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 | 123,310 | $14.08 | $29,280 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 20,840 | $11.89 | $24,730 |
| Sales and related occupations | 13,780 | $10.46 | $21,760 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 11,730 | $20.68 | $43,020 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 11,040 | $7.97 | $16,570 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 10,960 | $7.32 | $15,230 |
| Personal and home care aides | 8,870 | $6.94 | $14,430 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 7,670 | $10.78 | $22,430 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 6,540 | $32.35 | $67,290 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 6,440 | $8.40 | $17,470 |
| Production occupations | 6,250 | $11.12 | $23,120 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 4,540 | $7.24 | $15,070 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 4,440 | $11.11 | $23,120 |
| Retail salespersons | 4,330 | $10.11 | $21,030 |
| Cashiers | 4,210 | $7.51 | $15,620 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 4,130 | $12.79 | $26,610 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 4,060 | $8.57 | $17,830 |
| Management occupations | 3,840 | $33.95 | $70,610 |
| Home health aides | 3,760 | $6.99 | $14,530 |
| Protective service occupations | 3,520 | $18.34 | $38,150 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 3,140 | $25.10 | $52,200 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 3,120 | $11.34 | $23,590 |
| Office clerks, general | 2,830 | $9.08 | $18,880 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 2,780 | Not available | $47,890 |
| Registered nurses | 2,280 | $30.45 | $63,340 |
| Customer service representatives | 2,060 | $9.60 | $19,980 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,960 | $8.62 | $17,930 |
| Teacher assistants | 1,920 | Not available | $19,120 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,890 | $8.32 | $17,300 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 1,840 | $8.14 | $16,940 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 1,680 | $8.70 | $18,090 |
| Community and social services occupations | 1,610 | $20.14 | $41,890 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,610 | Not available | $49,620 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,580 | Not available | $51,030 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 1,480 | $10.13 | $21,080 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 1,480 | $8.76 | $18,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 1,390 | $15.71 | $32,670 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 1,360 | $22.57 | $46,950 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 1,310 | $14.67 | $30,520 |
| General and operations managers | 1,270 | $39.55 | $82,250 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1,260 | $12.50 | $26,010 |
| Construction laborers | 1,210 | $8.77 | $18,250 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,210 | $7.23 | $15,040 |
| Telemarketers | 1,030 | $8.29 | $17,240 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 990 | $17.31 | $36,010 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 970 | $9.18 | $19,100 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 970 | $11.18 | $23,250 |
| Child care workers | 960 | $8.15 | $16,960 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 900 | $18.01 | $37,460 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 880 | $18.41 | $38,290 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 870 | $12.12 | $25,210 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 860 | $18.88 | $39,260 |
| Driver/sales workers | 830 | $12.18 | $25,330 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 800 | $26.22 | $54,530 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 780 | $26.40 | $54,920 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 780 | $11.20 | $23,300 |
| Tellers | 760 | $9.85 | $20,490 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 740 | $7.80 | $16,230 |
| Security guards | 720 | $9.99 | $20,770 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 710 | $23.69 | $49,280 |
| Bus drivers, school | 700 | $10.60 | $22,050 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 650 | $22.68 | $47,180 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 640 | $16.58 | $34,490 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 620 | $7.81 | $16,250 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 610 | $7.08 | $14,720 |
| Carpenters | 600 | $11.87 | $24,700 |
| Medical assistants | 590 | $11.53 | $23,980 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 580 | Not available | $18,750 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 570 | $9.04 | $18,800 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 550 | $10.00 | $20,800 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 540 | $11.59 | $24,100 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 520 | $19.10 | $39,720 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 510 | $25.57 | $53,190 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 490 | $14.91 | $31,010 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 480 | $8.84 | $18,380 |
