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 |
540,600 |
$19.31 |
$40,170 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
106,110 |
$15.10 |
$31,410 |
| Sales and related occupations |
55,310 |
$16.73 |
$34,800 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
48,290 |
$9.63 |
$20,020 |
| Production occupations |
43,030 |
$17.14 |
$35,650 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
40,790 |
$23.82 |
$49,550 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
30,600 |
$14.79 |
$30,750 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
30,260 |
$30.21 |
$62,840 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
21,550 |
$28.11 |
$58,460 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
20,760 |
$21.66 |
$45,050 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
20,150 |
$19.33 |
$40,200 |
| Management occupations |
19,990 |
$47.19 |
$98,160 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
18,900 |
$12.60 |
$26,210 |
| Retail salespersons |
17,830 |
$11.54 |
$24,000 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
17,450 |
$11.91 |
$24,770 |
| Cashiers |
15,000 |
$8.98 |
$18,670 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
13,680 |
$10.85 |
$22,580 |
| Registered nurses |
11,470 |
$28.16 |
$58,570 |
| Protective service occupations |
11,450 |
$21.37 |
$44,460 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
11,210 |
$13.73 |
$28,570 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
10,660 |
$9.87 |
$20,540 |
| Office clerks, general |
10,420 |
$11.93 |
$24,820 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
9,970 |
$11.35 |
$23,600 |
| Community and social services occupations |
9,930 |
$20.17 |
$41,950 |
| Customer service representatives |
9,930 |
$14.34 |
$29,830 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
9,580 |
$30.35 |
$63,140 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
8,490 |
$15.63 |
$32,500 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
8,490 |
$10.56 |
$21,960 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
7,690 |
$8.33 |
$17,320 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
7,440 |
$31.31 |
$65,120 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
7,340 |
$12.24 |
$25,460 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
7,070 |
$29.47 |
$61,290 |
| Teacher assistants |
7,060 |
Not available |
$25,040 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
6,700 |
$12.18 |
$25,330 |
| Home health aides |
6,420 |
$11.09 |
$23,080 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
6,110 |
$19.85 |
$41,290 |
| General and operations managers |
6,080 |
$49.00 |
$101,910 |
| Food preparation workers |
6,050 |
$9.13 |
$18,980 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
6,030 |
Not available |
$54,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
6,000 |
$23.18 |
$48,200 |
| Bill and account collectors |
5,720 |
$15.08 |
$31,360 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
5,510 |
$25.56 |
$53,160 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
5,370 |
$21.37 |
$44,450 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
5,190 |
$18.90 |
$39,310 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
5,120 |
$17.39 |
$36,170 |
| Accountants and auditors |
5,010 |
$31.15 |
$64,790 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
4,960 |
Not available |
$77,820 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
4,930 |
$11.88 |
$24,710 |
| Legal occupations |
4,270 |
$39.55 |
$82,270 |
| Bus drivers, school |
4,180 |
$14.86 |
$30,910 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
4,160 |
Not available |
$27,270 |
| Team assemblers |
4,130 |
$13.14 |
$27,320 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
4,090 |
$17.22 |
$35,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
3,750 |
$13.25 |
$27,560 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
3,650 |
$8.31 |
$17,290 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
3,640 |
$15.71 |
$32,680 |
| Child care workers |
3,610 |
$9.55 |
$19,860 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
3,590 |
Not available |
$57,310 |
| Security guards |
3,580 |
$11.54 |
$24,000 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
3,490 |
$19.27 |
$40,090 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
3,270 |
$12.83 |
$26,680 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
3,140 |
$9.95 |
$20,700 |
| Construction laborers |
3,120 |
$17.72 |
$36,860 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
3,110 |
$13.65 |
$28,390 |
| Dishwashers |
3,020 |
$8.15 |
$16,940 |
| Cooks, fast food |
2,940 |
$8.89 |
$18,480 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
2,920 |
Not available |
$56,040 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
2,760 |
$12.00 |
$24,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
