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 | 59,880 | $16.11 | $33,510 |
| Production occupations | 8,710 | $12.30 | $25,580 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 8,430 | $14.25 | $29,650 |
| Sales and related occupations | 7,360 | $13.43 | $27,930 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 5,560 | $9.03 | $18,770 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 4,760 | $12.67 | $26,360 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 3,650 | $18.43 | $38,330 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 3,060 | $27.20 | $56,580 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,890 | $17.18 | $35,740 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 2,830 | $15.43 | $32,100 |
| Management occupations | 2,470 | $43.61 | $90,710 |
| Retail salespersons | 2,360 | $10.11 | $21,030 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 2,150 | $11.16 | $23,220 |
| Cashiers | 2,040 | $8.21 | $17,080 |
| Team assemblers | 1,910 | $10.76 | $22,380 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,740 | $7.75 | $16,110 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 1,580 | $10.58 | $22,010 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,560 | $26.06 | $54,210 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,470 | $8.72 | $18,130 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,310 | $9.78 | $20,350 |
| Home health aides | 1,140 | $9.49 | $19,730 |
| Registered nurses | 1,070 | $26.06 | $54,200 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 980 | $17.37 | $36,130 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 920 | $28.65 | $59,600 |
| Customer service representatives | 910 | $14.83 | $30,850 |
| General and operations managers | 910 | $52.45 | $109,100 |
| Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders | 900 | $11.17 | $23,240 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 890 | $10.77 | $22,400 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 850 | $14.61 | $30,380 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 850 | $10.40 | $21,620 |
| Protective service occupations | 830 | $17.42 | $36,230 |
| Office clerks, general | 800 | $11.50 | $23,920 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 790 | $17.12 | $35,610 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 780 | $16.89 | $35,130 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 770 | $14.03 | $29,180 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 760 | $10.07 | $20,940 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 690 | $10.28 | $21,390 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 680 | $20.59 | $42,830 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 610 | $18.64 | $38,780 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 610 | $21.60 | $44,920 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 600 | $11.77 | $24,490 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 580 | $9.71 | $20,210 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 520 | $17.18 | $35,730 |
| Community and social services occupations | 520 | $18.90 | $39,320 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 510 | $19.93 | $41,460 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 460 | $9.88 | $20,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 440 | $16.63 | $34,590 |
| Teacher assistants | 440 | Not available | $18,330 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 430 | Not available | $40,700 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 430 | $11.84 | $24,630 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 410 | $20.91 | $43,490 |
| Food preparation workers | 400 | $8.75 | $18,200 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 400 | $11.33 | $23,560 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 400 | $12.11 | $25,180 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 390 | $27.83 | $57,880 |
| Sewing machine operators | 370 | $10.51 | $21,860 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 370 | $13.89 | $28,890 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 350 | $10.49 | $21,830 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 340 | $18.11 | $37,670 |
| Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders | 340 | $9.72 | $20,230 |
| Helpers--production workers | 330 | $9.74 | $20,250 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 330 | $8.30 | $17,260 |
| Accountants and auditors | 320 | $27.80 | $57,830 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 320 | $14.87 | $30,920 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 310 | $25.18 | $52,380 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 310 | $11.71 | $24,370 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 300 | $9.96 | $20,710 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 280 | $23.97 | $49,850 |
| Machinists | 280 | $12.28 | $25,540 |
| Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders | 280 | $10.90 | $22,680 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 270 | $26.29 | $54,690 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 270 | $17.52 | $36,450 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 250 | $7.76 | $16,150 |
| Construction laborers | 240 | $11.66 | $24,260 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 240 | $9.35 | $19,440 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 230 | $34.28 | $71,310 |
| Computer support specialists | 230 | $21.65 | $45,030 |
| Electricians | 230 | $18.76 | $39,020 |
