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 | 82,670 | $21.47 | $44,660 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 13,110 | $16.19 | $33,680 |
| Sales and related occupations | 8,780 | $16.28 | $33,860 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 8,100 | $11.36 | $23,630 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 6,440 | $24.23 | $50,400 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 5,340 | $22.26 | $46,310 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 4,810 | $24.37 | $50,700 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 4,480 | $32.98 | $68,600 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 4,260 | $16.28 | $33,870 |
| Production occupations | 3,920 | $21.67 | $45,070 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 3,860 | $33.22 | $69,110 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 3,820 | $37.66 | $78,340 |
| Retail salespersons | 3,480 | $14.36 | $29,880 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 2,610 | $9.80 | $20,390 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 2,530 | $14.45 | $30,050 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 2,330 | $12.66 | $26,340 |
| Cashiers | 2,270 | $11.31 | $23,530 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 2,210 | $13.33 | $27,720 |
| Management occupations | 1,910 | $46.27 | $96,240 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,700 | $23.38 | $48,620 |
| Registered nurses | 1,620 | $32.92 | $68,470 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,560 | $12.98 | $27,010 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 1,500 | $34.40 | $71,560 |
| Community and social services occupations | 1,400 | $20.13 | $41,860 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,370 | $13.30 | $27,670 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1,350 | $17.97 | $37,370 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 1,280 | $13.03 | $27,090 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 1,180 | $37.24 | $77,460 |
| Teacher assistants | 1,100 | Not available | $28,000 |
| Customer service representatives | 1,080 | $12.02 | $25,000 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,060 | $13.27 | $27,600 |
| Electricians | 1,010 | $27.46 | $57,110 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 990 | $31.77 | $66,090 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 970 | Not available | $56,900 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 970 | $13.57 | $28,230 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 950 | $14.14 | $29,400 |
| Carpenters | 940 | $23.62 | $49,130 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 910 | $17.09 | $35,550 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 870 | Not available | $45,340 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 850 | $10.91 | $22,700 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 840 | $25.52 | $53,090 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 800 | $23.43 | $48,740 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 720 | $22.37 | $46,540 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 720 | $27.00 | $56,160 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 710 | $20.48 | $42,600 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 710 | $12.93 | $26,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 690 | $35.72 | $74,290 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 680 | $13.61 | $28,320 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 660 | $33.98 | $70,670 |
| Medical secretaries | 640 | $16.51 | $34,340 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 600 | $21.45 | $44,620 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 600 | $23.64 | $49,170 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 590 | $12.24 | $25,470 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 560 | $19.98 | $41,550 |
| Construction laborers | 550 | $16.71 | $34,750 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 550 | $9.89 | $20,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 540 | $16.05 | $33,380 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 530 | Not available | $57,160 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 500 | $20.97 | $43,610 |
| Fire fighters | 500 | $25.83 | $53,740 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 490 | $19.66 | $40,890 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 480 | Not available | $55,900 |
| Bus drivers, school | 450 | $15.50 | $32,240 |
| Management analysts | 440 | $34.86 | $72,510 |
| Mechanical engineers | 440 | $39.44 | $82,040 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 440 | $30.94 | $64,350 |
| Accountants and auditors | 430 | $33.46 | $69,600 |
| Medical assistants | 430 | $15.52 | $32,290 |
| General and operations managers | 420 | $55.97 | $116,420 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 420 | $20.63 | $42,920 |
| Tellers | 420 | $12.08 | $25,130 |
| Home health aides | 410 | $10.50 | $21,830 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 400 | $27.16 | $56,490 |
| Child care workers | 390 | $10.24 | $21,310 |
| Legal occupations | 390 | $32.43 | $67,460 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 380 | $33.69 | $70,070 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 370 | $10.96 | $22,790 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 370 | $14.86 | $30,900 |
