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 | 433,960 | $26.52 | $55,160 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 76,480 | $18.80 | $39,110 |
| Sales and related occupations | 52,050 | $26.32 | $54,740 |
| Management occupations | 32,820 | $60.63 | $126,110 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 30,310 | $26.64 | $55,410 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 28,310 | $11.58 | $24,080 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 26,790 | $42.09 | $87,550 |
| Production occupations | 24,510 | $17.54 | $36,490 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 22,120 | $15.83 | $32,930 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 19,890 | $37.00 | $76,970 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 16,820 | $14.44 | $30,030 |
| Retail salespersons | 16,310 | $14.30 | $29,750 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 14,050 | $40.79 | $84,840 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 13,490 | $23.22 | $48,300 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 12,710 | $23.89 | $49,680 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 11,840 | $14.38 | $29,920 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 11,340 | $15.80 | $32,860 |
| Cashiers | 10,570 | $10.26 | $21,330 |
| Protective service occupations | 10,570 | $20.06 | $41,720 |
| General and operations managers | 9,170 | $72.77 | $151,360 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 8,560 | $13.92 | $28,940 |
| Office clerks, general | 7,990 | $15.06 | $31,320 |
| Registered nurses | 7,830 | $33.48 | $69,630 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 7,650 | $34.76 | $72,300 |
| Customer service representatives | 7,650 | $19.53 | $40,620 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 7,310 | $20.45 | $42,530 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 7,260 | $25.20 | $52,420 |
| Accountants and auditors | 7,240 | $39.22 | $81,580 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 6,930 | $10.23 | $21,290 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 6,750 | $24.17 | $50,280 |
| Community and social services occupations | 6,690 | $24.02 | $49,970 |
| Teacher assistants | 6,690 | Not available | $29,190 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 6,640 | $17.58 | $36,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 6,460 | $25.35 | $52,720 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 5,360 | Not available | $66,820 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 5,310 | $14.70 | $30,580 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 5,300 | $77.89 | $162,000 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 5,290 | $34.38 | $71,510 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 4,940 | $14.84 | $30,870 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 4,840 | $13.37 | $27,800 |
| Financial managers | 4,700 | $62.40 | $129,800 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 4,560 | $14.23 | $29,600 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 4,430 | $12.27 | $25,530 |
| Security guards | 4,400 | $13.25 | $27,570 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 4,190 | Not available | $70,010 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 4,130 | $22.27 | $46,320 |
| Legal occupations | 4,010 | $46.86 | $97,470 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 3,960 | $9.93 | $20,660 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 3,950 | $36.25 | $75,390 |
| Food preparation workers | 3,560 | $11.10 | $23,080 |
| Financial analysts | 3,360 | $54.95 | $114,290 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 3,220 | Not available | $68,290 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 3,070 | $15.65 | $32,550 |
| Management analysts | 2,600 | $55.31 | $115,040 |
| Lawyers | 2,530 | $59.35 | $123,440 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 2,380 | $45.91 | $95,500 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 2,360 | $10.89 | $22,640 |
| Sales managers | 2,350 | $61.80 | $128,530 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 2,300 | $20.26 | $42,130 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 2,300 | $14.84 | $30,870 |
| Team assemblers | 2,120 | $13.69 | $28,480 |
| Marketing managers | 2,110 | $58.17 | $120,990 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 2,100 | $15.18 | $31,580 |
| Construction laborers | 2,090 | $18.73 | $38,960 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 2,090 | $21.24 | $44,170 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 2,080 | $28.05 | $58,350 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 2,050 | $62.22 | $129,420 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 2,040 | $15.94 | $33,160 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 2,030 | $15.19 | $31,590 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 2,020 | $21.85 | $45,440 |
| Computer programmers | 2,010 | $42.49 | $88,370 |
| Carpenters | 1,980 | $24.05 | $50,020 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,980 | $10.97 | $22,820 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 1,970 | $44.21 | $91,960 |