| Personal and home care aides | 230 | $9.05 | $18,830 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 230 | Not available | Not available |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 220 | $7.69 | $16,000 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 220 | $12.86 | $26,740 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 220 | $18.72 | $38,940 |
| Driver/sales workers | 210 | $10.73 | $22,320 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 210 | $32.35 | $67,290 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 210 | $11.96 | $24,870 |
| Carpenters | 200 | $13.62 | $28,320 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 200 | $21.21 | $44,120 |
| Tellers | 200 | $12.07 | $25,100 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 190 | $28.84 | $59,980 |
| Recreation workers | 190 | $11.33 | $23,570 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 180 | $14.27 | $29,680 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 180 | $15.24 | $31,700 |
| Dishwashers | 180 | $7.80 | $16,220 |
| Medical assistants | 180 | $14.72 | $30,610 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 180 | Not available | Not available |
| Tire repairers and changers | 180 | $10.50 | $21,840 |
| Computer systems analysts | 170 | $34.13 | $70,980 |
| Industrial production managers | 170 | $36.00 | $74,890 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 160 | $7.71 | $16,050 |
| Financial managers | 160 | $40.13 | $83,460 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 160 | $10.28 | $21,380 |
| Parts salespersons | 160 | $11.73 | $24,390 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 160 | $8.13 | $16,910 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 150 | Not available | $41,910 |
| Bill and account collectors | 140 | $14.04 | $29,210 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 140 | $15.24 | $31,710 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 140 | $15.58 | $32,410 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 140 | $13.67 | $28,440 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 140 | $48.44 | $100,750 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 140 | $7.60 | $15,820 |
| Fire fighters | 140 | $16.90 | $35,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 140 | $22.92 | $47,670 |
| Legal occupations | 140 | $34.45 | $71,650 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 140 | $12.99 | $27,020 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 140 | $12.04 | $25,040 |
| Child care workers | 130 | $8.86 | $18,420 |
| Coaches and scouts | 130 | Not available | $36,320 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 130 | $23.71 | $49,320 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 130 | $10.29 | $21,410 |
| Insurance underwriters | 130 | $25.08 | $52,170 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 120 | $18.84 | $39,190 |
| Construction managers | 120 | $38.93 | $80,970 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 120 | $10.41 | $21,640 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 120 | $11.49 | $23,910 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 120 | $8.89 | $18,500 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 120 | $14.70 | $30,580 |
| Sales managers | 120 | $40.59 | $84,430 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 110 | $15.47 | $32,180 |
| Helpers--electricians | 110 | $12.02 | $25,000 |
| Loan officers | 110 | $20.80 | $43,260 |
| Printing machine operators | 110 | $12.34 | $25,670 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 110 | $22.84 | $47,500 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 110 | $23.61 | $49,120 |
| Data entry keyers | 100 | $11.12 | $23,130 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 100 | $7.57 | $15,750 |
| Food service managers | 100 | $28.56 | $59,400 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 100 | $13.70 | $28,490 |
| Pharmacists | 100 | $50.00 | $104,000 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 100 | $16.48 | $34,280 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 90 | $21.57 | $44,860 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 90 | $15.50 | $32,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 90 | $22.40 | $46,580 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 90 | $16.32 | $33,950 |
| Managers, all other | 90 | $34.39 | $71,530 |
| Medical and health services managers | 90 | $47.50 | $98,790 |
| Medical secretaries | 90 | $12.70 | $26,420 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 90 | $9.49 | $19,740 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 90 | $24.31 | $50,570 |
| Security guards | 90 | $16.93 | $35,220 |
| Bartenders | 80 | $9.45 | $19,650 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 80 | $23.55 | $48,980 |
| Cost estimators | 80 | $22.72 | $47,260 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 80 | Not available | $60,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 80 | $23.01 | $47,860 |
| Lawyers | 80 | $41.69 | $86,720 |
| Mechanical engineers | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Order clerks | 80 | $13.51 | $28,090 |
| Real estate brokers | 80 | $20.73 | $43,110 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 80 | $12.01 | $24,980 |
| Computer programmers | 70 | $23.68 | $49,260 |
| Graphic designers | 70 | $18.30 | $38,070 |
| Industrial engineers | 70 | $29.48 | $61,320 |
| Insurance sales agents | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Job printers | 70 | $19.38 | $40,300 |
