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 |
113,460 |
$20.89 |
$43,460 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
18,170 |
$15.96 |
$33,210 |
| Sales and related occupations |
11,390 |
$16.68 |
$34,690 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
9,560 |
$11.57 |
$24,070 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
8,230 |
$20.43 |
$42,500 |
| Production occupations |
7,810 |
$16.19 |
$33,670 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
6,790 |
$34.53 |
$71,830 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
5,760 |
$15.31 |
$31,850 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
5,440 |
$28.67 |
$59,640 |
| Management occupations |
5,020 |
$47.75 |
$99,330 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
4,830 |
$19.29 |
$40,130 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
4,810 |
$19.43 |
$40,420 |
| Retail salespersons |
4,090 |
$13.01 |
$27,050 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
3,780 |
$36.28 |
$75,450 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
3,290 |
$12.38 |
$25,750 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
3,260 |
$33.25 |
$69,170 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
2,890 |
$12.19 |
$25,360 |
| Cashiers |
2,620 |
$9.50 |
$19,770 |
| Community and social services occupations |
2,590 |
$18.54 |
$38,560 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
2,580 |
$21.90 |
$45,540 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
2,530 |
$13.43 |
$27,930 |
| Registered nurses |
2,080 |
$31.85 |
$66,240 |
| Customer service representatives |
1,950 |
$16.04 |
$33,360 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
1,880 |
$17.05 |
$35,460 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
1,880 |
$19.15 |
$39,830 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1,880 |
$30.07 |
$62,540 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
1,850 |
$12.48 |
$25,950 |
| Teacher assistants |
1,800 |
Not available |
$24,060 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,780 |
$12.17 |
$25,320 |
| Protective service occupations |
1,760 |
$17.58 |
$36,560 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
1,750 |
$13.93 |
$28,980 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
1,280 |
$9.85 |
$20,480 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,220 |
$32.45 |
$67,500 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
1,170 |
Not available |
$27,720 |
| General and operations managers |
1,150 |
$51.58 |
$107,290 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,150 |
$13.15 |
$27,340 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
1,150 |
$11.19 |
$23,280 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
1,080 |
$11.63 |
$24,180 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
1,020 |
$26.98 |
$56,120 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,010 |
Not available |
$53,100 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
1,000 |
$18.20 |
$37,850 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
990 |
$21.73 |
$45,200 |
| Office clerks, general |
990 |
$13.29 |
$27,640 |
| Carpenters |
970 |
$20.46 |
$42,550 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
960 |
$16.94 |
$35,240 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
950 |
$24.83 |
$51,640 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
940 |
$13.42 |
$27,910 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
900 |
$11.93 |
$24,810 |
| Computer support specialists |
860 |
$22.77 |
$47,360 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
830 |
$9.94 |
$20,670 |
| Legal occupations |
810 |
$38.86 |
$80,830 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
800 |
$16.19 |
$33,680 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
790 |
$12.48 |
$25,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
770 |
$24.39 |
$50,720 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
750 |
Not available |
$51,880 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
700 |
$18.12 |
$37,680 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
650 |
$14.44 |
$30,030 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
590 |
$17.81 |
$37,050 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
590 |
$17.03 |
$35,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
590 |
$26.27 |
$54,640 |
| Food preparation workers |
590 |
$10.07 |
$20,940 |
| Personal and home care aides |
590 |
$9.79 |
$20,370 |
| Public relations specialists |
560 |
$25.06 |
$52,130 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
510 |
Not available |
$53,440 |
| Security guards |
510 |
$12.30 |
$25,590 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
500 |
$14.16 |
$29,460 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
500 |
$10.08 |
$20,960 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
490 |
$38.47 |
$80,020 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
490 |
$13.90 |
$28,920 |
| Team assemblers |
490 |
$17.56 |
$36,530 |
| Coaches and scouts |
480 |
Not available |
$46,440 |
| Lawyers |