| Gaming dealers | 360 | $11.52 | $23,970 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 350 | $10.63 | $22,120 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 350 | $35.58 | $74,010 |
| Civil engineers | 340 | $37.53 | $78,070 |
| Food preparation workers | 340 | $11.41 | $23,740 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 330 | $20.47 | $42,580 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 330 | $14.52 | $30,210 |
| Dishwashers | 310 | $9.26 | $19,250 |
| Team assemblers | 310 | $15.39 | $32,010 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 300 | $18.46 | $38,400 |
| Social and human service assistants | 300 | $13.22 | $27,510 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 290 | $15.38 | $32,000 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 290 | $37.85 | $78,730 |
| Dental assistants | 290 | $16.86 | $35,080 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 290 | $14.54 | $30,230 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 280 | $22.47 | $46,730 |
| Security guards | 280 | $15.22 | $31,650 |
| Bartenders | 270 | $14.09 | $29,320 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 270 | $11.72 | $24,380 |
| Computer support specialists | 270 | $19.93 | $41,450 |
| Cooks, fast food | 270 | $9.51 | $19,770 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 270 | $9.48 | $19,720 |
| Engineers, all other | 270 | $40.62 | $84,490 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 270 | $33.24 | $69,130 |
| All other information and record clerks | 260 | $19.41 | $40,370 |
| Logisticians | 250 | $33.53 | $69,740 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 240 | $14.31 | $29,760 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 240 | $27.82 | $57,870 |
| Dental hygienists | 230 | $44.79 | $93,150 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 230 | $9.50 | $19,760 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 230 | Not available | Not available |
| Computer systems analysts | 220 | $38.81 | $80,710 |
| Driver/sales workers | 220 | $13.72 | $28,550 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 220 | $43.66 | $90,810 |
| Machinists | 220 | $25.88 | $53,820 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 210 | $35.61 | $74,070 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 210 | $18.35 | $38,170 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 210 | $30.29 | $63,010 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 200 | $12.89 | $26,820 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 200 | $17.71 | $36,840 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 190 | $18.57 | $38,630 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 190 | $17.69 | $36,790 |
| Lawyers | 190 | $40.23 | $83,680 |
| Sheet metal workers | 190 | $26.29 | $54,680 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 190 | $24.34 | $50,630 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 180 | $24.04 | $50,010 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 170 | $23.53 | $48,940 |
| Financial managers | 170 | $46.52 | $96,760 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 170 | $15.38 | $31,990 |
| Insurance sales agents | 170 | $23.53 | $48,940 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 170 | $15.37 | $31,970 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 170 | $16.91 | $35,170 |
| Pharmacists | 170 | $50.77 | $105,600 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 170 | Not available | Not available |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 160 | $9.67 | $20,110 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 160 | $23.05 | $47,940 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 160 | $40.72 | $84,710 |
| Construction managers | 160 | $46.65 | $97,040 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 160 | $21.04 | $43,760 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 160 | $21.79 | $45,320 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 160 | $34.48 | $71,730 |
| Recreation workers | 160 | $13.80 | $28,710 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 160 | $13.64 | $28,370 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 150 | $16.46 | $34,240 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 150 | Not available | $93,110 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 150 | $26.00 | $54,090 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 150 | $23.77 | $49,440 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 150 | $31.74 | $66,020 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 150 | $30.00 | $62,400 |
| Loan officers | 150 | $32.01 | $66,580 |
| Mental health counselors | 150 | $17.68 | $36,770 |
| Computer programmers | 140 | $35.60 | $74,050 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 140 | $10.37 | $21,570 |
| Physical therapists | 140 | $35.29 | $73,400 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 140 | $15.93 | $33,140 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 130 | $18.57 | $38,620 |