2,670 |
$26.79 |
$55,720 |
| Bartenders |
2,560 |
$9.22 |
$19,190 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
2,530 |
$11.39 |
$23,700 |
| Carpenters |
2,520 |
$19.68 |
$40,930 |
| Helpers--production workers |
2,490 |
$11.51 |
$23,940 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
2,400 |
$14.48 |
$30,120 |
| Word processors and typists |
2,330 |
$14.72 |
$30,630 |
| Lawyers |
2,320 |
$51.26 |
$106,620 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
2,260 |
$26.78 |
$55,700 |
| Financial managers |
2,230 |
$50.61 |
$105,270 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
2,190 |
$18.33 |
$38,140 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
2,140 |
$17.45 |
$36,290 |
| Electricians |
2,070 |
$23.62 |
$49,140 |
| Computer support specialists |
2,040 |
$20.63 |
$42,920 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
2,020 |
$24.61 |
$51,200 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
2,000 |
Not available |
$59,850 |
| Machinists |
1,940 |
$19.27 |
$40,080 |
| Recreation workers |
1,930 |
$10.55 |
$21,950 |
| Tellers |
1,920 |
$12.20 |
$25,380 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
1,900 |
$12.76 |
$26,540 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
1,800 |
$9.92 |
$20,640 |
| Computer programmers |
1,790 |
$28.44 |
$59,160 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
1,770 |
$26.46 |
$55,040 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
1,730 |
$24.82 |
$51,630 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
1,710 |
$19.24 |
$40,020 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
1,700 |
$12.05 |
$25,050 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
1,660 |
$13.80 |
$28,710 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,660 |
$29.37 |
$61,080 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
1,610 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Personal and home care aides |
1,520 |
$9.67 |
$20,120 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
1,510 |
$18.43 |
$38,340 |
| Legal secretaries |
1,490 |
$16.23 |
$33,760 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
1,430 |
$23.25 |
$48,360 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
1,420 |
$15.44 |
$32,110 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
1,400 |
$28.15 |
$58,550 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
1,380 |
$8.58 |
$17,850 |
| Insurance sales agents |
1,370 |
$31.75 |
$66,040 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
1,370 |
$21.57 |
$44,880 |
| Financial analysts |
1,350 |
$29.11 |
$60,550 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
1,340 |
$90.29 |
$187,800 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
1,330 |
$13.68 |
$28,460 |
| Computer systems analysts |
1,310 |
$34.64 |
$72,050 |
| Telemarketers |
1,300 |
$11.84 |
$24,630 |
| Pharmacists |
1,290 |
$48.09 |
$100,020 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
1,270 |
$25.77 |
$53,610 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
1,270 |
$22.12 |
$46,020 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
1,260 |
$34.68 |
$72,140 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
1,240 |
$17.22 |
$35,810 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
1,220 |
$30.80 |
$64,070 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
1,190 |
$39.28 |
$81,700 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
1,190 |
$21.15 |
$43,980 |
| Social and human service assistants |
1,180 |
$13.06 |
$27,170 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
1,170 |
$18.33 |
$38,120 |
| Medical and health services managers |
1,170 |
$46.27 |
$96,250 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
1,170 |
$27.56 |
$57,320 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
1,150 |
$21.22 |
$44,130 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
1,130 |
$10.18 |
$21,170 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
1,130 |
$11.69 |
$24,310 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
1,130 |
$13.44 |
$27,950 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
1,120 |
$22.70 |
$47,210 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
1,120 |
$12.72 |
$26,450 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
1,100 |
$15.08 |
$31,360 |
| Medical assistants |
1,090 |
$13.95 |
$29,010 |
| Dental assistants |
1,080 |
$14.92 |
$31,040 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
1,070 |
$8.78 |
$18,270 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
1,060 |
$24.20 |
$50,340 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
1,040 |
$15.63 |
$32,510 |
| Printing machine operators |
1,030 |
$17.27 |
$35,930 |
| Industrial engineers |
1,010 |
$35.38 |
$73,590 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
1,010 |
$9.68 |
$20,130 |
