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 | 88,440 | $20.91 | $43,500 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 15,250 | $17.13 | $35,620 |
| Sales and related occupations | 10,610 | $17.77 | $36,950 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 8,000 | $11.00 | $22,870 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 6,970 | $24.31 | $50,560 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 6,360 | $16.67 | $34,670 |
| Production occupations | 6,240 | $16.37 | $34,050 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 5,950 | $33.20 | $69,060 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 4,450 | $23.42 | $48,710 |
| Management occupations | 4,030 | $45.94 | $95,550 |
| Retail salespersons | 3,680 | $12.14 | $25,250 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 3,260 | $21.74 | $45,220 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 2,990 | $28.59 | $59,470 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 2,880 | $16.98 | $35,330 |
| Cashiers | 2,620 | $9.89 | $20,570 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 2,440 | $14.18 | $29,500 |
| Protective service occupations | 2,230 | $25.51 | $53,060 |
| Registered nurses | 2,190 | $34.72 | $72,220 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 2,100 | $9.62 | $20,000 |
| Community and social services occupations | 2,020 | $21.19 | $44,080 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,950 | $16.41 | $34,130 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,710 | $13.31 | $27,690 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,520 | $10.95 | $22,780 |
| Customer service representatives | 1,510 | $14.38 | $29,920 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 1,400 | $32.90 | $68,430 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 1,340 | $19.83 | $41,240 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 1,300 | Not available | $56,270 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 1,290 | $14.78 | $30,750 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 1,290 | $13.92 | $28,950 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 1,290 | $17.21 | $35,810 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,250 | Not available | $58,610 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,170 | $13.54 | $28,150 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1,140 | $18.49 | $38,460 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 1,140 | $9.27 | $19,280 |
| Construction laborers | 1,110 | $20.33 | $42,290 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 1,100 | $23.50 | $48,890 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 1,070 | $12.45 | $25,890 |
| Teacher assistants | 1,050 | Not available | $23,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 1,040 | $21.36 | $44,430 |
| General and operations managers | 1,010 | $47.36 | $98,510 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 930 | $14.09 | $29,310 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 860 | $31.69 | $65,910 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 820 | $18.84 | $39,180 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 810 | $20.32 | $42,270 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 740 | $23.06 | $47,960 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 740 | Not available | $51,830 |
| Medical secretaries | 730 | $17.38 | $36,140 |
| Bartenders | 650 | $10.88 | $22,640 |
| Carpenters | 650 | $26.24 | $54,590 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 650 | $14.52 | $30,190 |
| Tellers | 620 | $13.14 | $27,340 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 590 | $31.83 | $66,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 590 | $16.85 | $35,050 |
| Team assemblers | 580 | $13.60 | $28,290 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 570 | $11.82 | $24,580 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 560 | $20.20 | $42,010 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 550 | $24.27 | $50,490 |
| Bus drivers, school | 540 | $15.70 | $32,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 540 | $27.02 | $56,210 |
| Accountants and auditors | 530 | $30.28 | $62,980 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 530 | $12.48 | $25,950 |
| Food preparation workers | 520 | $10.40 | $21,630 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 510 | $31.03 | $64,530 |
| Social and human service assistants | 480 | $17.31 | $35,990 |
| Chief executives | 470 | $70.28 | $146,180 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 470 | $29.86 | $62,110 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 450 | $15.14 | $31,500 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 440 | $13.77 | $28,650 |
| Child care workers | 420 | $10.93 | $22,740 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 420 | Not available | $47,980 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 400 | $11.78 | $24,500 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 370 | $22.86 | $47,540 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 360 | Not available | Not available |
| Machinists | 350 | $19.74 | $41,070 |