| Coaches and scouts | 130 | Not available | $41,880 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 130 | $25.19 | $52,400 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 130 | $11.97 | $24,900 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 130 | $30.62 | $63,700 |
| Roofers | 130 | $22.88 | $47,590 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 130 | $34.69 | $72,140 |
| Advertising sales agents | 120 | $17.66 | $36,740 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 120 | $34.57 | $71,900 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 120 | $10.11 | $21,020 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 120 | $15.48 | $32,200 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 120 | $17.91 | $37,250 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 120 | $23.71 | $49,310 |
| Parts salespersons | 120 | $14.12 | $29,380 |
| Bakers | 110 | $14.23 | $29,600 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 110 | $22.10 | $45,980 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 110 | $20.72 | $43,110 |
| Cost estimators | 110 | $27.73 | $57,670 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 110 | $32.50 | $67,600 |
| File clerks | 110 | $10.64 | $22,130 |
| Librarians | 110 | $29.33 | $61,000 |
| Procurement clerks | 110 | $18.89 | $39,280 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 110 | $26.96 | $56,080 |
| Tapers | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 110 | Not available | $57,480 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 100 | $20.10 | $41,810 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 100 | $19.07 | $39,670 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 100 | $50.86 | $105,800 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 100 | $25.65 | $53,360 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 100 | $15.55 | $32,350 |
| Library technicians | 100 | $18.84 | $39,180 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 100 | $30.35 | $63,130 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 100 | Not available | $54,530 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 100 | $13.55 | $28,190 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 90 | $46.54 | $96,810 |
| Cooks, short order | 90 | $10.88 | $22,620 |
| Electrical engineers | 90 | $36.99 | $76,930 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 90 | $15.78 | $32,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 90 | $20.34 | $42,310 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 90 | $10.91 | $22,690 |
| Medical and health services managers | 90 | $46.55 | $96,820 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 90 | $18.54 | $38,570 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 90 | $31.91 | $66,380 |
| Order clerks | 90 | $12.61 | $26,240 |
| Administrative services managers | 80 | $38.18 | $79,400 |
| Chemists | 80 | $34.82 | $72,420 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 80 | $28.73 | $59,770 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 80 | $15.16 | $31,520 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 80 | $22.46 | $46,710 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 80 | $16.30 | $33,900 |
| Industrial engineers | 80 | $40.41 | $84,040 |
| Legal secretaries | 80 | $17.54 | $36,470 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 80 | $10.36 | $21,540 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 80 | $22.32 | $46,430 |
| Public relations specialists | 80 | $27.87 | $57,970 |
| Sales managers | 80 | $48.42 | $100,710 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 80 | $24.51 | $50,990 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 70 | $25.83 | $53,730 |
| Computer hardware engineers | 70 | $49.66 | $103,290 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 70 | $44.16 | $91,860 |
| Environmental engineers | 70 | $42.16 | $87,690 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 70 | $12.25 | $25,480 |
| Helpers--production workers | 70 | $11.51 | $23,940 |
| Occupational therapists | 70 | $32.83 | $68,280 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 70 | $19.37 | $40,290 |
| Postal service clerks | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 70 | $14.95 | $31,100 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 70 | $17.99 | $37,430 |
| Social and community service managers | 70 | $30.01 | $62,420 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 70 | $29.71 | $61,800 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 70 | $10.94 | $22,740 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 60 | $12.04 | $25,040 |
| Bill and account collectors | 60 | $15.63 | $32,510 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 60 | $22.26 | $46,290 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 60 | $31.76 | $66,050 |
| Crossing guards | 60 | $14.59 | $30,350 |
| Engineering managers | 60 | $52.95 | $110,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 60 | $17.61 | $36,640 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 60 | $22.69 | $47,190 |
| Gaming supervisors | 60 | $20.74 | $43,150 |
| Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators | 60 | $13.57 | $28,230 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 60 | $29.45 | $61,260 |
| Instructional coordinators | 60 | $27.31 | $56,810 |
| Managers, all other | 60 | $42.78 | $88,980 |
| Massage therapists | 60 | $30.61 | $63,670 |
