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 | 43,270 | $16.75 | $34,840 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 7,370 | $13.46 | $27,990 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 5,590 | $8.55 | $17,790 |
| Sales and related occupations | 4,790 | $11.90 | $24,750 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 3,140 | $12.99 | $27,020 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 2,980 | $18.82 | $39,140 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,260 | $18.42 | $38,320 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 2,240 | $14.94 | $31,070 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 2,240 | $30.56 | $63,570 |
| Management occupations | 2,150 | $39.57 | $82,310 |
| Retail salespersons | 2,120 | $9.96 | $20,720 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 1,910 | $10.67 | $22,190 |
| Production occupations | 1,820 | $15.36 | $31,950 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,520 | $7.46 | $15,510 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,510 | $31.18 | $64,850 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,330 | $21.94 | $45,640 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,170 | $7.50 | $15,600 |
| Cashiers | 1,120 | $8.29 | $17,240 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,050 | $11.19 | $23,270 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,010 | $11.12 | $23,120 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 990 | $10.78 | $22,430 |
| Registered nurses | 850 | $26.14 | $54,360 |
| General and operations managers | 830 | $37.44 | $77,880 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 730 | $13.58 | $28,240 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 700 | $11.10 | $23,100 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 690 | $10.35 | $21,520 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 660 | $14.19 | $29,510 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 640 | $18.77 | $39,040 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 630 | $9.10 | $18,920 |
| Teacher assistants | 610 | Not available | $16,920 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 600 | $22.68 | $47,180 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 590 | $10.14 | $21,100 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 560 | $18.80 | $39,100 |
| Customer service representatives | 540 | $12.35 | $25,680 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 540 | $9.63 | $20,040 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 530 | $15.33 | $31,890 |
| Construction laborers | 520 | $10.30 | $21,410 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 520 | Not available | $48,880 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 520 | $15.15 | $31,510 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 500 | $38.54 | $80,160 |
| Community and social services occupations | 480 | $17.76 | $36,940 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 470 | $17.63 | $36,660 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 450 | $10.27 | $21,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 420 | $13.57 | $28,220 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 360 | $15.86 | $32,990 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 360 | Not available | $48,720 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 350 | $35.65 | $74,150 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 350 | $12.19 | $25,350 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 340 | $8.22 | $17,100 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 320 | $9.35 | $19,450 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 320 | $10.94 | $22,760 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 310 | $7.60 | $15,800 |
| Security guards | 310 | $13.44 | $27,960 |
| Carpenters | 300 | $18.04 | $37,520 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 300 | $25.37 | $52,760 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 290 | $26.62 | $55,380 |
| Cooks, fast food | 280 | $7.74 | $16,090 |
| Managers, all other | 260 | $47.51 | $98,820 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 250 | $17.63 | $36,670 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 240 | $13.05 | $27,140 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 240 | $15.90 | $33,070 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 240 | $10.79 | $22,430 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 230 | $10.12 | $21,050 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 210 | $12.70 | $26,420 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 210 | $12.51 | $26,020 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 200 | $28.52 | $59,330 |
| Dishwashers | 200 | $7.67 | $15,950 |
| Legal occupations | 200 | $39.61 | $82,380 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 200 | $24.72 | $51,420 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 190 | $16.32 | $33,940 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 190 | $14.73 | $30,640 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 190 | $13.43 | $27,940 |
| Bill and account collectors | 170 | $11.53 | $23,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 170 | $25.46 | $52,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 170 | $24.85 | $51,690 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 170 | $23.43 | $48,740 |
| Recreation workers | 170 | $11.80 | $24,540 |
| Accountants and auditors | 160 | $30.92 | $64,310 |
| Production workers, all other | 160 | $13.41 | $27,890 |
| Tellers | 160 | $10.63 | $22,110 |
| Chief executives | 150 | $69.46 | $144,480 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 150 | $22.04 | $45,850 |
| Food preparation workers | 150 | $9.68 | $20,140 |
| Millwrights | 150 | $27.48 | $57,160 |
| Bartenders | 140 | $9.36 | $19,470 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 140 | $30.16 | $62,730 |
| Electricians | 140 | $17.66 | $36,730 |
| Management analysts | 130 | $28.45 | $59,180 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 130 | $15.94 | $33,150 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 120 | $7.33 | $15,240 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 120 | $16.56 | $34,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 120 | $19.33 | $40,210 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 120 | $8.80 | $18,300 |
| Medical secretaries | 120 | $12.07 | $25,100 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 110 | $17.49 | $36,370 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 110 | $14.54 | $30,250 |
| Real estate sales agents | 110 | $15.87 | $33,010 |
