41,600 |
| Psychologists, all other |
90 |
$39.38 |
$81,920 |
| Social and community service managers |
90 |
$32.95 |
$68,530 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
90 |
$13.69 |
$28,470 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
90 |
$23.18 |
$48,210 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists |
80 |
$27.87 |
$57,970 |
| Chiropractors |
80 |
$21.66 |
$45,060 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
80 |
$28.29 |
$58,830 |
| Computer and information scientists, research |
80 |
$52.95 |
$110,140 |
| Credit analysts |
80 |
$29.24 |
$60,810 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
80 |
$14.24 |
$29,610 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
80 |
$31.73 |
$66,010 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
80 |
$32.12 |
$66,810 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
80 |
$33.94 |
$70,600 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
80 |
$26.00 |
$54,080 |
| Mechanical drafters |
80 |
$24.58 |
$51,120 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
80 |
$20.50 |
$42,630 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
80 |
$17.12 |
$35,610 |
| Purchasing managers |
80 |
$53.32 |
$110,900 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
70 |
$61.23 |
$127,350 |
| Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes |
70 |
$36.63 |
$76,200 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Construction and building inspectors |
70 |
$24.10 |
$50,120 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
70 |
$17.23 |
$35,850 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
70 |
$10.81 |
$22,470 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
70 |
$33.82 |
$70,350 |
| Floral designers |
70 |
$14.04 |
$29,210 |
| Operations research analysts |
70 |
$32.87 |
$68,370 |
| Procurement clerks |
70 |
$20.00 |
$41,590 |
| Production workers, all other |
70 |
$12.80 |
$26,630 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
70 |
$12.42 |
$25,830 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
60 |
$22.74 |
$47,290 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
60 |
$11.85 |
$24,640 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
60 |
$15.74 |
$32,730 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
60 |
$11.94 |
$24,840 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
60 |
$33.15 |
$68,950 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
60 |
$17.88 |
$37,190 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
60 |
$13.36 |
$27,800 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
60 |
$26.43 |
$54,970 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
60 |
$15.57 |
$32,380 |
| Writers and authors |
60 |
$42.66 |
$88,720 |
| Artists and related workers, all other |
50 |
$18.06 |
$37,570 |
| Budget analysts |
50 |
$35.10 |
$73,010 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
50 |
$22.10 |
$45,970 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
50 |
$27.52 |
$57,240 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
50 |
$32.18 |
$66,940 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
50 |
$20.52 |
$42,690 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
50 |
$22.94 |
$47,720 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
50 |
$31.85 |
$66,250 |
| Media and communication equipment workers, all other |
50 |
$19.75 |
$41,070 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
50 |
$13.94 |
$29,000 |
| Model makers, metal and plastic |
50 |
$17.79 |
$37,000 |
| Multi-media artists and animators |
50 |
$23.64 |
$49,160 |
| Surveyors |
50 |
$21.17 |
$44,030 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
40 |
$15.39 |
$32,020 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
40 |
$20.39 |
$42,410 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
40 |
$11.03 |
$22,940 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
40 |
$24.39 |
$50,720 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
40 |
$10.85 |
$22,570 |
| Health educators |
40 |
$26.28 |
$54,660 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
40 |
$59.64 |
$124,050 |
| Hydrologists |
40 |
$39.61 |
$82,380 |
| Interpreters and translators |
40 |
$24.06 |
$50,040 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
40 |
$22.00 |
$45,770 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
40 |
$11.69 |
$24,320 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
40 |
$18.96 |
$39,440 |
| Producers and directors |
40 |
$24.56 |
$51,090 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
40 |
$17.76 |
$36,930 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
40 |
$17.09 |
$35,540 |
| Sewing machine operators |
40 |
$13.13 |
$27,310 |
| Social workers, all other |
40 |
$17.86 |
$37,150 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
30 |
$21.09 |
$43,870 |
| Audiologists |
30 |
$30.93 |
$64,340 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
30 |
$49.53 |
$103,020 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
30 |
$27.78 |
$57,770 |
| Parking lot attendants |
30 |
$11.42 |
$23,760 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
30 |
$15.09 |
$31,390 |
| Therapists, all other |
30 |
$23.14 |
$48,140 |
| Training and development managers |
30 |
$61.55 |
$128,020 |
| Aerospace engineering and operations technicians |
Not available |
$29.65 |
$61,670 |
| Animal control workers |
Not available |
$18.99 |
$39,490 |
| Anthropologists and archeologists |
Not available |
$27.95 |
$58,130 |
| Astronomers |
Not available |
$46.28 |
$96,260 |
| Bill and account collectors |
Not available |
$16.49 |
$34,300 |
| Biological technicians |
Not available |
$23.89 |
$49,700 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
Not available |
$16.52 |
$34,360 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
Not available |
$27.57 |
$57,350 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
Not available |
$20.73 |
$43,110 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders |
Not available |
$14.48 |
$30,120 |
| Conservation scientists |
Not available |
$29.36 |
$61,070 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
Not available |
$8.72 |
$18,150 |
| Couriers and messengers |
Not available |
$12.08 |
$25,120 |
| Craft artists |
Not available |
$12.96 |
$26,960 |
| Crane and tower operators |
Not available |
$20.60 |
$42,840 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
Not available |
$14.30 |
$29,730 |
| Curators |
Not available |
$23.34 |
$48,560 |
| Desktop publishers |
Not available |
$21.08 |
$43,850 |
| Education administrators, all other |
Not available |
$29.10 |
$60,530 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
Not available |
$13.39 |
$27,850 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
Not available |
$16.17 |
$33,640 |
| Extraction workers, all other |
Not available |
$19.10 |
$39,740 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
Not available |
$31.99 |
$66,530 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
Not available |
$19.92 |
$41,420 |
| Glaziers |
Not available |
$20.61 |
$42,870 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
Not available |
$13.40 |
$27,880 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
Not available |
$18.13 |
$37,710 |
| Insurance underwriters |
Not available |
$25.53 |
$53,100 |
| Job printers |
Not available |
$16.59 |
$34,500 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
Not available |
$12.78 |
$26,570 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
Not available |
$21.39 |
$44,490 |
| Market research analysts |
Not available |
$31.63 |
$65,780 |
| Materials engineers |
Not available |
$41.17 |
$85,640 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
Not available |
$28.16 |
$58,570 |
| Medical appliance technicians |
Not available |
$18.43 |
$38,330 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
Not available |
$42.29 |
$87,960 |
| Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers |
Not available |
$51.66 |
$107,450 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
Not available |
$24.83 |
$51,650 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
Not available |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
Not available |
$16.07 |
$33,420 |
| Pediatricians, general |
Not available |
$85.54 |
$177,920 |
| Physical scientists, all other |
Not available |
$46.38 |
$96,480 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
Not available |
$22.27 |
$46,330 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
Not available |
$10.32 |
$21,460 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products |
Not available |
$17.19 |
$35,760 |
| Real estate sales agents |
Not available |
$27.62 |
$57,440 |
| Roustabouts, oil and gas |
Not available |
$15.28 |
$31,790 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$10.61 |
$22,060 |
| Statisticians |
Not available |
$31.12 |
$64,730 |
| Stonemasons |
Not available |
$27.19 |
$56,550 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
Not available |
$25.70 |
$53,450 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
Not available |
$22.70 |
$47,210 |
| Surgeons |
Not available |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
Not available |
$27.14 |
$56,460 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
Not available |
$20.28 |
$42,190 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
Not available |
$9.40 |
$19,560 |
| Zoologists and wildlife biologists |
Not available |
$32.12 |
$66,810 |