480 |
$49.44 |
$102,830 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
470 |
$20.52 |
$42,680 |
| Dishwashers |
460 |
$9.84 |
$20,470 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
460 |
$20.45 |
$42,530 |
| Bartenders |
450 |
$11.36 |
$23,630 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
450 |
$11.76 |
$24,460 |
| Cooks, fast food |
440 |
$9.68 |
$20,130 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
440 |
$28.06 |
$58,360 |
| Home health aides |
430 |
$10.34 |
$21,510 |
| Order clerks |
430 |
$12.45 |
$25,900 |
| Child care workers |
420 |
$9.76 |
$20,300 |
| Construction laborers |
420 |
$14.07 |
$29,260 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
420 |
$12.78 |
$26,590 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
420 |
$22.39 |
$46,560 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
410 |
$15.81 |
$32,890 |
| Data entry keyers |
410 |
$14.63 |
$30,430 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
410 |
$28.63 |
$59,560 |
| Market research analysts |
410 |
$23.85 |
$49,600 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
410 |
$31.14 |
$64,760 |
| Computer programmers |
400 |
$39.05 |
$81,210 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
400 |
$14.85 |
$30,880 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
390 |
$41.91 |
$87,180 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
390 |
$28.56 |
$59,400 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
380 |
$18.48 |
$38,440 |
| Medical secretaries |
360 |
$19.25 |
$40,040 |
| Medical assistants |
350 |
$14.81 |
$30,810 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
350 |
$18.71 |
$38,910 |
| Social and human service assistants |
350 |
$15.71 |
$32,680 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
340 |
$11.29 |
$23,480 |
| Parts salespersons |
340 |
$15.25 |
$31,730 |
| Tellers |
340 |
$12.52 |
$26,040 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
330 |
$11.28 |
$23,470 |
| Sales managers |
330 |
$52.72 |
$109,650 |
| Electricians |
320 |
$21.87 |
$45,480 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
320 |
$16.55 |
$34,420 |
| Insurance sales agents |
320 |
$27.44 |
$57,080 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
320 |
$13.89 |
$28,890 |
| Medical and health services managers |
310 |
$59.27 |
$123,290 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
310 |
$72.03 |
$149,830 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
300 |
$43.27 |
$90,000 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
290 |
$13.90 |
$28,920 |
| Bakers |
280 |
$12.95 |
$26,940 |
| Computer systems analysts |
280 |
$37.33 |
$77,640 |
| Cost estimators |
280 |
$28.78 |
$59,860 |
| Graphic designers |
280 |
$22.85 |
$47,520 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
280 |
$28.00 |
$58,240 |
| Cooks, short order |
270 |
$10.80 |
$22,470 |
| Engineering managers |
270 |
$63.41 |
$131,900 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
270 |
$12.56 |
$26,120 |
| Marketing managers |
270 |
$53.34 |
$110,950 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
270 |
$24.02 |
$49,970 |
| Recreation workers |
270 |
$13.70 |
$28,510 |
| Dental hygienists |
260 |
$27.79 |
$57,790 |
| Driver/sales workers |
260 |
$12.15 |
$25,270 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
260 |
$53.18 |
$110,610 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
260 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
250 |
$11.53 |
$23,970 |
| Mechanical engineers |
250 |
$39.29 |
$81,730 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
250 |
$13.02 |
$27,080 |
| Chief executives |
240 |
$64.65 |
$134,470 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
240 |
$10.13 |
$21,060 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
240 |
$31.76 |
$66,050 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
230 |
$33.31 |
$69,290 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
230 |
$9.83 |
$20,450 |
| Financial managers |
230 |
$52.10 |
$108,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
230 |
$36.33 |
$75,560 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
230 |
$16.86 |
$35,070 |
| Bus drivers, school |
220 |
$13.67 |
$28,430 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
220 |
$13.11 |
$27,270 |
| Construction managers |
220 |
$46.32 |
$96,350 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
220 |
Not available |
$74,920 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
220 |
$17.58 |
$36,560 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
220 |
$14.60 |
$30,360 |
| Physical therapists |
220 |
$30.79 |
$64,050 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
220 |
$26.07 |
$54,230 |
| Management analysts |
210 |
$33.99 |
$70,700 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
210 |
$16.77 |
$34,880 |
| Bill and account collectors |
200 |
$17.85 |
$37,120 |
| Civil engineers |
200 |
$33.04 |
$68,720 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
200 |
$55.32 |
$115,060 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
200 |
$12.94 |
$26,920 |