| Legal occupations | 470 | $31.19 | $64,880 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 460 | $8.96 | $18,630 |
| Bartenders | 450 | $7.85 | $16,330 |
| Accountants and auditors | 440 | $26.76 | $55,660 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 430 | $13.69 | $28,470 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 430 | $24.09 | $50,100 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 430 | $11.95 | $24,850 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 410 | $13.47 | $28,010 |
| Electricians | 390 | $12.75 | $26,510 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 390 | $18.49 | $38,470 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 380 | $7.07 | $14,710 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 360 | Not available | $75,690 |
| Fire fighters | 360 | $17.78 | $36,970 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 360 | $12.13 | $25,230 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 360 | $9.28 | $19,300 |
| Data entry keyers | 350 | $10.50 | $21,850 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 350 | $7.76 | $16,130 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 350 | $11.64 | $24,210 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 330 | $16.83 | $35,000 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 330 | $6.85 | $14,240 |
| Medical secretaries | 330 | $11.81 | $24,560 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 320 | Not available | $49,300 |
| Food preparation workers | 310 | $7.74 | $16,100 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 300 | $37.04 | $77,050 |
| Helpers--electricians | 280 | $8.89 | $18,500 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 280 | Not available | $48,220 |
| Parts salespersons | 270 | $9.65 | $20,080 |
| Dishwashers | 260 | $7.06 | $14,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 260 | $19.31 | $40,170 |
| Machinists | 260 | $12.04 | $25,040 |
| Legal secretaries | 250 | $13.40 | $27,870 |
| Bill and account collectors | 240 | $11.16 | $23,220 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 240 | $6.97 | $14,510 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 240 | Not available | Not available |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 240 | $20.66 | $42,980 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 230 | $14.69 | $30,550 |
| Lawyers | 230 | $40.61 | $84,470 |
| Social and human service assistants | 230 | $10.68 | $22,210 |
| Team assemblers | 230 | $8.24 | $17,140 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 220 | $7.28 | $15,140 |
| Computer support specialists | 220 | $14.41 | $29,970 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 220 | $7.01 | $14,570 |
| Financial managers | 220 | $33.34 | $69,340 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 220 | $16.97 | $35,300 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 220 | $12.87 | $26,760 |
| Administrative services managers | 210 | $36.27 | $75,430 |
| Construction managers | 210 | $17.82 | $37,070 |
| Loan officers | 210 | $35.66 | $74,170 |
| Pharmacists | 210 | $53.94 | $112,200 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 210 | $12.93 | $26,900 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 200 | $8.09 | $16,830 |
| Helpers--production workers | 200 | $7.54 | $15,680 |
| Medical and health services managers | 200 | $34.82 | $72,420 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 200 | $15.11 | $31,430 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 200 | Not available | $46,440 |
| Librarians | 190 | $24.09 | $50,120 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 190 | $13.20 | $27,450 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 190 | Not available | $50,810 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 190 | $12.03 | $25,020 |
| Dental assistants | 180 | $11.80 | $24,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 180 | $17.40 | $36,200 |
| Social and community service managers | 180 | $19.02 | $39,570 |
| All other information and record clerks | 170 | $13.48 | $28,030 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 170 | $12.39 | $25,770 |
| Food service managers | 170 | $23.12 | $48,090 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 170 | $105.46 | $219,350 |
| Advertising sales agents | 160 | $18.94 | $39,390 |
| Bakers | 160 | $8.41 | $17,500 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 160 | $9.13 | $18,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 160 | $11.99 | $24,930 |
| Gaming and sports book writers and runners | 160 | $10.28 | $21,380 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 160 | $10.01 | $20,820 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 160 | $7.28 | $15,140 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 160 | $15.79 | $32,840 |
| File clerks | 150 | $8.92 | $18,560 |
| Instructional coordinators | 150 | $33.67 | $70,040 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 150 | $7.68 | $15,970 |
| Management analysts | 150 | $25.52 | $53,080 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 150 | $23.65 | $49,200 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 150 | $11.81 | $24,560 |
