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 |
268,100 |
$17.64 |
$36,680 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
51,060 |
$14.09 |
$29,300 |
| Sales and related occupations |
33,740 |
$17.25 |
$35,870 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
28,420 |
$10.04 |
$20,890 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
16,230 |
$29.86 |
$62,100 |
| Production occupations |
15,230 |
$14.69 |
$30,560 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
14,810 |
$13.00 |
$27,030 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
11,870 |
$11.69 |
$24,320 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
11,830 |
$26.78 |
$55,700 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
10,890 |
$20.77 |
$43,210 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
10,450 |
$18.17 |
$37,790 |
| Retail salespersons |
9,390 |
$14.16 |
$29,460 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
9,380 |
$12.96 |
$26,960 |
| Cashiers |
8,620 |
$9.02 |
$18,750 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
8,160 |
$10.07 |
$20,940 |
| Management occupations |
7,280 |
$46.07 |
$95,830 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
7,120 |
$11.34 |
$23,590 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
6,190 |
$10.33 |
$21,490 |
| Office clerks, general |
6,090 |
$11.82 |
$24,600 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
5,370 |
$13.89 |
$28,900 |
| Registered nurses |
5,230 |
$27.57 |
$57,340 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
5,130 |
$11.15 |
$23,190 |
| Protective service occupations |
5,110 |
$18.79 |
$39,070 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
4,980 |
$8.58 |
$17,840 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
4,700 |
$12.20 |
$25,380 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
4,560 |
$10.94 |
$22,760 |
| Customer service representatives |
3,970 |
$13.39 |
$27,850 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
3,920 |
$15.73 |
$32,720 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
3,550 |
$22.44 |
$46,670 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
3,460 |
$18.14 |
$37,720 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
3,440 |
$25.97 |
$54,010 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
3,160 |
$30.77 |
$64,000 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
3,130 |
$12.02 |
$25,000 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
3,050 |
$11.55 |
$24,030 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
3,010 |
$11.19 |
$23,280 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
2,950 |
$28.67 |
$59,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
2,860 |
$21.30 |
$44,310 |
| Carpenters |
2,640 |
$19.46 |
$40,470 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
2,580 |
$21.34 |
$44,400 |
| Food preparation workers |
2,550 |
$9.44 |
$19,620 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
2,530 |
$18.89 |
$39,290 |
| Accountants and auditors |
2,440 |
$28.05 |
$58,350 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,410 |
$10.01 |
$20,820 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
2,390 |
Not available |
$49,430 |
| Team assemblers |
2,380 |
$12.68 |
$26,370 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
2,340 |
$15.06 |
$31,320 |
| Community and social services occupations |
2,300 |
$18.61 |
$38,720 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
2,100 |
$28.23 |
$58,720 |
| Legal occupations |
2,070 |
$33.87 |
$70,450 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
2,020 |
$24.08 |
$50,090 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
1,960 |
$17.16 |
$35,700 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
1,850 |
$26.95 |
$56,050 |
| General and operations managers |
1,750 |
$45.22 |
$94,050 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
1,680 |
$12.34 |
$25,670 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,680 |
$13.89 |
$28,900 |
| Dishwashers |
1,590 |
$8.37 |
$17,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,540 |
$15.64 |
$32,530 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
1,490 |
$18.96 |
$39,440 |
| Security guards |
1,450 |
$10.94 |
$22,750 |
| Home health aides |
1,430 |
$11.72 |
$24,390 |
| Teacher assistants |
1,430 |
Not available |
$19,760 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,360 |
Not available |
$51,810 |
| Bartenders |
1,350 |
$9.76 |
$20,290 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1,340 |
$26.33 |
$54,770 |
| Tellers |
1,320 |
$12.02 |
$25,000 |
| Management analysts |
1,300 |
$28.40 |
$59,060 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
1,270 |
$24.74 |
$51,460 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
1,220 |
$9.25 |
$19,230 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
1,160 |
$18.66 |
$38,820 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
1,130 |
$8.94 |
$18,600 |
| Electricians |
1,130 |
$18.68 |
$38,860 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
1,100 |
$14.61 |
$30,400 |
| Lawyers |
1,080 |
$46.55 |
$96,830 |
| Insurance sales agents |
1,060 |
$27.02 |