| Financial managers | 330 | $39.39 | $81,920 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 330 | $34.50 | $71,750 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 330 | $15.31 | $31,850 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 330 | $11.19 | $23,270 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 320 | $19.29 | $40,110 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 320 | $31.14 | $64,780 |
| Dishwashers | 310 | $9.79 | $20,350 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 310 | $18.56 | $38,610 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 300 | Not available | Not available |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 290 | $16.52 | $34,360 |
| Electricians | 290 | $23.65 | $49,180 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 280 | $14.31 | $29,760 |
| Home health aides | 280 | $12.96 | $26,950 |
| Medical assistants | 280 | $15.95 | $33,180 |
| Coaches and scouts | 270 | Not available | $34,600 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 270 | $16.23 | $33,760 |
| Legal occupations | 270 | $30.36 | $63,140 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 270 | $13.71 | $28,520 |
| Dental assistants | 260 | $19.05 | $39,610 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 260 | $44.12 | $91,780 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 260 | Not available | Not available |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 250 | $21.43 | $44,560 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 250 | $13.50 | $28,090 |
| Helpers--production workers | 250 | $13.15 | $27,350 |
| Parts salespersons | 250 | $16.85 | $35,050 |
| Pharmacists | 250 | $48.96 | $101,830 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 250 | $19.99 | $41,590 |
| Security guards | 240 | $13.66 | $28,420 |
| Cost estimators | 230 | $34.52 | $71,810 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 230 | $23.59 | $49,060 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 230 | $23.90 | $49,710 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 230 | $30.97 | $64,420 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 230 | $10.10 | $21,010 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 230 | $29.28 | $60,900 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 220 | $31.64 | $65,800 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 220 | $29.72 | $61,830 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 220 | $25.29 | $52,610 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 220 | $30.92 | $64,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 210 | $47.06 | $97,880 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 210 | $13.84 | $28,790 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 210 | $18.92 | $39,350 |
| Medical and health services managers | 210 | $41.43 | $86,170 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 210 | $15.23 | $31,680 |
| Administrative services managers | 200 | $35.41 | $73,640 |
| Bill and account collectors | 200 | $17.07 | $35,510 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 200 | $15.66 | $32,580 |
| Printing machine operators | 200 | $18.40 | $38,270 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 200 | $22.44 | $46,670 |
| Sales managers | 200 | $53.67 | $111,630 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 190 | $24.65 | $51,270 |
| Fire fighters | 190 | $25.93 | $53,940 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 190 | $18.51 | $38,500 |
| Lawyers | 190 | $34.66 | $72,100 |
| Personal and home care aides | 190 | $12.88 | $26,800 |
| Physical therapists | 190 | $34.74 | $72,260 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 190 | $73.38 | $152,640 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 190 | $41.96 | $87,270 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 180 | $19.10 | $39,730 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 180 | $27.20 | $56,570 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 180 | $21.49 | $44,700 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 170 | $28.06 | $58,360 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 170 | $16.42 | $34,160 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 170 | $19.49 | $40,540 |
| Fence erectors | 170 | $16.67 | $34,670 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 170 | $10.07 | $20,950 |
| Service station attendants | 170 | $12.38 | $25,740 |
| Sewing machine operators | 170 | $11.28 | $23,460 |
| Telemarketers | 170 | $18.38 | $38,230 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 160 | $12.92 | $26,880 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 160 | $24.39 | $50,740 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 160 | $18.63 | $38,760 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 160 | $16.18 | $33,650 |
| Order clerks | 160 | $13.33 | $27,720 |
| Social and community service managers | 160 | $28.59 | $59,460 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 150 | Not available | $90,340 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 150 | $13.33 | $27,720 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 150 | $26.33 | $54,760 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 140 | $17.92 | $37,270 |
| Management analysts | 140 | $37.42 | $77,820 |
| Market research analysts | 140 | $31.97 | $66,500 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 140 | $22.15 | $46,060 |