| Computer systems analysts | 1,940 | $45.69 | $95,040 |
| Computer support specialists | 1,920 | $26.48 | $55,080 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 1,910 | $9.98 | $20,750 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 1,880 | $18.77 | $39,040 |
| Child care workers | 1,810 | $11.49 | $23,900 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 1,800 | $26.26 | $54,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 1,770 | $29.52 | $61,390 |
| Social and human service assistants | 1,760 | $20.13 | $41,870 |
| Helpers--production workers | 1,750 | $10.95 | $22,780 |
| Home health aides | 1,740 | $13.71 | $28,530 |
| Recreation workers | 1,740 | $13.95 | $29,010 |
| Personal financial advisors | 1,730 | $58.98 | $122,690 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 1,680 | $38.66 | $80,410 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 1,670 | $49.24 | $102,420 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 1,660 | $20.31 | $42,240 |
| Bartenders | 1,620 | $10.08 | $20,970 |
| Bus drivers, school | 1,610 | $16.07 | $33,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 1,560 | $19.33 | $40,200 |
| Machinists | 1,560 | $19.41 | $40,380 |
| Tellers | 1,540 | $13.90 | $28,920 |
| Dishwashers | 1,480 | $9.70 | $20,180 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 1,480 | $22.44 | $46,680 |
| Market research analysts | 1,430 | $36.80 | $76,540 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 1,420 | $34.47 | $71,690 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 1,370 | Not available | Not available |
| Telemarketers | 1,340 | $13.27 | $27,600 |
| Administrative services managers | 1,290 | $40.90 | $85,070 |
| Medical assistants | 1,280 | $16.84 | $35,030 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 1,270 | $27.35 | $56,890 |
| Electricians | 1,260 | $26.07 | $54,230 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 1,260 | $39.08 | $81,290 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 1,250 | $15.92 | $33,110 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 1,230 | $34.05 | $70,830 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 1,210 | $24.39 | $50,730 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 1,210 | Not available | $59,640 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 1,200 | $24.26 | $50,450 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 1,200 | $17.28 | $35,950 |
| Graphic designers | 1,160 | $30.20 | $62,810 |
| Cooks, fast food | 1,150 | $10.13 | $21,070 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 1,150 | $14.32 | $29,780 |
| Parking lot attendants | 1,150 | $10.96 | $22,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 1,130 | $34.05 | $70,830 |
| Chief executives | 1,100 | $98.18 | $204,210 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 1,090 | $32.01 | $66,590 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 1,080 | $35.24 | $73,290 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 1,050 | $41.66 | $86,650 |
| Bill and account collectors | 1,040 | $20.46 | $42,550 |
| Engineers, all other | 1,030 | $38.96 | $81,030 |
| Order clerks | 1,030 | $14.75 | $30,680 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 1,030 | $14.43 | $30,010 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 1,020 | $38.58 | $80,250 |
| Personal and home care aides | 1,000 | $10.33 | $21,480 |
| Insurance sales agents | 990 | $44.00 | $91,510 |
| Database administrators | 960 | $34.20 | $71,150 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 960 | $25.85 | $53,770 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 930 | $30.63 | $63,720 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 930 | $11.01 | $22,900 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 920 | $21.98 | $45,720 |
| Loan officers | 920 | $39.18 | $81,500 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 920 | $25.78 | $53,630 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 910 | $11.71 | $24,360 |
| Engineering managers | 900 | $60.47 | $125,770 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 890 | Not available | $64,930 |
| Industrial engineers | 880 | $36.95 | $76,850 |
| Training and development specialists | 880 | $29.32 | $60,980 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 870 | $9.72 | $20,210 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 870 | Not available | $110,120 |
| Dental assistants | 860 | $18.89 | $39,300 |
| Coaches and scouts | 840 | Not available | $39,110 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 830 | $29.84 | $62,070 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 820 | $14.96 | $31,110 |
| Industrial production managers | 820 | $48.08 | $100,010 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 820 | Not available | $74,370 |
| Dental hygienists | 780 | $35.99 | $74,850 |
