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 |
More than $70 |
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 |