$56,190 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,060 |
Not available |
$48,870 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
1,020 |
$8.34 |
$17,350 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
1,020 |
Not available |
$33,670 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
1,010 |
$11.40 |
$23,710 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
1,010 |
$13.68 |
$28,460 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
1,000 |
$14.40 |
$29,960 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
990 |
$8.50 |
$17,680 |
| Telemarketers |
980 |
$11.56 |
$24,050 |
| Medical assistants |
950 |
$14.13 |
$29,390 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
910 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Bill and account collectors |
900 |
$15.17 |
$31,550 |
| Real estate sales agents |
890 |
$19.65 |
$40,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
880 |
$25.44 |
$52,920 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
880 |
$14.97 |
$31,150 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
870 |
$11.09 |
$23,060 |
| Fire fighters |
870 |
$20.16 |
$41,940 |
| Medical secretaries |
820 |
$14.15 |
$29,430 |
| Helpers--production workers |
810 |
$12.99 |
$27,020 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
800 |
$28.02 |
$58,290 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
800 |
$20.46 |
$42,560 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
780 |
$14.63 |
$30,420 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
780 |
$14.17 |
$29,480 |
| Cooks, fast food |
770 |
$8.26 |
$17,180 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
770 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
760 |
$9.79 |
$20,360 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
750 |
$13.11 |
$27,260 |
| Child care workers |
740 |
$9.11 |
$18,960 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
710 |
$18.23 |
$37,930 |
| Loan officers |
700 |
$29.19 |
$60,720 |
| Order clerks |
680 |
$12.29 |
$25,550 |
| Driver/sales workers |
670 |
$13.51 |
$28,100 |
| Recreation workers |
670 |
$11.14 |
$23,170 |
| Dental assistants |
650 |
$16.38 |
$34,070 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
650 |
$19.52 |
$40,600 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
630 |
$11.58 |
$24,090 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
620 |
$12.89 |
$26,810 |
| Bus drivers, school |
610 |
$9.49 |
$19,730 |
| Computer support specialists |
600 |
$19.04 |
$39,600 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
600 |
$35.72 |
$74,300 |
| Financial managers |
590 |
$50.15 |
$104,320 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
590 |
$14.84 |
$30,860 |
| Computer programmers |
580 |
$31.62 |
$65,760 |
| Construction managers |
580 |
$40.96 |
$85,190 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
580 |
$13.50 |
$28,080 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
570 |
$11.00 |
$22,880 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
570 |
$12.03 |
$25,020 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
570 |
$102.64 |
$213,480 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
570 |
$27.38 |
$56,950 |
| Chief executives |
560 |
$79.79 |
$165,960 |
| Cost estimators |
560 |
$26.08 |
$54,250 |
| Personal financial advisors |
560 |
$34.36 |
$71,480 |
| Sales managers |
550 |
$58.70 |
$122,100 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
540 |
$21.36 |
$44,420 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
540 |
$15.26 |
$31,740 |
| File clerks |
530 |
$12.74 |
$26,500 |
| Data entry keyers |
520 |
$12.71 |
$26,440 |
| Pest control workers |
520 |
$13.95 |
$29,020 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
510 |
$13.71 |
$28,520 |
| Public relations specialists |
510 |
$25.40 |
$52,840 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
500 |
$18.28 |
$38,030 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
500 |
$12.67 |
$26,350 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
500 |
$30.90 |
$64,270 |
| Civil engineers |
490 |
$34.96 |
$72,710 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
490 |
$12.18 |
$25,330 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
490 |
$13.60 |
$28,280 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
490 |
$14.41 |
$29,980 |
| Personal and home care aides |
470 |
$10.88 |
$22,640 |
| Pharmacists |
470 |
$48.82 |
$101,550 |
| Graphic designers |
460 |
$20.34 |
$42,320 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
460 |
$22.16 |
$46,080 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
450 |
$13.08 |
$27,200 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
450 |
$9.69 |
$20,150 |
| Legal secretaries |
450 |
$16.92 |
$35,200 |
| Machinists |
450 |
$15.18 |
$31,570 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
450 |
$13.61 |
$28,310 |
| Parts salespersons |
440 |
$13.54 |
$28,170 |
| Roofers |
430 |
$15.24 |
$31,690 |
| All other information and record clerks |
420 |
$14.86 |
$30,910 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
420 |
$20.11 |
$41,830 |
| Computer systems analysts |
420 |
$30.50 |