| Fire fighters | 780 | $26.29 | $54,690 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 760 | $16.01 | $33,290 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 760 | $11.66 | $24,260 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 760 | Not available | $64,910 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 740 | $19.36 | $40,260 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 720 | $30.65 | $63,740 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | 720 | $15.53 | $32,310 |
| Mechanical engineers | 720 | $35.34 | $73,500 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 720 | $30.04 | $62,490 |
| Managers, all other | 710 | $48.96 | $101,840 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 700 | $18.73 | $38,950 |
| Medical and health services managers | 700 | $41.99 | $87,330 |
| Cooks, short order | 690 | $10.82 | $22,490 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 690 | $14.80 | $30,770 |
| Social and community service managers | 690 | $35.26 | $73,340 |
| Construction managers | 680 | $50.44 | $104,910 |
| Public relations specialists | 680 | $26.12 | $54,330 |
| Data entry keyers | 670 | $14.54 | $30,250 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 670 | $15.90 | $33,070 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 670 | $20.56 | $42,760 |
| Advertising sales agents | 660 | $44.95 | $93,500 |
| Medical secretaries | 660 | $18.44 | $38,350 |
| Physical therapists | 660 | Not available | Not available |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 640 | $42.44 | $88,270 |
| Food service managers | 640 | $31.04 | $64,570 |
| Legal secretaries | 640 | $23.37 | $48,620 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 640 | $20.93 | $43,540 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 640 | $14.25 | $29,640 |
| Driver/sales workers | 630 | $18.07 | $37,580 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 630 | Not available | $64,330 |
| Electrical engineers | 620 | $38.68 | $80,450 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 620 | $23.36 | $48,580 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 620 | $12.28 | $25,550 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 610 | $11.97 | $24,900 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 590 | $27.26 | $56,710 |
| Service station attendants | 590 | $10.30 | $21,430 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 580 | $18.33 | $38,130 |
| Pharmacists | 580 | $53.37 | $111,000 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 580 | $13.63 | $28,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 570 | $21.85 | $45,440 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 570 | Not available | Not available |
| Brokerage clerks | 560 | $21.33 | $44,360 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 560 | $23.15 | $48,160 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 550 | $20.95 | $43,580 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | 550 | $11.78 | $24,490 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 540 | $34.73 | $72,230 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 530 | $17.03 | $35,430 |
| File clerks | 520 | $13.25 | $27,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 520 | $28.28 | $58,820 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 520 | $23.74 | $49,370 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 510 | $22.58 | $46,970 |
| Insurance underwriters | 510 | Not available | Not available |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 510 | $13.67 | $28,440 |
| Computer operators | 500 | $21.92 | $45,590 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 500 | $22.44 | $46,680 |
| Librarians | 500 | $31.36 | $65,240 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 490 | $14.87 | $30,930 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 490 | $9.78 | $20,340 |
| Occupational therapists | 490 | $35.88 | $74,640 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 490 | $81.69 | $169,920 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 480 | $17.82 | $37,070 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 480 | $21.03 | $43,740 |
| Editors | 480 | $27.54 | $57,280 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 480 | $9.27 | $19,280 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 470 | $33.98 | $70,680 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 460 | $27.31 | $56,800 |
| Civil engineers | 460 | $37.84 | $78,720 |
| Cost estimators | 460 | $36.27 | $75,440 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 460 | $11.93 | $24,820 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 460 | $12.07 | $25,110 |
| Sewing machine operators | 460 | $13.73 | $28,560 |
| Travel agents | 460 | $13.60 | $28,290 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 450 | $11.68 | $24,300 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 450 | $20.46 | $42,550 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 450 | $60.90 | $126,670 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | 450 | $11.72 | $24,380 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 440 | $12.96 | $26,950 |
| Library technicians | 430 | $16.52 | $34,370 |
| Parts salespersons | 430 | $19.79 | $41,160 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 420 | $39.33 | $81,800 |
| Mental health counselors | 420 | $20.26 | $42,140 |