| Mental health counselors | 140 | $20.01 | $41,620 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 140 | $19.27 | $40,080 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 140 | $16.45 | $34,220 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 140 | $14.93 | $31,060 |
| Civil engineers | 130 | $33.25 | $69,160 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 130 | $34.34 | $71,430 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 130 | $16.29 | $33,890 |
| File clerks | 130 | $12.71 | $26,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 130 | $19.61 | $40,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 130 | $37.77 | $78,560 |
| Food service managers | 130 | $25.10 | $52,200 |
| Helpers--electricians | 130 | $13.76 | $28,620 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 130 | Not available | $58,310 |
| Librarians | 130 | $24.50 | $50,950 |
| Library technicians | 130 | $16.89 | $35,140 |
| Loan officers | 130 | $29.85 | $62,080 |
| Recreation workers | 130 | $15.49 | $32,220 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 130 | $12.59 | $26,190 |
| Computer support specialists | 120 | $25.27 | $52,560 |
| Data entry keyers | 120 | $13.95 | $29,010 |
| Dental hygienists | 120 | $35.10 | $73,010 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 120 | $9.78 | $20,350 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 120 | $23.61 | $49,120 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 120 | $25.70 | $53,470 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | 120 | $9.26 | $19,270 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 120 | Not available | $57,120 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 110 | $14.74 | $30,670 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 110 | $27.39 | $56,960 |
| Insurance sales agents | 110 | $26.67 | $55,470 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 110 | $10.11 | $21,030 |
| Mechanical engineers | 110 | $43.10 | $89,640 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 110 | $14.51 | $30,190 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 110 | $31.11 | $64,710 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 100 | $15.51 | $32,260 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 100 | $20.46 | $42,550 |
| Construction managers | 100 | $45.09 | $93,780 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 100 | $19.79 | $41,170 |
| Graphic designers | 100 | $22.33 | $46,440 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 100 | $22.17 | $46,110 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 100 | $32.82 | $68,260 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 100 | $18.42 | $38,320 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 100 | $28.36 | $58,980 |
| Bindery workers | 90 | $16.79 | $34,920 |
| Cooks, fast food | 90 | $9.51 | $19,780 |
| Dentists, general | 90 | $73.78 | $153,460 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 90 | $21.59 | $44,910 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 90 | $20.67 | $42,990 |
| Industrial engineers | 90 | $35.63 | $74,120 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 90 | $21.34 | $44,390 |
| Industrial production managers | 90 | $40.81 | $84,880 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 90 | $25.68 | $53,410 |
| Occupational therapists | 90 | $29.38 | $61,100 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 90 | $23.93 | $49,770 |
| Postal service clerks | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Purchasing managers | 90 | $41.36 | $86,020 |
| Training and development specialists | 90 | $23.46 | $48,800 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 90 | $17.25 | $35,880 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 90 | $26.77 | $55,670 |
| All other information and record clerks | 80 | $16.94 | $35,240 |
| Bakers | 80 | $11.32 | $23,540 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 80 | $15.48 | $32,200 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 80 | $29.69 | $61,750 |
| Computer systems analysts | 80 | $33.81 | $70,320 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 80 | $19.43 | $40,420 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 80 | $10.70 | $22,250 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 80 | $19.63 | $40,830 |
| Veterinarians | 80 | $41.92 | $87,190 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 70 | $46.58 | $96,890 |
| Internists, general | 70 | $72.85 | $151,530 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 70 | $20.09 | $41,800 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 70 | Not available | $60,570 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 70 | Not available | $62,490 |
| Engineering managers | 60 | $59.67 | $124,120 |
| Food batchmakers | 60 | $13.81 | $28,730 |
| Health educators | 60 | $21.34 | $44,380 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 60 | $19.19 | $39,910 |
| Instructional coordinators | 60 | $30.62 | $63,680 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 60 | $17.68 | $36,780 |
| Managers, all other | 60 | $47.51 | $98,810 |
| Marketing managers | 60 | $60.24 | $125,300 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 60 | $24.11 | $50,160 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 60 | $41.08 | $85,440 |
| Pest control workers | 60 | $16.83 | $35,010 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 60 | $18.13 | $37,700 |