| Physical therapists |
1,000 |
$30.02 |
$62,450 |
| Data entry keyers |
980 |
$12.88 |
$26,790 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
980 |
$24.96 |
$51,910 |
| Management analysts |
970 |
$33.63 |
$69,950 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
970 |
$23.81 |
$49,510 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
950 |
$23.53 |
$48,950 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
950 |
$10.90 |
$22,680 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
940 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Administrative services managers |
930 |
$38.95 |
$81,020 |
| Loan officers |
930 |
$24.26 |
$50,450 |
| Social workers, all other |
930 |
$22.64 |
$47,100 |
| File clerks |
920 |
$12.25 |
$25,480 |
| Market research analysts |
920 |
$29.70 |
$61,780 |
| Chief executives |
910 |
$73.51 |
$152,900 |
| Clergy |
860 |
$23.16 |
$48,180 |
| Sewing machine operators |
860 |
$9.90 |
$20,600 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
840 |
$19.62 |
$40,810 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
830 |
$18.84 |
$39,180 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
830 |
$21.74 |
$45,210 |
| Parking lot attendants |
830 |
$9.21 |
$19,150 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
830 |
$16.85 |
$35,040 |
| Dental hygienists |
810 |
$24.95 |
$51,900 |
| Medical secretaries |
810 |
$14.29 |
$29,720 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
810 |
$29.90 |
$62,190 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
810 |
$30.00 |
$62,400 |
| Bakers |
800 |
$11.11 |
$23,110 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
800 |
$15.91 |
$33,100 |
| Occupational therapists |
800 |
$25.04 |
$52,080 |
| Sales managers |
800 |
$54.36 |
$113,070 |
| Training and development specialists |
800 |
$26.22 |
$54,540 |
| Mechanical engineers |
790 |
$31.84 |
$66,230 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
790 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
790 |
$18.84 |
$39,180 |
| Driver/sales workers |
780 |
$12.95 |
$26,930 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
780 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Computer and information systems managers |
770 |
$53.21 |
$110,680 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
770 |
$12.42 |
$25,830 |
| Order clerks |
770 |
$14.57 |
$30,310 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
760 |
$18.58 |
$38,650 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
760 |
$30.26 |
$62,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
760 |
$23.67 |
$49,240 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
760 |
$33.37 |
$69,410 |
| Civil engineers |
750 |
$36.73 |
$76,390 |
| Food batchmakers |
750 |
$13.08 |
$27,200 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
750 |
$11.37 |
$23,640 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
740 |
Not available |
$56,740 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
730 |
$20.44 |
$42,520 |
| Cooks, short order |
730 |
$9.82 |
$20,430 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
720 |
$17.42 |
$36,240 |
| Food service managers |
710 |
$20.95 |
$43,580 |
| Graphic designers |
710 |
$19.69 |
$40,960 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
710 |
$16.46 |
$34,230 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
710 |
Not available |
$62,530 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
700 |
$19.24 |
$40,030 |
| Cost estimators |
690 |
$27.62 |
$57,450 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
680 |
Not available |
$85,960 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
680 |
$19.55 |
$40,670 |
| Managers, all other |
680 |
$36.33 |
$75,570 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
670 |
$20.82 |
$43,310 |
| Librarians |
670 |
$26.64 |
$55,410 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
670 |
$21.12 |
$43,920 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
670 |
$17.15 |
$35,680 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
660 |
$38.77 |
$80,650 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
660 |
$32.09 |
$66,750 |
| Chemical technicians |
650 |
$19.25 |
$40,050 |
| Coaches and scouts |
650 |
Not available |
$38,220 |
| Computer operators |
650 |
$15.40 |
$32,030 |
| Public relations specialists |
650 |
$22.70 |
$47,210 |
| Personal financial advisors |
640 |
$37.40 |
$77,790 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
630 |
$14.74 |
$30,660 |
| All other information and record clerks |
620 |
$16.60 |
$34,530 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
620 |
$13.24 |
$27,530 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
620 |
$18.84 |
$39,190 |
| Tile and marble setters |
620 |
$25.21 |
$52,430 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
610 |
$10.48 |