| Purchasing managers | 420 | $47.83 | $99,490 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 410 | $35.94 | $74,760 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 410 | $24.66 | $51,300 |
| Sheet metal workers | 400 | $21.49 | $44,710 |
| Tool and die makers | 400 | $25.63 | $53,320 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 400 | $48.23 | $100,320 |
| Avionics technicians | 390 | $28.36 | $58,990 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 390 | $32.03 | $66,620 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 390 | $25.43 | $52,890 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 390 | $40.63 | $84,500 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 390 | $25.73 | $53,520 |
| Operations research analysts | 390 | $35.14 | $73,080 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 390 | $10.82 | $22,500 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 390 | Not available | $70,930 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 390 | Not available | $63,880 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 380 | $18.76 | $39,020 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 380 | $21.70 | $45,140 |
| Real estate sales agents | 380 | $29.92 | $62,240 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 370 | $30.98 | $64,440 |
| Printing machine operators | 370 | $15.46 | $32,150 |
| Public relations managers | 370 | $55.44 | $115,320 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 370 | $28.32 | $58,900 |
| Bakers | 360 | $13.88 | $28,880 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 360 | $15.84 | $32,940 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 350 | $19.73 | $41,030 |
| Crossing guards | 340 | $13.38 | $27,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 340 | $34.92 | $72,630 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 340 | $29.12 | $60,560 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 340 | $38.21 | $79,470 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 340 | $13.38 | $27,830 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 330 | $21.71 | $45,150 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 330 | $11.15 | $23,190 |
| Natural sciences managers | 330 | $71.03 | $147,750 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 320 | $14.64 | $30,450 |
| Helpers--electricians | 320 | Not available | Not available |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 320 | $24.05 | $50,030 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 320 | $19.41 | $40,380 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 310 | $25.40 | $52,830 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 300 | $47.72 | $99,260 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 300 | $18.49 | $38,450 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 290 | $48.41 | $100,690 |
| Credit analysts | 290 | $32.34 | $67,260 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 290 | $37.64 | $78,280 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 290 | $15.69 | $32,630 |
| Interior designers | 290 | $25.50 | $53,040 |
| Postal service clerks | 290 | Not available | Not available |
| Art directors | 280 | $40.74 | $84,730 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 280 | $20.57 | $42,790 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 280 | $16.06 | $33,400 |
| Instructional coordinators | 280 | $34.75 | $72,270 |
| Internists, general | 280 | $92.17 | $191,710 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 280 | $18.15 | $37,750 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 280 | $30.86 | $64,180 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 280 | $15.14 | $31,490 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 280 | $19.51 | $40,590 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 280 | Not available | Not available |
| Word processors and typists | 280 | $20.09 | $41,800 |
| All other information and record clerks | 270 | $18.16 | $37,770 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 270 | $17.16 | $35,680 |
| Medical appliance technicians | 270 | $17.63 | $36,670 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 270 | $20.21 | $42,040 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 270 | $17.02 | $35,400 |
| Massage therapists | 260 | Not available | Not available |
| Photographers | 260 | $15.39 | $32,010 |
| Physician assistants | 260 | $46.69 | $97,120 |
| Psychiatric technicians | 260 | $22.41 | $46,610 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 260 | $18.93 | $39,380 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 250 | $27.86 | $57,950 |
| Floral designers | 250 | $14.64 | $30,440 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 250 | $22.16 | $46,080 |
| Choreographers | 240 | $16.54 | $34,410 |
| Family and general practitioners | 240 | $76.62 | $159,370 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 240 | $22.04 | $45,850 |
| Respiratory therapists | 240 | $29.45 | $61,250 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 230 | $27.42 | $57,040 |