| Legal secretaries | 70 | $17.55 | $36,510 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 70 | $30.20 | $62,820 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 70 | $13.78 | $28,660 |
| Pipelayers | 70 | $13.52 | $28,120 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 70 | $18.43 | $38,340 |
| Social and human service assistants | 70 | $12.00 | $24,970 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 60 | $18.25 | $37,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 60 | $12.89 | $26,820 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 60 | $16.63 | $34,580 |
| Librarians | 60 | $23.08 | $48,010 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 60 | $14.47 | $30,100 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 60 | $14.07 | $29,270 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 60 | $13.61 | $28,300 |
| Training and development specialists | 60 | $25.85 | $53,780 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 60 | $10.89 | $22,650 |
| Administrative services managers | 50 | $32.03 | $66,620 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 50 | $15.24 | $31,690 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 50 | $11.79 | $24,530 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 50 | $18.95 | $39,410 |
| File clerks | 50 | $10.21 | $21,230 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 50 | $18.45 | $38,370 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 50 | Not available | $38,760 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 50 | $8.52 | $17,720 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 50 | $14.45 | $30,060 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 50 | $25.30 | $52,620 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Production workers, all other | 50 | $11.40 | $23,720 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 50 | $15.24 | $31,710 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 40 | $16.37 | $34,050 |
| Civil engineers | 40 | $39.00 | $81,120 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 40 | $13.85 | $28,810 |
| Funeral directors | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Instructional coordinators | 40 | $23.22 | $48,290 |
| Marketing managers | 40 | $58.34 | $121,350 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 40 | $21.50 | $44,720 |
| Physical therapists | 40 | $35.51 | $73,860 |
| Postal service clerks | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Public relations specialists | 40 | $21.21 | $44,130 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Speech-language pathologists | 40 | $26.05 | $54,190 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 40 | $14.82 | $30,830 |
| Veterinarians | 40 | $36.14 | $75,170 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 40 | $11.07 | $23,030 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 40 | $15.17 | $31,560 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 30 | $18.51 | $38,490 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 30 | $21.04 | $43,770 |
| Database administrators | 30 | $28.08 | $58,400 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 30 | $21.31 | $44,330 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 30 | $12.72 | $26,460 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 30 | $16.63 | $34,600 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 30 | $23.43 | $48,730 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 30 | $17.09 | $35,540 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 30 | $17.46 | $36,310 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 30 | $15.15 | $31,510 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 30 | $28.10 | $58,460 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 30 | $13.41 | $27,890 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 30 | $16.43 | $34,180 |
| Bus drivers, school | Not available | $10.08 | $20,970 |
| Computer specialists, all other | Not available | $23.14 | $48,130 |
| Cooks, fast food | Not available | $7.36 | $15,310 |
| Dental assistants | Not available | $17.15 | $35,680 |
| Dental hygienists | Not available | $27.36 | $56,910 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | Not available | $15.23 | $31,680 |
| Family and general practitioners | Not available | $87.58 | $182,170 |
| Financial specialists, all other | Not available | $29.26 | $60,870 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | Not available | $7.43 | $15,460 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | Not available | $18.35 | $38,170 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | Not available | $11.26 | $23,420 |
| Helpers--carpenters | Not available | $10.45 | $21,730 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | Not available | $8.71 | $18,130 |
| Mental health counselors | Not available | $17.78 | $36,980 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | Not available | Not available | $34,840 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | Not available | $13.56 | $28,200 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | Not available | Not available | $40,100 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | Not available | $18.20 | $37,850 |
| Service station attendants | Not available | $9.01 | $18,740 |
| Social and community service managers | Not available | $22.25 | $46,280 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | Not available | Not available | $22,550 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $12.40 | $25,790 |