| Loan officers |
200 |
$24.97 |
$51,930 |
| Pharmacists |
200 |
$49.94 |
$103,880 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
200 |
$21.12 |
$43,930 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
200 |
$19.73 |
$41,030 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
190 |
$14.76 |
$30,690 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
190 |
$21.12 |
$43,920 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
190 |
$26.26 |
$54,630 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
190 |
$30.68 |
$63,810 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
190 |
$26.67 |
$55,470 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
190 |
$31.72 |
$65,970 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
190 |
$14.49 |
$30,130 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
180 |
$18.37 |
$38,210 |
| Logisticians |
180 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Producers and directors |
180 |
$21.30 |
$44,310 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
180 |
$21.90 |
$45,550 |
| Sheet metal workers |
180 |
$19.94 |
$41,480 |
| Training and development specialists |
180 |
$24.98 |
$51,970 |
| Advertising sales agents |
170 |
$23.50 |
$48,880 |
| Couriers and messengers |
170 |
$11.91 |
$24,770 |
| Industrial engineers |
170 |
$37.58 |
$78,160 |
| Librarians |
170 |
$23.38 |
$48,640 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
170 |
$10.71 |
$22,270 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
170 |
$26.00 |
$54,090 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
170 |
Not available |
$53,690 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
170 |
Not available |
$50,170 |
| Surgeons |
170 |
$88.85 |
$184,810 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
160 |
$25.65 |
$53,360 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
160 |
$18.35 |
$38,160 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
160 |
$14.25 |
$29,640 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
160 |
$24.18 |
$50,290 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
160 |
$19.91 |
$41,410 |
| Internists, general |
160 |
$52.61 |
$109,430 |
| Managers, all other |
160 |
$36.98 |
$76,910 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
150 |
$32.90 |
$68,440 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
150 |
$16.74 |
$34,820 |
| Dental assistants |
150 |
$17.11 |
$35,600 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
150 |
$15.27 |
$31,760 |
| Helpers--production workers |
150 |
$11.64 |
$24,210 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
140 |
$18.21 |
$37,870 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
140 |
$20.45 |
$42,530 |
| Financial analysts |
140 |
$35.88 |
$74,630 |
| Fire fighters |
140 |
$16.62 |
$34,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
140 |
$18.36 |
$38,190 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
140 |
$15.67 |
$32,590 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
140 |
$16.56 |
$34,440 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
140 |
$11.01 |
$22,900 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
140 |
$18.91 |
$39,330 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
140 |
$14.94 |
$31,080 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
140 |
$16.64 |
$34,600 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
140 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
140 |
Not available |
$52,970 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
130 |
$25.67 |
$53,400 |
| Industrial production managers |
130 |
$44.86 |
$93,310 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
130 |
Not available |
$51,220 |
| Legal secretaries |
130 |
$19.00 |
$39,510 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
130 |
$9.18 |
$19,090 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
130 |
$13.07 |
$27,190 |
| Pediatricians, general |
130 |
$54.84 |
$114,070 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
130 |
$13.51 |
$28,110 |
| Tax preparers |
130 |
$19.51 |
$40,580 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
130 |
$25.85 |
$53,770 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
130 |
$11.94 |
$24,840 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
120 |
$10.39 |
$21,600 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
120 |
$31.69 |
$65,910 |
| Editors |
120 |
$19.25 |
$40,030 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
120 |
$19.12 |
$39,770 |
| Food service managers |
120 |
$23.81 |
$49,520 |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products |
120 |
$10.56 |
$21,950 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
120 |
$21.17 |
$44,040 |
| Home appliance repairers |
120 |
$15.29 |
$31,800 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
120 |
$18.47 |
$38,420 |
| Library technicians |
120 |
$13.90 |
$28,900 |
| Machinists |
120 |
$16.15 |
$33,600 |
| Personal financial advisors |
120 |
$27.05 |
$56,250 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
110 |
$37.20 |
$77,370 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