| Chemists | 230 | Not available | Not available |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 230 | $36.84 | $76,620 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 220 | $20.38 | $42,390 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 220 | $27.09 | $56,340 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | 220 | $17.44 | $36,280 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 220 | $33.31 | $69,290 |
| Job printers | 220 | $18.50 | $38,470 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 220 | $18.87 | $39,250 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 220 | $17.23 | $35,840 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 220 | $16.27 | $33,840 |
| Writers and authors | 220 | $33.32 | $69,310 |
| Financial examiners | 210 | $42.28 | $87,940 |
| Landscape architects | 210 | $35.30 | $73,420 |
| Mechanical drafters | 210 | $25.12 | $52,250 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 210 | $12.90 | $26,830 |
| Training and development managers | 210 | $45.04 | $93,690 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 200 | $50.31 | $104,640 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 200 | $28.58 | $59,450 |
| Chemical technicians | 200 | $22.19 | $46,150 |
| Commercial and industrial designers | 200 | $35.65 | $74,160 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 200 | $23.35 | $48,570 |
| Glaziers | 200 | $24.46 | $50,880 |
| Pest control workers | 200 | $14.99 | $31,180 |
| Physical therapist aides | 200 | $15.14 | $31,500 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 200 | $23.56 | $49,000 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 200 | $37.27 | $77,520 |
| Actuaries | 190 | $50.34 | $104,700 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 190 | $28.45 | $59,170 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 190 | $31.81 | $66,170 |
| Veterinarians | 190 | $65.66 | $136,570 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 180 | $19.69 | $40,950 |
| Athletes and sports competitors | 180 | Not available | $54,280 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 180 | $14.03 | $29,190 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 180 | $20.47 | $42,580 |
| Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers | 170 | Not available | $111,280 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 170 | $27.30 | $56,790 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 170 | $30.88 | $64,230 |
| Production workers, all other | 170 | $15.91 | $33,090 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers | 170 | $14.54 | $30,240 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 170 | $18.09 | $37,630 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 170 | $15.23 | $31,670 |
| Sales engineers | 170 | $37.65 | $78,310 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | 160 | $21.32 | $44,350 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 160 | $31.50 | $65,520 |
| Food batchmakers | 160 | $12.48 | $25,960 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 160 | $13.44 | $27,960 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 160 | $16.37 | $34,040 |
| Procurement clerks | 160 | $19.06 | $39,640 |
| Recreational therapists | 160 | $19.35 | $40,240 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 160 | $20.98 | $43,640 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 160 | $16.45 | $34,220 |
| Surgeons | 160 | $103.31 | $214,890 |
| Surgical technologists | 160 | $22.49 | $46,780 |
| Surveyors | 160 | $27.61 | $57,430 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 150 | Not available | $96,440 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 150 | $17.68 | $36,760 |
| Logisticians | 150 | $32.12 | $66,800 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 150 | $12.92 | $26,880 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | 150 | $17.70 | $36,820 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 150 | $21.81 | $45,360 |
| Stonemasons | 150 | $23.43 | $48,730 |
| Bindery workers | 140 | $15.08 | $31,360 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 140 | $14.71 | $30,600 |
| Dentists, general | 140 | $73.11 | $152,060 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 140 | $33.11 | $68,870 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 140 | $25.65 | $53,360 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 140 | $24.49 | $50,940 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 140 | $21.43 | $44,570 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 140 | $17.19 | $35,750 |
| New accounts clerks | 140 | $17.40 | $36,180 |
| Pharmacy aides | 140 | $11.91 | $24,770 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 140 | $12.87 | $26,770 |
| Producers and directors | 140 | $42.72 | $88,850 |
| Survey researchers | 140 | $15.46 | $32,160 |
| Transportation workers, all other | 140 | $18.02 | $37,490 |
| Budget analysts | 130 | $34.64 | $72,050 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 130 | $28.61 | $59,500 |
| Cooks, all other | 130 | $15.85 | $32,970 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 130 | $20.22 | $42,060 |