$21,790 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
600 |
$25.85 |
$53,760 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
600 |
$15.32 |
$31,860 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
600 |
$16.87 |
$35,090 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
600 |
Not available |
$58,760 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
590 |
$9.14 |
$19,010 |
| Bindery workers |
590 |
$14.32 |
$29,780 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
590 |
$10.28 |
$21,380 |
| Biological technicians |
580 |
$17.42 |
$36,230 |
| New accounts clerks |
580 |
$16.07 |
$33,420 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
570 |
$18.52 |
$38,520 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
560 |
$25.34 |
$52,700 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
560 |
$21.70 |
$45,140 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
560 |
$14.19 |
$29,520 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
550 |
$22.97 |
$47,780 |
| Parts salespersons |
540 |
$14.34 |
$29,830 |
| Industrial production managers |
530 |
$45.17 |
$93,940 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
530 |
$9.59 |
$19,960 |
| Tool and die makers |
530 |
$26.27 |
$54,640 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
520 |
$20.19 |
$41,990 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
510 |
$25.58 |
$53,200 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
510 |
$21.49 |
$44,700 |
| Construction managers |
500 |
$57.62 |
$119,840 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
490 |
$13.56 |
$28,200 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
490 |
$14.65 |
$30,480 |
| Instructional coordinators |
480 |
$31.60 |
$65,730 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
480 |
$17.04 |
$35,440 |
| Engineering managers |
470 |
$49.64 |
$103,250 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
470 |
$21.43 |
$44,570 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
460 |
$14.68 |
$30,540 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
460 |
$37.33 |
$77,640 |
| Social and community service managers |
460 |
$32.25 |
$67,070 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
460 |
$10.77 |
$22,410 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
450 |
$19.16 |
$39,850 |
| Mechanical drafters |
450 |
$22.93 |
$47,690 |
| Mental health counselors |
450 |
$14.62 |
$30,410 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
440 |
$14.82 |
$30,820 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
440 |
$19.25 |
$40,040 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
440 |
$28.74 |
$59,780 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
430 |
$32.61 |
$67,830 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
430 |
$16.22 |
$33,740 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
430 |
$23.37 |
$48,610 |
| Marketing managers |
430 |
$58.80 |
$122,300 |
| Real estate sales agents |
430 |
$26.05 |
$54,180 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
420 |
$23.79 |
$49,480 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
410 |
$32.09 |
$66,750 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
410 |
$16.80 |
$34,930 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
410 |
$22.86 |
$47,540 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
400 |
$29.26 |
$60,860 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
400 |
$25.10 |
$52,210 |
| Database administrators |
400 |
$31.33 |
$65,160 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
400 |
$20.11 |
$41,840 |
| Sheet metal workers |
400 |
$23.74 |
$49,380 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
400 |
Not available |
$59,260 |
| Dentists, general |
390 |
$75.43 |
$156,880 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
390 |
$27.98 |
$58,210 |
| Electrical engineers |
380 |
$34.29 |
$71,310 |
| Health educators |
380 |
$23.66 |
$49,220 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
380 |
$30.09 |
$62,600 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
370 |
$15.88 |
$33,030 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
370 |
$14.60 |
$30,370 |
| Insurance underwriters |
370 |
$31.26 |
$65,020 |
| Travel agents |
370 |
$16.51 |
$34,330 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
370 |
$15.04 |
$31,270 |
| Advertising sales agents |
360 |
$18.04 |
$37,520 |
| Crossing guards |
360 |
$9.87 |
$20,530 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
360 |
$10.55 |
$21,940 |
| Library technicians |
360 |
$12.60 |
$26,210 |
| Respiratory therapists |
360 |
$24.94 |
$51,880 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
360 |
$23.08 |
$48,010 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
360 |
$27.09 |
$56,340 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
350 |
$35.89 |
$74,660 |