$63,430 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
420 |
$12.44 |
$25,880 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
420 |
$25.64 |
$53,320 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
410 |
$27.41 |
$57,000 |
| Food service managers |
410 |
$26.23 |
$54,550 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
410 |
$13.21 |
$27,480 |
| Managers, all other |
410 |
$41.86 |
$87,060 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
410 |
Not available |
$46,580 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
410 |
$23.11 |
$48,060 |
| Advertising sales agents |
400 |
$22.20 |
$46,170 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
400 |
$12.46 |
$25,920 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
390 |
$19.64 |
$40,850 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
390 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Travel agents |
390 |
$9.56 |
$19,880 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
380 |
Not available |
Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
380 |
$24.43 |
$50,820 |
| Helpers--electricians |
380 |
$12.50 |
$26,000 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
380 |
$28.79 |
$59,880 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
380 |
$10.45 |
$21,740 |
| Tile and marble setters |
370 |
$12.67 |
$26,350 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
360 |
$22.65 |
$47,110 |
| Dental hygienists |
360 |
$30.77 |
$64,010 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
360 |
$18.90 |
$39,300 |
| Physical therapists |
360 |
$36.02 |
$74,920 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
350 |
$16.36 |
$34,020 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
350 |
$23.67 |
$49,230 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
350 |
$23.78 |
$49,470 |
| Coaches and scouts |
340 |
Not available |
$38,770 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
340 |
$14.46 |
$30,070 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
340 |
$11.84 |
$24,630 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
340 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
330 |
$15.61 |
$32,470 |
| Industrial engineers |
330 |
$29.25 |
$60,840 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
320 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
320 |
$20.08 |
$41,770 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
320 |
$17.90 |
$37,230 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
310 |
$18.83 |
$39,160 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
300 |
$32.42 |
$67,430 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
300 |
$29.99 |
$62,380 |
| Medical and health services managers |
300 |
$43.48 |
$90,430 |
| Social and human service assistants |
300 |
$14.53 |
$30,220 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
290 |
$25.24 |
$52,510 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
290 |
$14.23 |
$29,590 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
290 |
$29.41 |
$61,180 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
290 |
$15.57 |
$32,390 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
280 |
$13.63 |
$28,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
280 |
$18.88 |
$39,270 |
| Physician assistants |
280 |
$44.11 |
$91,760 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
280 |
$11.75 |
$24,440 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
270 |
$13.38 |
$27,840 |
| Insurance underwriters |
270 |
$25.89 |
$53,860 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
270 |
$16.36 |
$34,030 |
| Printing machine operators |
270 |
$12.75 |
$26,510 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
270 |
$20.84 |
$43,350 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators |
260 |
$12.97 |
$26,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
260 |
$20.87 |
$43,400 |
| Glaziers |
260 |
$15.53 |
$32,310 |
| Pharmacy aides |
260 |
$9.26 |
$19,260 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
250 |
$11.84 |
$24,620 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
250 |
$10.99 |
$22,850 |
| Occupational therapists |
250 |
$30.64 |
$63,740 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons |
250 |
$16.14 |
$33,570 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
250 |
$11.55 |
$24,020 |
| Administrative services managers |
240 |
$40.49 |
$84,220 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
240 |
$14.13 |
$29,400 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
240 |
$12.64 |
$26,300 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
240 |
$31.20 |
$64,890 |
| Massage therapists |
240 |
$21.21 |
$44,110 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
240 |
$10.62 |
$22,090 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
240 |
$17.81 |
$37,040 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
240 |
$18.15 |
$37,750 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
240 |
$20.02 |
$41,640 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
240 |
$27.67 |
$57,560 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
230 |
$19.73 |
$41,040 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