| Grounds maintenance workers, all other | 130 | $17.06 | $35,480 |
| Health educators | 130 | $24.44 | $50,840 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | 130 | $103.21 | $214,680 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 130 | $20.93 | $43,540 |
| Skin care specialists | 130 | $17.71 | $36,840 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 130 | $12.82 | $26,670 |
| Aerospace engineering and operations technicians | 120 | $30.72 | $63,890 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 120 | $26.89 | $55,930 |
| Computer hardware engineers | 120 | $44.25 | $92,030 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 120 | $14.50 | $30,150 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 120 | $17.81 | $37,040 |
| Interpreters and translators | 120 | $23.87 | $49,640 |
| Loan counselors | 120 | $22.49 | $46,780 |
| Materials engineers | 120 | $38.37 | $79,820 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 120 | $27.08 | $56,330 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners | 120 | $20.31 | $42,250 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 110 | $21.05 | $43,780 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 110 | $29.05 | $60,430 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 110 | $24.44 | $50,840 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 110 | $12.58 | $26,170 |
| Funeral directors | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Tile and marble setters | 110 | $21.46 | $44,640 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 110 | $21.66 | $45,050 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 100 | $25.02 | $52,040 |
| Couriers and messengers | 100 | $14.97 | $31,130 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 100 | $25.73 | $53,510 |
| Etchers and engravers | 100 | $17.72 | $36,860 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 100 | $20.08 | $41,770 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | 100 | $24.78 | $51,530 |
| Motorboat mechanics | 100 | $20.11 | $41,830 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 100 | $23.22 | $48,310 |
| Power plant operators | 100 | $29.57 | $61,510 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school | 100 | Not available | $64,440 |
| Dietetic technicians | 90 | $16.94 | $35,230 |
| Education administrators, all other | 90 | $43.71 | $90,910 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians | 90 | $22.00 | $45,760 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 90 | $23.44 | $48,750 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other | 90 | $46.40 | $96,510 |
| Pipelayers | 90 | $28.62 | $59,530 |
| Psychiatrists | 90 | $91.89 | $191,120 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 90 | $17.06 | $35,490 |
| Shampooers | 90 | $9.61 | $19,990 |
| Social workers, all other | 90 | $28.27 | $58,810 |
| Upholsterers | 90 | $14.41 | $29,970 |
| Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 80 | $33.41 | $69,490 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators | 80 | $26.45 | $55,010 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 80 | $15.44 | $32,120 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | 80 | $24.09 | $50,110 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 80 | $14.48 | $30,120 |
| Motorcycle mechanics | 80 | $20.98 | $43,630 |
| Musicians and singers | 80 | $25.74 | Not available |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 80 | $36.34 | $75,590 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 80 | $33.16 | $68,970 |
| Statisticians | 80 | $39.69 | $82,550 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 70 | $9.85 | $20,490 |
| Chemical engineers | 70 | $39.64 | $82,440 |
| Desktop publishers | 70 | $19.29 | $40,120 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 70 | $14.80 | $30,780 |
| Law clerks | 70 | $21.23 | $44,160 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 70 | $21.02 | $43,720 |
| Pediatricians, general | 70 | $69.48 | $144,520 |
| Roofers | 70 | $19.75 | $41,090 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 70 | $24.42 | $50,790 |
| Chiropractors | 60 | $33.08 | $68,820 |
| Clergy | 60 | $26.30 | $54,710 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $70,980 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 60 | $25.22 | $52,450 |
| Emergency management specialists | 60 | $29.68 | $61,740 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants | 60 | $13.85 | $28,810 |
| Lodging managers | 60 | $27.03 | $56,220 |
| Audio-visual collections specialists | 50 | $18.54 | $38,560 |
| Graduate teaching assistants | 50 | Not available | $49,320 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 50 | $25.77 | $53,610 |
| Legislators | 50 | Not available | $29,310 |
| Marriage and family therapists | 50 | $32.30 | $67,190 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | 50 | $13.96 | $29,030 |
| Media and communication workers, all other | 50 | $25.72 | $53,490 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other | 50 | $14.45 | $30,060 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 50 | $28.11 | $58,480 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $76,250 |