| Procurement clerks |
350 |
$15.81 |
$32,890 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
350 |
$29.28 |
$60,910 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
340 |
$10.41 |
$21,660 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
340 |
$44.59 |
$92,750 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
340 |
Not available |
$78,590 |
| Legislators |
340 |
Not available |
$76,740 |
| Floral designers |
330 |
$11.89 |
$24,730 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
330 |
$16.42 |
$34,160 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
330 |
$19.46 |
$40,480 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
330 |
$24.02 |
$49,960 |
| Physician assistants |
330 |
$39.25 |
$81,650 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
330 |
$18.39 |
$38,260 |
| Roofers |
330 |
$16.05 |
$33,390 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
330 |
$21.38 |
$44,470 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
320 |
$16.86 |
$35,070 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
320 |
$10.09 |
$20,990 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
320 |
$30.08 |
$62,570 |
| Couriers and messengers |
300 |
$11.85 |
$24,640 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
300 |
$17.50 |
$36,400 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
300 |
$20.08 |
$41,780 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
300 |
$17.03 |
$35,420 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
300 |
$19.63 |
$40,830 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
300 |
$10.37 |
$21,560 |
| Tax preparers |
300 |
$13.40 |
$27,870 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
290 |
$16.61 |
$34,540 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
290 |
$20.69 |
$43,030 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
290 |
$8.79 |
$18,280 |
| Musicians and singers |
290 |
$8.56 |
Not available |
| Chemists |
280 |
$31.43 |
$65,370 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
280 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
280 |
$14.61 |
$30,380 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
270 |
$11.53 |
$23,990 |
| Sales engineers |
270 |
$37.71 |
$78,440 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
260 |
$23.70 |
$49,290 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
260 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
260 |
$23.90 |
$49,720 |
| Editors |
260 |
$25.69 |
$53,420 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
260 |
$12.84 |
$26,710 |
| Public relations managers |
260 |
$34.79 |
$72,360 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
250 |
$20.91 |
$43,490 |
| Environmental engineers |
250 |
$35.27 |
$73,360 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
250 |
$13.11 |
$27,270 |
| Photographers |
250 |
$14.07 |
$29,270 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
250 |
$18.19 |
$37,830 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
250 |
$39.88 |
$82,940 |
| Millwrights |
240 |
$32.95 |
$68,540 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
240 |
$15.89 |
$33,060 |
| Production workers, all other |
240 |
$20.22 |
$42,060 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
240 |
$19.77 |
$41,120 |
| Surgical technologists |
240 |
$19.85 |
$41,290 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
230 |
$17.26 |
$35,890 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
230 |
$13.78 |
$28,660 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
230 |
$28.17 |
$58,590 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
230 |
Not available |
$67,340 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
230 |
$10.85 |
$22,570 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
230 |
$12.86 |
$26,760 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
220 |
$20.67 |
$43,000 |
| Crane and tower operators |
220 |
$22.99 |
$47,820 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
220 |
$21.50 |
$44,730 |
| Postal service clerks |
220 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Directors, religious activities and education |
210 |
$15.00 |
$31,190 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
210 |
$18.61 |
$38,710 |
| Funeral attendants |
210 |
$11.04 |
$22,960 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
210 |
$22.64 |
$47,100 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
200 |
$15.77 |
$32,790 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers |
200 |
$18.04 |
$37,520 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
200 |
$11.25 |
$23,400 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
200 |
$10.55 |
$21,930 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
190 |
$12.40 |
$25,800 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
190 |
$24.70 |
$51,390 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders |
190 |
$18.31 |
$38,080 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
190 |
$21.23 |
$44,160 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
190 |
$15.33 |
$31,890 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
190 |
$29.41 |
$61,170 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
190 |
$15.65 |
$32,560 |
| Private detectives and investigators |
190 |
$17.79 |
$37,000 |
| Purchasing managers |
190 |
$44.43 |
$92,420 |
| Residential advisors |
190 |
$14.76 |
$30,700 |
| Chemical engineers |
180 |
$43.36 |
$90,190 |
| Chemical plant and system operators |
180 |
$23.77 |
$49,430 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
180 |
$23.02 |
$47,880 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
180 |
$13.45 |
$27,980 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
180 |
$21.82 |
$45,390 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
180 |
$27.31 |
$56,810 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
180 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
180 |
$21.67 |
$45,070 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
180 |
$27.61 |
$57,440 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
180 |
$14.08 |
$29,280 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
170 |
$45.77 |
$95,200 |
| Credit analysts |
170 |
$31.83 |
$66,210 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
Not available |
$51,020 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders |
170 |
$15.54 |
$32,310 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
170 |
$15.76 |
$32,780 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers |
170 |
$16.11 |
$33,500 |
| Veterinarians |
170 |
$36.86 |
$76,670 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
170 |
$13.89 |
$28,900 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
160 |
$27.48 |
$57,150 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
160 |
$23.46 |
$48,790 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
160 |
$16.17 |
$33,640 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates |
160 |
$56.53 |
$117,580 |
| Music directors and composers |
160 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Operations research analysts |
160 |
$32.74 |
$68,090 |
| Physical therapist aides |
160 |
$12.29 |
$25,570 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
150 |
$8.77 |
$18,250 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers |
150 |
$15.81 |
$32,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers |
150 |
$33.45 |
$69,570 |
| Graduate teaching assistants |
150 |
Not available |
$30,900 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
150 |
$53.30 |
$110,860 |
| Logisticians |
150 |
$28.75 |
$59,790 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
150 |
$9.20 |
$19,140 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
150 |
$14.87 |
$30,920 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
150 |
$15.94 |
$33,150 |
| Pharmacy aides |
150 |
$11.02 |
$22,930 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
150 |
$34.16 |
$71,060 |
| Art directors |
140 |
$34.01 |
$70,750 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
140 |
$29.70 |
$61,770 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
140 |
$18.63 |
$38,740 |
| Massage therapists |
140 |
$12.37 |
$25,730 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
140 |
Not available |
$66,650 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
140 |
$32.82 |
$68,250 |
| Producers and directors |
140 |
$30.13 |
$62,670 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
140 |
$16.55 |
$34,430 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
130 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
130 |
$25.95 |
$53,970 |
| Food scientists and technologists |
130 |
$37.01 |
$76,980 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
130 |
$16.39 |
$34,100 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
130 |
Not available |
$52,730 |
| Radio and television announcers |
130 |
$15.39 |
$32,010 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
130 |
$18.51 |
$38,490 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school |
130 |
Not available |
$55,280 |
| Writers and authors |
130 |
$31.02 |
$64,510 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
120 |
$49.72 |
$103,410 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
120 |
Not available |
$71,060 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
120 |
$21.37 |
$44,440 |
| Computer and information scientists, research |
120 |
$50.02 |
$104,040 |
| Desktop publishers |
120 |
$16.53 |
$34,390 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay |
120 |
$28.41 |
$59,090 |
| Helpers--roofers |
120 |
$10.91 |
$22,700 |
| Law clerks |
120 |
$17.17 |
$35,710 |
| Recreational therapists |
120 |
$20.15 |
