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--electricians | Not available | $14.44 | $30,030 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $14.25 | $29,650 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | Not available | $13.15 | $27,340 |
| 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 |