| Parking enforcement workers | 50 | $16.76 | $34,850 |
| Urban and regional planners | 50 | $31.69 | $65,910 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 50 | $14.25 | $29,650 |
| Athletic trainers | 40 | Not available | $41,920 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 40 | $13.00 | $27,050 |
| Concierges | 40 | $14.41 | $29,970 |
| Economists | 40 | $48.27 | $100,390 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 40 | $12.94 | $26,920 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers | 40 | $28.25 | $58,770 |
| Photographic process workers | 40 | $11.70 | $24,330 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $69,700 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians | 40 | $21.00 | $43,680 |
| Social science research assistants | 40 | $18.66 | $38,800 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 40 | $24.66 | $51,290 |
| Tapers | 40 | $27.75 | $57,720 |
| Computer and information scientists, research | 30 | $53.78 | $111,870 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay | 30 | $30.42 | $63,280 |
| Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators | 30 | $28.07 | $58,380 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | 30 | $10.18 | $21,180 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 30 | $20.17 | $41,960 |
| Optometrists | 30 | $55.53 | $115,500 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 30 | $15.04 | $31,280 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | 30 | $18.98 | $39,480 |
| Podiatrists | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Sound engineering technicians | 30 | $19.41 | $40,360 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 30 | $16.82 | $34,980 |
| Aerospace engineers | Not available | $38.99 | $81,090 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | Not available | $28.39 | $59,050 |
| Anesthesiologists | Not available | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Animal control workers | Not available | $14.51 | $30,190 |
| Animal trainers | Not available | $15.02 | $31,230 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $46,770 |
| Artists and related workers, all other | Not available | $22.94 | $47,720 |
| Audiologists | Not available | $32.28 | $67,150 |
| Biological technicians | Not available | $24.02 | $49,960 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture | Not available | $14.95 | $31,090 |
| Coil winders, tapers, and finishers | Not available | $13.91 | $28,940 |
| Commercial pilots | Not available | Not available | $90,720 |
| Counselors, all other | Not available | $13.87 | $28,840 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | Not available | $20.24 | $42,100 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand | Not available | $11.97 | $24,900 |
| Designers, all other | Not available | $19.01 | $39,540 |
| Drafters, all other | Not available | $26.59 | $55,310 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $62,470 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $61,370 |
| Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other | Not available | $13.46 | Not available |
| Environmental engineers | Not available | $29.48 | $61,320 |
| Fashion designers | Not available | $36.13 | $75,140 |
| Financial specialists, all other | Not available | $43.72 | $90,940 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | Not available | $26.56 | $55,240 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | Not available | $12.64 | $26,290 |
| Food scientists and technologists | Not available | $33.34 | $69,350 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $16.95 | $35,250 |
| Home appliance repairers | Not available | $20.86 | $43,390 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall | Not available | $17.95 | $37,350 |
| Material moving workers, all other | Not available | $11.85 | $24,650 |
| Music directors and composers | Not available | $25.26 | $52,540 |
| Occupational therapist aides | Not available | $14.47 | $30,090 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | Not available | $25.03 | $52,060 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | Not available | $13.84 | $28,780 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | Not available | $18.17 | $37,790 |
| Psychiatric aides | Not available | $14.28 | $29,700 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products | Not available | $42.92 | $89,280 |
| Residential advisors | Not available | $12.04 | $25,040 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | Not available | $19.80 | $41,190 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | Not available | $20.30 | $42,220 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | Not available | $14.09 | $29,300 |
| Tax preparers | Not available | $21.82 | $45,380 |
| Technical writers | Not available | $29.52 | $61,410 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | Not available | $27.43 | $57,060 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners | Not available | $14.95 | $31,090 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | Not available | $12.35 | $25,690 |