$41,910 |
| Survey researchers |
120 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Surveyors |
120 |
$26.01 |
$54,090 |
| Technical writers |
120 |
$26.98 |
$56,110 |
| Aerospace engineering and operations technicians |
110 |
$23.83 |
$49,560 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians |
110 |
$22.24 |
$46,250 |
| Bailiffs |
110 |
$19.37 |
$40,280 |
| Dietetic technicians |
110 |
$17.27 |
$35,920 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
110 |
$10.69 |
$22,230 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
110 |
$11.85 |
$24,650 |
| Actuaries |
100 |
$46.75 |
$97,240 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
100 |
$18.61 |
$38,710 |
| Broadcast technicians |
100 |
$21.35 |
$44,420 |
| Drafters, all other |
100 |
$20.25 |
$42,130 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
100 |
$29.21 |
$60,750 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
100 |
$33.03 |
$68,710 |
| Job printers |
100 |
$17.07 |
$35,510 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
100 |
$15.54 |
$32,330 |
| Medical appliance technicians |
100 |
$10.50 |
$21,830 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
100 |
$21.95 |
$45,650 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders |
100 |
$17.49 |
$36,380 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
100 |
$12.25 |
$25,470 |
| Surgeons |
100 |
$103.95 |
$216,210 |
| Training and development managers |
100 |
$49.24 |
$102,410 |
| Chiropractors |
90 |
$28.03 |
$58,300 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
90 |
$29.63 |
$61,620 |
| Multi-media artists and animators |
90 |
$24.10 |
$50,120 |
| Natural sciences managers |
90 |
$56.03 |
$116,530 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
90 |
$23.37 |
$48,620 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation |
90 |
$16.64 |
$34,620 |
| Education administrators, all other |
80 |
$38.91 |
$80,940 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
80 |
$22.19 |
$46,150 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants |
80 |
$9.56 |
$19,880 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
80 |
$12.45 |
$25,890 |
| Pest control workers |
80 |
$16.51 |
$34,340 |
| Skin care specialists |
80 |
$12.61 |
$26,230 |
| Sound engineering technicians |
80 |
$24.51 |
$50,970 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
80 |
$19.71 |
$41,000 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners |
80 |
$22.90 |
$47,640 |
| Tour guides and escorts |
80 |
$11.66 |
$24,250 |
| Animal control workers |
70 |
$14.77 |
$30,730 |
| Biochemists and biophysicists |
70 |
$36.89 |
$76,720 |
| Biological scientists, all other |
70 |
$28.49 |
$59,260 |
| Budget analysts |
70 |
$29.69 |
$61,750 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians |
70 |
$15.11 |
$31,430 |
| Financial examiners |
70 |
$38.58 |
$80,250 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
70 |
$44.05 |
$91,620 |
| Home appliance repairers |
70 |
$21.25 |
$44,200 |
| Loan counselors |
70 |
$21.25 |
$44,210 |
| Lodging managers |
70 |
$28.23 |
$58,720 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
70 |
$19.38 |
$40,300 |
| Public address system and other announcers |
70 |
$23.13 |
$48,110 |
| Therapists, all other |
70 |
$26.40 |
$54,910 |
| Athletic trainers |
60 |
Not available |
$48,480 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
60 |
$17.17 |
$35,710 |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders |
60 |
$14.61 |
$30,380 |
| Law teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$100,800 |
| Pipelayers |
60 |
$22.61 |
$47,040 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
60 |
$32.14 |
$66,840 |
| Psychiatrists |
60 |
$73.73 |
$153,350 |
| Transportation inspectors |
60 |
$24.11 |
$50,150 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$78,470 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
50 |
$29.15 |
$60,630 |
| Correspondence clerks |
50 |
$14.73 |
$30,640 |
| Family and general practitioners |
50 |
$82.15 |
$170,870 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
50 |
$35.18 |
$73,170 |
| Motion picture projectionists |
50 |
$10.97 |
$22,830 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$69,440 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
50 |
$15.00 |
$31,190 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other |
50 |
$25.86 |
$53,800 |
| Statisticians |
50 |
$30.31 |
$63,050 |
| Urban and regional planners |
50 |
$26.73 |
$55,590 |
| Actors |
40 |
$15.33 |
Not available |
| Aerospace engineers |
40 |
$45.66 |
$94,970 |
| Biomedical engineers |
40 |
$30.40 |
$63,240 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders |
40 |
$16.88 |
$35,120 |
| Conservation scientists |
40 |
$24.90 |
$51,800 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles |
40 |
$12.57 |
$26,140 |
| Historians |