| Administrative services managers | 100 | $30.59 | $63,630 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 100 | $13.17 | $27,390 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 100 | $8.57 | $17,830 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 100 | $16.46 | $34,240 |
| Helpers--electricians | 100 | $10.39 | $21,620 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 100 | $9.49 | $19,740 |
| Lawyers | 100 | $56.38 | $117,260 |
| Sales managers | 100 | $47.19 | $98,160 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 90 | $17.14 | $35,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 90 | $15.65 | $32,560 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 90 | $14.20 | $29,530 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 90 | $14.07 | $29,260 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 90 | $13.63 | $28,350 |
| Social and human service assistants | 90 | $11.89 | $24,730 |
| Construction managers | 80 | $41.89 | $87,120 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 80 | Not available | $70,840 |
| Financial managers | 80 | $40.40 | $84,040 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 80 | $20.75 | $43,170 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 80 | $12.49 | $25,970 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 80 | Not available | $53,280 |
| Loan officers | 80 | $33.25 | $69,150 |
| Parts salespersons | 80 | $11.25 | $23,390 |
| Pharmacists | 80 | $46.94 | $97,630 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 80 | $13.19 | $27,430 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 80 | $26.55 | $55,230 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 80 | $12.48 | $25,960 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 80 | $17.42 | $36,220 |
| Dental assistants | 70 | $15.81 | $32,870 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 70 | $25.44 | $52,920 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 70 | $11.85 | $24,650 |
| Insurance sales agents | 70 | $14.05 | $29,220 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 70 | $14.55 | $30,250 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 70 | $13.81 | $28,730 |
| Medical assistants | 70 | $11.96 | $24,870 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 70 | $12.24 | $25,450 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 70 | $18.79 | $39,070 |
| Advertising sales agents | 60 | $19.78 | $41,150 |
| Computer support specialists | 60 | $18.99 | $39,500 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 60 | $7.39 | $15,370 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 60 | $13.37 | $27,800 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 60 | $24.30 | $50,540 |
| Instructional coordinators | 60 | $25.81 | $53,690 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 60 | $14.34 | $29,820 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 60 | $10.07 | $20,940 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 60 | $7.45 | $15,490 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 60 | $13.76 | $28,620 |
| Roofers | 60 | $14.46 | $30,080 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 60 | Not available | $49,030 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 60 | Not available | $45,880 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 60 | $11.37 | $23,650 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 50 | $36.01 | $74,890 |
| Data entry keyers | 50 | $12.91 | $26,860 |
| File clerks | 50 | $10.25 | $21,320 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 50 | $19.19 | $39,910 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 50 | $20.92 | $43,500 |
| Food service managers | 50 | $26.68 | $55,490 |
| Graphic designers | 50 | $23.22 | $48,300 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 50 | $10.04 | $20,880 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 50 | $34.65 | $72,080 |
| Lodging managers | 50 | $19.19 | $39,910 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 50 | $21.51 | $44,740 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 50 | $27.33 | $56,850 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 50 | $29.56 | $61,480 |
| Social and community service managers | 50 | $22.65 | $47,120 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 50 | $46.95 | $97,660 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 50 | Not available | $56,150 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 40 | $18.54 | $38,560 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 40 | $13.24 | $27,530 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Cost estimators | 40 | $23.59 | $49,080 |
| Dental hygienists | 40 | $30.95 | $64,380 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 40 | $15.02 | $31,230 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 40 | $15.77 | $32,790 |
| Interior designers | 40 | $23.58 | $49,050 |
| Librarians | 40 | $28.17 | $58,590 |
| Marketing managers | 40 | $42.10 | $87,570 |
| Medical and health services managers | 40 | $36.37 | $75,650 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Pest control workers | 40 | $13.85 | $28,800 |
| Public relations specialists | 40 | $19.55 | $40,670 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 40 | $12.17 | $25,310 |
| Sheet metal workers | 40 | $15.39 | $32,020 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 40 | $14.37 | $29,890 |
| Team assemblers | 40 | $12.25 | $25,480 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 40 | $25.42 | $52,880 |
| Legislators | 30 | Not available | $13,960 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 30 | $21.13 | $43,950 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 30 | $11.46 | $23,850 |
| Child care workers | Not available | $7.66 | $15,940 |
| Cooks, short order | Not available | $9.55 | $19,870 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | Not available | $7.33 | $15,250 |
| Driver/sales workers | Not available | $11.07 | $23,020 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | Not available | $14.18 | $29,490 |
| Engineers, all other | Not available | $29.46 | $61,280 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $11.67 | $24,280 |
| Helpers--production workers | Not available | $10.95 | $22,770 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | Not available | $11.20 | $23,290 |
| Legal secretaries | Not available | $15.87 | $33,010 |
| Logging equipment operators | Not available | $20.37 | $42,380 |
| New accounts clerks | Not available | $16.34 | $34,000 |
| Occupational therapists | Not available | $37.45 | $77,900 |
| Physical therapist aides | Not available | $9.85 | $20,490 |
| Physical therapists | Not available | $36.52 | $75,960 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | Not available | $13.65 | $28,390 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | Not available | $14.08 | $29,280 |