| Procurement clerks | 60 | $18.26 | $37,980 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 60 | $14.15 | $29,440 |
| Public relations specialists | 60 | $33.52 | $69,720 |
| Real estate sales agents | 60 | $24.98 | $51,960 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 60 | $38.69 | $80,470 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 50 | $41.85 | $87,050 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 50 | $10.88 | $22,630 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 50 | $17.59 | $36,590 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 50 | $30.64 | $63,720 |
| Computer programmers | 50 | $35.24 | $73,290 |
| Couriers and messengers | 50 | $13.01 | $27,060 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 50 | $24.45 | $50,860 |
| Financial analysts | 50 | $35.16 | $73,130 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 50 | $18.69 | $38,870 |
| Food scientists and technologists | 50 | $31.35 | $65,200 |
| Interpreters and translators | 50 | $18.41 | $38,300 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 50 | $15.20 | $31,620 |
| Loan counselors | 50 | $23.53 | $48,950 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 50 | $23.71 | $49,320 |
| New accounts clerks | 50 | $17.71 | $36,840 |
| Personal financial advisors | 50 | $24.33 | $50,600 |
| Social workers, all other | 50 | $29.72 | $61,810 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 40 | $22.37 | $46,520 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 40 | $24.28 | $50,500 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 40 | $25.88 | $53,820 |
| Cooks, short order | 40 | $11.54 | $23,990 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 40 | $19.83 | $41,250 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 40 | $36.09 | $75,080 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 40 | $29.37 | $61,090 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 40 | $28.88 | $60,070 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 40 | $18.32 | $38,100 |
| Funeral directors | 40 | $25.30 | $52,620 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 40 | $10.57 | $21,980 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $19.16 | $39,840 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 40 | $15.19 | $31,590 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 40 | $21.46 | $44,640 |
| Physician assistants | 40 | $43.75 | $91,000 |
| Recreational therapists | 40 | $24.89 | $51,770 |
| Surveyors | 40 | $24.39 | $50,730 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 40 | $35.06 | $72,920 |
| Tool and die makers | 40 | $21.02 | $43,720 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 40 | $23.71 | $49,320 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 40 | $18.78 | $39,060 |
| Word processors and typists | 40 | $19.52 | $40,610 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 30 | $28.10 | $58,440 |
| Chemical technicians | 30 | $16.58 | $34,490 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 30 | $30.59 | $63,640 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 30 | $11.98 | $24,920 |
| Database administrators | 30 | $33.90 | $70,500 |
| Electrical engineers | 30 | $40.13 | $83,470 |
| Mechanical drafters | 30 | $24.10 | $50,130 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 30 | $17.80 | $37,010 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Physical therapist aides | 30 | $14.48 | $30,120 |
| Advertising sales agents | Not available | $17.20 | $35,770 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | Not available | $25.75 | $53,570 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | Not available | $18.54 | $38,560 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | Not available | $26.01 | $54,100 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | Not available | $22.65 | $47,100 |
| Crossing guards | Not available | $19.49 | $40,540 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand | Not available | $14.29 | $29,720 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | Not available | $18.54 | $38,560 |
| Driver/sales workers | Not available | $17.41 | $36,210 |
| Floral designers | Not available | $14.54 | $30,250 |
| Glaziers | Not available | $20.16 | $41,930 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $19.05 | $39,630 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | Not available | $20.68 | $43,010 |
| Helpers--carpenters | Not available | $17.95 | $37,330 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | Not available | $14.06 | $29,250 |
| Job printers | Not available | $23.96 | $49,840 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | Not available | $9.91 | $20,620 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | Not available | $15.33 | $31,900 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | Not available | $26.89 | $55,930 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | Not available | $16.96 | $35,280 |
| Shampooers | Not available | $8.96 | $18,640 |
| Sheet metal workers | Not available | $22.65 | $47,100 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | Not available | $24.38 | $50,710 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | Not available | $22.71 | $47,230 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | Not available | $35.23 | $73,280 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $15.40 | $32,040 |