230 |
$27.36 |
$56,910 |
| Librarians |
230 |
$24.64 |
$51,260 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
230 |
$14.23 |
$29,590 |
| Sewing machine operators |
230 |
$11.50 |
$23,920 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
220 |
$21.77 |
$45,280 |
| Real estate brokers |
220 |
$33.55 |
$69,780 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
220 |
$30.36 |
$63,140 |
| Dentists, general |
210 |
$83.50 |
$173,670 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
210 |
$18.74 |
$38,980 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
210 |
$21.90 |
$45,560 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
210 |
$14.69 |
$30,560 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
210 |
$17.40 |
$36,200 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
210 |
$13.42 |
$27,920 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
210 |
$9.57 |
$19,910 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
200 |
$22.82 |
$47,450 |
| Production workers, all other |
200 |
$10.59 |
$22,030 |
| Surgical technologists |
200 |
$17.54 |
$36,480 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
190 |
$19.02 |
$39,560 |
| Editors |
190 |
$27.58 |
$57,360 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
190 |
$12.28 |
$25,540 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
190 |
$15.20 |
$31,610 |
| Respiratory therapists |
190 |
$23.13 |
$48,110 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
180 |
$17.19 |
$35,760 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
180 |
$15.27 |
$31,770 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
180 |
$12.48 |
$25,960 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
180 |
$13.81 |
$28,730 |
| Pipelayers |
180 |
$14.44 |
$30,030 |
| Skin care specialists |
180 |
$16.93 |
$35,210 |
| Crossing guards |
170 |
$13.58 |
$28,240 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
170 |
$14.62 |
$30,420 |
| Family and general practitioners |
170 |
$60.48 |
$125,800 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
170 |
$14.07 |
$29,270 |
| Job printers |
170 |
$13.67 |
$28,430 |
| Mechanical engineers |
170 |
$32.69 |
$67,990 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
170 |
$17.52 |
$36,440 |
| Psychiatric technicians |
170 |
$11.24 |
$23,390 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
170 |
$10.62 |
$22,080 |
| Zoologists and wildlife biologists |
170 |
$19.13 |
$39,790 |
| Chiropractors |
160 |
$23.31 |
$48,480 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
160 |
$19.15 |
$39,840 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
160 |
$50.32 |
$104,670 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
160 |
Not available |
$89,870 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
160 |
$21.38 |
$44,480 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
160 |
$11.94 |
$24,840 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
160 |
$12.94 |
$26,920 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
150 |
$24.37 |
$50,690 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
150 |
$14.01 |
$29,140 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
150 |
$10.70 |
$22,260 |
| Marketing managers |
150 |
$46.47 |
$96,650 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
150 |
$16.30 |
$33,910 |
| Mental health counselors |
150 |
$21.41 |
$44,540 |
| Postal service clerks |
150 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
150 |
$17.02 |
$35,400 |
| Tool and die makers |
150 |
$19.39 |
$40,330 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
150 |
$15.68 |
$32,620 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
150 |
$11.32 |
$23,550 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
140 |
$20.48 |
$42,610 |
| Counselors, all other |
140 |
$15.71 |
$32,680 |
| Couriers and messengers |
140 |
$11.20 |
$23,290 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
140 |
$11.66 |
$24,250 |
| Market research analysts |
140 |
$34.71 |
$72,190 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
140 |
$30.43 |
$63,300 |
| Writers and authors |
140 |
$23.54 |
$48,970 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
130 |
$23.53 |
$48,950 |
| Clergy |
130 |
$17.34 |
$36,070 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
130 |
$13.24 |
$27,540 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
130 |
$24.36 |
$50,670 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
130 |
$25.21 |
$52,430 |
| Engineers, all other |
130 |
$36.49 |
$75,900 |
| Floral designers |
130 |
$11.24 |
$23,390 |
| Instructional coordinators |
130 |
$27.62 |
$57,440 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
130 |
$12.59 |
$26,200 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
130 |
$16.80 |
$34,950 |
| New accounts clerks |
130 |
$17.09 |
$35,540 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
130 |
$18.08 |
$37,600 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
130 |
$9.14 |
$19,010 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
130 |
$12.18 |
$25,340 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
130 |
$12.82 |