| New accounts clerks | 60 | $15.56 | $32,370 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 60 | $15.97 | $33,210 |
| Photographers | 60 | $13.23 | $27,520 |
| Physician assistants | 60 | $46.00 | $95,680 |
| Service station attendants | 60 | $12.71 | $26,440 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 60 | $26.51 | $55,140 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 60 | $13.10 | $27,250 |
| Urban and regional planners | 60 | $31.20 | $64,890 |
| Budget analysts | 50 | $31.22 | $64,950 |
| Chief executives | 50 | $67.31 | $140,010 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 50 | $27.29 | $56,760 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 50 | $27.44 | $57,080 |
| Data entry keyers | 50 | $15.17 | $31,550 |
| Gaming cage workers | 50 | $11.59 | $24,110 |
| Graphic designers | 50 | $19.21 | $39,950 |
| Home appliance repairers | 50 | $16.53 | $34,370 |
| Market research analysts | 50 | $25.87 | $53,800 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 50 | $23.06 | $47,960 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 50 | $78.50 | $163,280 |
| Printing machine operators | 50 | $17.71 | $36,840 |
| Sailors and marine oilers | 50 | $21.25 | $44,200 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 50 | Not available | $54,760 |
| Tile and marble setters | 50 | $25.19 | $52,400 |
| Training and development specialists | 50 | $21.24 | $44,170 |
| Veterinarians | 50 | $35.92 | $74,710 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 50 | $10.33 | $21,480 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 50 | $30.19 | $62,790 |
| Zoologists and wildlife biologists | 50 | $30.43 | $63,290 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 40 | $26.69 | $55,510 |
| Biological technicians | 40 | $18.09 | $37,620 |
| Brokerage clerks | 40 | $16.56 | $34,440 |
| Dentists, general | 40 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 40 | $36.84 | $76,630 |
| Editors | 40 | $27.41 | $57,010 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 40 | $19.93 | $41,460 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 40 | $35.13 | $73,070 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 40 | $18.27 | $38,000 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 40 | $40.22 | $83,660 |
| Floral designers | 40 | $11.94 | $24,840 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 40 | $11.78 | $24,500 |
| Food service managers | 40 | $26.69 | $55,520 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 40 | Not available | $55,700 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 40 | $27.66 | $57,540 |
| Marketing managers | 40 | $47.94 | $99,720 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 40 | $34.31 | $71,360 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 40 | $18.44 | $38,360 |
| Physical therapist aides | 40 | $12.65 | $26,300 |
| Real estate brokers | 40 | $48.86 | $101,620 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 40 | $29.59 | $61,540 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 40 | $31.95 | $66,460 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 40 | $27.17 | $56,510 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 40 | $18.47 | $38,420 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 40 | $9.61 | $19,990 |
| Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels | 30 | $34.56 | $71,890 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 30 | $20.67 | $42,980 |
| Gaming managers | 30 | $28.87 | $60,060 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 30 | $15.22 | $31,660 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 30 | $14.95 | $31,100 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | Not available | $20.16 | $41,940 |
| Cooks, all other | Not available | $13.91 | $28,930 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $14.00 | $29,110 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | Not available | $21.62 | $44,970 |
| Gaming and sports book writers and runners | Not available | $11.16 | $23,210 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | Not available | $18.67 | $38,820 |
| Highway maintenance workers | Not available | $23.44 | $48,760 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall | Not available | $19.51 | $40,590 |
| Insurance underwriters | Not available | $34.76 | $72,290 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | Not available | $19.07 | $39,660 |
| Operations research analysts | Not available | $42.08 | $87,520 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | Not available | $13.36 | $27,780 |
| Personal and home care aides | Not available | $10.88 | $22,620 |
| Pipelayers | Not available | $31.87 | $66,280 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | Not available | $29.75 | $61,880 |
| Radiation therapists | Not available | $44.78 | $93,150 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | Not available | $17.49 | $36,370 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | Not available | $17.45 | $36,300 |
| Surgical technologists | Not available | $18.74 | $38,970 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | Not available | $15.60 | $32,460 |
| Telemarketers | Not available | $17.58 | $36,570 |
| Travel agents | Not available | $19.75 | $41,070 |