| Physical therapist aides | 150 | $10.52 | $21,880 |
| Respiratory therapists | 150 | $24.85 | $51,680 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 140 | $13.24 | $27,530 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 140 | $10.65 | $22,150 |
| Public relations specialists | 140 | $17.37 | $36,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 130 | $35.66 | $74,170 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 130 | $14.22 | $29,570 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 130 | $12.47 | $25,930 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 120 | $11.35 | $23,610 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 120 | $9.75 | $20,290 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 120 | $18.43 | $38,340 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 120 | $13.45 | $27,970 |
| Managers, all other | 120 | $38.06 | $79,170 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 120 | $21.56 | $44,840 |
| Physical therapists | 120 | $36.72 | $76,380 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 120 | $14.22 | $29,570 |
| Roofers | 120 | $11.66 | $24,250 |
| Sales managers | 120 | $40.12 | $83,440 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 120 | $31.13 | $64,750 |
| Chief executives | 110 | $67.00 | $139,350 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 110 | $15.87 | $33,010 |
| Recreation workers | 110 | $8.48 | $17,640 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 100 | $12.67 | $26,360 |
| Coaches and scouts | 100 | Not available | $39,870 |
| Computer systems analysts | 100 | $23.20 | $48,260 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 100 | $11.31 | $23,520 |
| Counselors, all other | 100 | $31.93 | $66,410 |
| Dental hygienists | 100 | $28.86 | $60,040 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 100 | $14.64 | $30,460 |
| Graphic designers | 100 | $15.54 | $32,320 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 100 | $16.00 | $33,270 |
| New accounts clerks | 100 | $15.65 | $32,560 |
| Occupational therapists | 100 | $31.91 | $66,370 |
| Procurement clerks | 100 | $12.32 | $25,620 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 100 | $19.45 | $40,450 |
| Surgical technologists | 100 | $18.50 | $38,470 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 100 | $17.29 | $35,970 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 100 | $20.03 | $41,660 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 90 | $12.27 | $25,510 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 90 | $12.94 | $26,920 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 80 | $14.02 | $29,160 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 80 | $8.54 | $17,760 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 80 | $15.27 | $31,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 80 | $13.46 | $27,990 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | 80 | $10.55 | $21,950 |
| Industrial production managers | 80 | $40.25 | $83,730 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 80 | $11.02 | $22,910 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 80 | $8.66 | $18,020 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 80 | $7.80 | $16,230 |
| Training and development specialists | 80 | $15.78 | $32,820 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 80 | $30.10 | $62,620 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 70 | $18.86 | $39,220 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 70 | $26.72 | $55,570 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators | 70 | $10.28 | $21,380 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 70 | $11.80 | $24,550 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 70 | $15.94 | $33,160 |
| Order clerks | 70 | $9.83 | $20,450 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 70 | $11.23 | $23,360 |
| Printing machine operators | 70 | $9.99 | $20,770 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 70 | $21.04 | $43,760 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 70 | $22.49 | $46,780 |
| Service station attendants | 70 | $9.61 | $19,980 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 70 | $17.79 | $37,010 |
| Civil engineers | 60 | $33.72 | $70,150 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 60 | $11.10 | $23,090 |
| Computer programmers | 60 | $20.63 | $42,910 |
| Cost estimators | 60 | $17.24 | $35,860 |
| Crane and tower operators | 60 | $13.11 | $27,280 |
| Editors | 60 | $18.60 | $38,680 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 60 | $13.59 | $28,260 |
| Food batchmakers | 60 | $6.74 | $14,010 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 60 | $7.55 | $15,710 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 60 | $11.81 | $24,560 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 60 | $10.81 | $22,480 |
| Pediatricians, general | 60 | $82.08 | $170,730 |
| Real estate sales agents | 60 | $18.12 | $37,700 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 60 | $9.37 | $19,480 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 60 | $8.12 | $16,890 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 50 | $13.72 | $28,540 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 50 | $24.42 | $50,790 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 50 | $40.23 | $83,680 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 50 | $25.00 | $52,000 |