$26,660 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
120 |
$47.13 |
$98,040 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
120 |
$16.29 |
$33,880 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
120 |
$14.99 |
$31,180 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
120 |
$19.02 |
$39,560 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
120 |
$14.10 |
$29,320 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
120 |
$11.94 |
$24,830 |
| Sheet metal workers |
120 |
$15.53 |
$32,310 |
| Surveyors |
120 |
$25.89 |
$53,860 |
| Environmental engineers |
110 |
$46.06 |
$95,800 |
| Operations research analysts |
110 |
$25.42 |
$52,880 |
| Private detectives and investigators |
110 |
$19.85 |
$41,280 |
| Veterinarians |
110 |
$62.45 |
$129,900 |
| Brokerage clerks |
100 |
$16.37 |
$34,050 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
100 |
$15.83 |
$32,930 |
| Parking lot attendants |
100 |
$9.93 |
$20,650 |
| Photographers |
100 |
$14.05 |
$29,230 |
| Social and community service managers |
100 |
$44.64 |
$92,860 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
100 |
$42.02 |
$87,410 |
| Word processors and typists |
100 |
$13.28 |
$27,610 |
| Bindery workers |
90 |
$13.19 |
$27,430 |
| Database administrators |
90 |
$31.37 |
$65,250 |
| Engineering managers |
90 |
$47.27 |
$98,320 |
| Financial analysts |
90 |
$26.70 |
$55,540 |
| Industrial production managers |
90 |
$44.66 |
$92,900 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
90 |
$15.80 |
$32,870 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
90 |
$11.61 |
$24,160 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
90 |
$14.54 |
$30,250 |
| Urban and regional planners |
90 |
$31.92 |
$66,400 |
| Legislators |
80 |
Not available |
$34,820 |
| Mechanical drafters |
80 |
$21.63 |
$44,990 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
80 |
$18.65 |
$38,800 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
80 |
$13.61 |
$28,300 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
80 |
$9.78 |
$20,350 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
80 |
$23.85 |
$49,600 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
80 |
$17.25 |
$35,880 |
| Procurement clerks |
80 |
$13.27 |
$27,600 |
| Budget analysts |
70 |
$27.46 |
$57,110 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
70 |
$31.50 |
$65,510 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
70 |
$47.14 |
$98,050 |
| Computer operators |
70 |
$19.68 |
$40,930 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
70 |
$29.25 |
$60,850 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
70 |
$24.91 |
$51,810 |
| Farm and home management advisors |
70 |
$19.66 |
$40,890 |
| Funeral attendants |
70 |
$9.94 |
$20,680 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
70 |
$13.31 |
$27,680 |
| Health educators |
70 |
$19.92 |
$41,430 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
70 |
$11.85 |
$24,640 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
70 |
$20.65 |
$42,940 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
70 |
$16.06 |
$33,400 |
| Purchasing managers |
70 |
$43.72 |
$90,940 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
70 |
$15.08 |
$31,360 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
70 |
$25.16 |
$52,320 |
| Chemists |
60 |
$28.30 |
$58,870 |
| Concierges |
60 |
$13.26 |
$27,580 |
| Drafters, all other |
60 |
$22.19 |
$46,150 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians |
60 |
$20.04 |
$41,680 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
60 |
$20.05 |
$41,700 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
60 |
$41.74 |
$86,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
60 |
$29.80 |
$61,990 |
| Furniture finishers |
60 |
$12.60 |
$26,220 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
60 |
$27.97 |
$58,170 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
60 |
$13.44 |
$27,950 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation |
60 |
$14.22 |
$29,570 |
| Producers and directors |
60 |
$25.48 |
$53,000 |
| Upholsterers |
60 |
$14.02 |
$29,160 |
| Athletes and sports competitors |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Cooks, short order |
50 |
$8.96 |
$18,630 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
50 |
$13.19 |
$27,440 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
50 |
$16.03 |
$33,340 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
50 |
$35.30 |
$73,420 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$38,380 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants |
50 |
$11.32 |
$23,550 |
| Lodging managers |
50 |
$33.14 |
$68,930 |
| Motion picture projectionists |
50 |
$9.22 |
$19,180 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
50 |
$14.01 |
$29,140 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
50 |
$25.71 |
$53,480 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
50 |
$21.36 |
$44,430 |
| Podiatrists |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Psychologists, all other |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
50 |
$18.35 |
$38,180 |
| Therapists, all other |
50 |
$25.98 |