40 |
$13.96 |
$29,030 |
| History teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$66,660 |
| Interpreters and translators |
40 |
$19.62 |
$40,800 |
| Materials engineers |
40 |
$33.41 |
$69,490 |
| Occupational therapist aides |
40 |
$14.87 |
$30,930 |
| Optometrists |
40 |
$47.50 |
$98,800 |
| Physicists |
40 |
$46.19 |
$96,070 |
| Podiatrists |
40 |
$55.99 |
$116,470 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$62,790 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians |
40 |
$23.62 |
$49,130 |
| Statistical assistants |
40 |
$19.58 |
$40,720 |
| Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other |
40 |
$21.88 |
$45,500 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators |
30 |
$23.48 |
$48,850 |
| Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators |
Not available |
$27.21 |
$56,590 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
Not available |
$22.70 |
$47,210 |
| Audiologists |
Not available |
$24.27 |
$50,490 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers |
Not available |
$12.58 |
$26,160 |
| Brokerage clerks |
Not available |
$23.13 |
$48,110 |
| Carpet installers |
Not available |
$19.97 |
$41,540 |
| Concierges |
Not available |
$10.79 |
$22,450 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$14.53 |
$30,230 |
| Cooks, all other |
Not available |
$14.29 |
$29,730 |
| Curators |
Not available |
$22.10 |
$45,980 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$16.04 |
$33,350 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
Not available |
$21.81 |
$45,360 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas |
Not available |
$26.30 |
$54,690 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
Not available |
$20.50 |
$42,630 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
Not available |
$16.37 |
$34,040 |
| Etchers and engravers |
Not available |
$20.23 |
$42,090 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
Not available |
$22.39 |
$46,570 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
Not available |
$14.06 |
$29,250 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
Not available |
$10.52 |
$21,880 |
| Fence erectors |
Not available |
$21.41 |
$44,530 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
Not available |
$11.14 |
$23,180 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$17.05 |
$35,460 |
| Funeral directors |
Not available |
$37.26 |
$77,500 |
| Furniture finishers |
Not available |
$10.16 |
$21,130 |
| Gas plant operators |
Not available |
$30.93 |
$64,340 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$18.11 |
$37,670 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
Not available |
$13.15 |
$27,340 |
| Helpers--electricians |
Not available |
$14.44 |
$30,030 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
Not available |
$14.25 |
$29,650 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall |
Not available |
$14.18 |
$29,500 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical |
Not available |
$29.63 |
$61,620 |
| Insurance appraisers, auto damage |
Not available |
$24.75 |
$51,480 |
| Interior designers |
Not available |
$17.92 |
$37,280 |
| Internists, general |
Not available |
$91.05 |
$189,380 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers |
Not available |
$22.16 |
$46,090 |
| Lay-out workers, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$17.93 |
$37,300 |
| Motorboat mechanics |
Not available |
$13.77 |
$28,640 |
| Musical instrument repairers and tuners |
Not available |
$15.39 |
$32,010 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$13.79 |
$28,690 |
| Pediatricians, general |
Not available |
$56.04 |
$116,570 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
Not available |
$7.70 |
$16,020 |
| Photographic process workers |
Not available |
$17.26 |
$35,900 |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$89,430 |
| Power plant operators |
Not available |
$32.34 |
$67,260 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
Not available |
$12.71 |
$26,430 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$15.11 |
$31,430 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
Not available |
$17.49 |
$36,390 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$8.19 |
$17,040 |
| Shampooers |
Not available |
$8.67 |
$18,020 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
Not available |
$9.78 |
$20,340 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
Not available |
$27.33 |
$56,850 |
| Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters |
Not available |
$10.25 |
$21,320 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners |
Not available |
$21.66 |
$45,060 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
Not available |
$11.11 |
$23,100 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$28.91 |
$60,140 |