| Health educators | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Industrial engineers | 50 | $38.50 | $80,080 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 50 | $16.11 | $33,510 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 50 | $37.57 | $78,140 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 50 | $16.02 | $33,310 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school | 50 | Not available | $49,790 |
| Broadcast technicians | 40 | $15.27 | $31,750 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 40 | $11.11 | $23,100 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 40 | $14.14 | $29,420 |
| Choreographers | 40 | $15.21 | $31,630 |
| Computer operators | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Couriers and messengers | 40 | $9.64 | $20,040 |
| Credit analysts | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 40 | $33.36 | $69,390 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 40 | $18.14 | $37,730 |
| Electrical engineers | 40 | $37.11 | $77,190 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 40 | $9.66 | $20,100 |
| Funeral attendants | 40 | $11.52 | $23,970 |
| Glaziers | 40 | $9.94 | $20,680 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $9.71 | $20,200 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 40 | $25.79 | $53,640 |
| Internists, general | 40 | $84.10 | $174,930 |
| Library technicians | 40 | $15.02 | $31,250 |
| Lodging managers | 40 | $18.23 | $37,910 |
| Market research analysts | 40 | $26.09 | $54,260 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 40 | $11.63 | $24,190 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $8.60 | $17,900 |
| Pest control workers | 40 | $12.42 | $25,830 |
| Postal service clerks | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Sewing machine operators | 40 | $7.40 | $15,390 |
| Sheet metal workers | 40 | $11.01 | $22,900 |
| Social workers, all other | 40 | $17.09 | $35,540 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 30 | $14.49 | $30,130 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 30 | $15.61 | $32,470 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 30 | $8.77 | $18,240 |
| Database administrators | 30 | $27.11 | $56,380 |
| Funeral directors | 30 | $23.19 | $48,230 |
| Interpreters and translators | 30 | $15.65 | $32,550 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 30 | $30.32 | $63,070 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Production workers, all other | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Tool and die makers | 30 | $15.50 | $32,230 |
| Agricultural equipment operators | Not available | $8.65 | $17,990 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers | Not available | $10.97 | $22,820 |
| Barbers | Not available | $7.30 | $15,190 |
| Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels | Not available | $29.12 | $60,570 |
| Cargo and freight agents | Not available | $16.33 | $33,970 |
| Cooks, fast food | Not available | $7.17 | $14,910 |
| Cooks, short order | Not available | $6.85 | $14,260 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | Not available | $14.94 | $31,060 |
| Correspondence clerks | Not available | $15.02 | $31,250 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | Not available | $9.94 | $20,670 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | Not available | $14.00 | $29,110 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | Not available | $8.22 | $17,100 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | Not available | $14.86 | $30,910 |
| Family and general practitioners | Not available | $66.81 | $138,960 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | Not available | $7.52 | $15,640 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | Not available | $7.01 | $14,590 |
| Financial analysts | Not available | $29.30 | $60,940 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | Not available | $7.02 | $14,590 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | Not available | $13.43 | $27,930 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | Not available | $8.28 | $17,230 |
| Mechanical engineers | Not available | $39.13 | $81,390 |
| Medical and public health social workers | Not available | $20.25 | $42,120 |
| Medical equipment preparers | Not available | $12.73 | $26,490 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | Not available | $15.42 | $32,070 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | Not available | $15.07 | $31,340 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | Not available | $25.71 | $53,480 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | Not available | $7.69 | $15,990 |
| Pharmacy aides | Not available | $8.53 | $17,730 |
| Physician assistants | Not available | $53.89 | $112,100 |
| Surgeons | Not available | $49.90 | $103,780 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | Not available | $28.43 | $59,140 |
| Tire repairers and changers | Not available | $10.70 | $22,250 |
| Word processors and typists | Not available | $14.32 | $29,780 |