$54,040 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
40 |
$49.97 |
$103,930 |
| Biological scientists, all other |
40 |
$34.68 |
$72,140 |
| Chemical technicians |
40 |
$18.93 |
$39,360 |
| Commercial pilots |
40 |
Not available |
$110,880 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
40 |
$13.52 |
$28,110 |
| Dietetic technicians |
40 |
$11.14 |
$23,170 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
40 |
$13.60 |
$28,290 |
| Funeral directors |
40 |
$23.94 |
$49,800 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
40 |
$40.10 |
$83,410 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$14.70 |
$30,580 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
40 |
$21.28 |
$44,270 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
40 |
$11.41 |
$23,740 |
| Psychiatrists |
40 |
$67.00 |
$139,360 |
| Social workers, all other |
40 |
$20.52 |
$42,680 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
40 |
$12.79 |
$26,600 |
| Biological technicians |
30 |
$18.63 |
$38,760 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
30 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Education administrators, all other |
30 |
$54.69 |
$113,760 |
| Library technicians |
30 |
$12.09 |
$25,140 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians |
30 |
$20.50 |
$42,640 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other |
30 |
$43.83 |
$91,170 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
30 |
$16.87 |
$35,090 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
30 |
$13.37 |
$27,800 |
| Technical writers |
30 |
$29.75 |
$61,890 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
Not available |
$8.77 |
$18,240 |
| Animal control workers |
Not available |
$17.21 |
$35,790 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
Not available |
$17.23 |
$35,840 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
Not available |
$7.81 |
$16,240 |
| Bakers |
Not available |
$11.97 |
$24,890 |
| Carpet installers |
Not available |
$13.04 |
$27,130 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
Not available |
$15.70 |
$32,650 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
Not available |
$17.28 |
$35,940 |
| Construction laborers |
Not available |
$13.55 |
$28,190 |
| Court reporters |
Not available |
$11.20 |
$23,290 |
| Crane and tower operators |
Not available |
$21.89 |
$45,530 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
Not available |
$15.14 |
$31,490 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand |
Not available |
$16.43 |
$34,170 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$14.67 |
$30,510 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
Not available |
$14.17 |
$29,480 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
Not available |
$15.92 |
$33,110 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
Not available |
$21.27 |
$44,240 |
| Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment |
Not available |
$20.50 |
$42,640 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
Not available |
$27.05 |
$56,270 |
| Electrical engineers |
Not available |
$37.58 |
$78,160 |
| Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$12.68 |
Not available |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
Not available |
$13.61 |
$28,300 |
| Food batchmakers |
Not available |
$8.69 |
$18,080 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
Not available |
$12.57 |
$26,150 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
Not available |
$12.81 |
$26,650 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
Not available |
$12.12 |
$25,220 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons |
Not available |
$11.35 |
$23,620 |
| Home appliance repairers |
Not available |
$17.52 |
$36,440 |
| Interior designers |
Not available |
$26.05 |
$54,190 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers |
Not available |
$18.15 |
$37,750 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
Not available |
$15.55 |
$32,350 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$16.43 |
$34,180 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
Not available |
$25.51 |
$53,070 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
Not available |
$30.46 |
$63,360 |
| Motorboat mechanics |
Not available |
$17.55 |
$36,490 |
| Music directors and composers |
Not available |
$17.31 |
$36,000 |
| Optometrists |
Not available |
$52.47 |
$109,130 |
| Oral and maxillofacial surgeons |
Not available |
$101.61 |
$211,340 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
Not available |
$20.70 |
$43,050 |
| Photographic process workers |
Not available |
$15.71 |
$32,670 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
Not available |
$9.72 |
$20,210 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products |
Not available |
$25.99 |
$54,060 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
Not available |
$12.89 |
$26,810 |
| Residential advisors |
Not available |
$10.63 |
$22,110 |
| Shampooers |
Not available |
$9.24 |
$19,220 |
| Surgeons |
Not available |
$98.28 |
$204,420 |
| Training and development specialists |
Not available |
$26.67 |
$55,470 |