110 |
$22.54 |
$46,890 |
| Bindery workers |
110 |
$13.75 |
$28,600 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
110 |
$16.79 |
$34,930 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
110 |
$20.31 |
$42,240 |
| Dentists, general |
110 |
$89.80 |
$186,780 |
| Electrical engineers |
110 |
$35.26 |
$73,350 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
110 |
$37.82 |
$78,660 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
110 |
$16.65 |
$34,640 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
110 |
$17.06 |
$35,480 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
110 |
$9.92 |
$20,640 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
110 |
$11.99 |
$24,950 |
| Mechanical drafters |
110 |
$27.69 |
$57,590 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
110 |
$19.53 |
$40,620 |
| Social and community service managers |
110 |
$26.89 |
$55,940 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
110 |
$11.82 |
$24,590 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
110 |
$18.66 |
$38,800 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
100 |
$23.05 |
$47,930 |
| All other information and record clerks |
100 |
$17.22 |
$35,810 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
100 |
$26.05 |
$54,190 |
| Database administrators |
100 |
$27.31 |
$56,800 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
100 |
$18.87 |
$39,250 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
100 |
$28.04 |
$58,320 |
| Family and general practitioners |
100 |
$52.51 |
$109,230 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
100 |
$12.97 |
$26,970 |
| File clerks |
100 |
$14.31 |
$29,760 |
| Insurance underwriters |
100 |
$27.58 |
$57,370 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
100 |
$14.76 |
$30,690 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
100 |
$29.42 |
$61,200 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
100 |
$17.89 |
$37,200 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
100 |
$29.32 |
$60,990 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
90 |
$21.19 |
$44,070 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
90 |
$22.51 |
$46,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
90 |
$17.47 |
$36,340 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
90 |
$15.88 |
$33,030 |
| Job printers |
90 |
$19.96 |
$41,510 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
90 |
$23.52 |
$48,920 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
90 |
$13.47 |
$28,010 |
| Pipelayers |
90 |
$20.36 |
$42,350 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
90 |
$17.41 |
$36,200 |
| Procurement clerks |
90 |
$18.22 |
$37,900 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
90 |
$22.38 |
$46,540 |
| Public relations managers |
90 |
$37.36 |
$77,710 |
| Purchasing managers |
90 |
$41.74 |
$86,810 |
| Residential advisors |
90 |
$13.72 |
$28,550 |
| Technical writers |
90 |
$23.58 |
$49,060 |
| Administrative services managers |
80 |
$27.97 |
$58,170 |
| Chemical technicians |
80 |
$17.28 |
$35,940 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
80 |
$31.97 |
$66,500 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
80 |
$17.98 |
$37,390 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
80 |
$34.29 |
$71,330 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
80 |
$17.15 |
$35,680 |
| Environmental engineers |
80 |
$33.83 |
$70,360 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
80 |
$14.47 |
$30,100 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
80 |
$15.42 |
$32,070 |
| Postal service clerks |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Radio and television announcers |
80 |
$16.19 |
$33,680 |
| Respiratory therapists |
80 |
$25.10 |
$52,200 |
| Sewing machine operators |
80 |
$11.26 |
$23,430 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
80 |
$39.24 |
$81,620 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
80 |
$19.07 |
$39,670 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
70 |
$16.39 |
$34,090 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
70 |
$20.17 |
$41,960 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
70 |
$12.92 |
$26,860 |
| Desktop publishers |
70 |
$18.61 |
$38,700 |
| Engineers, all other |
70 |
$47.27 |
$98,330 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
70 |
$10.34 |
$21,510 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
70 |
$19.62 |
$40,820 |
| Parking lot attendants |
70 |
$12.72 |
$26,450 |
| Physician assistants |
70 |
$42.00 |
$87,350 |
| Psychiatrists |
70 |
$43.34 |
$90,150 |
| Veterinarians |
70 |
$37.23 |
$77,430 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
$19.40 |
$40,340 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
60 |
$19.10 |
$39,730 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
60 |
$15.69 |
$32,630 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
60 |
$23.85 |
$49,610 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
60 |
$15.98 |
$33,230 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
60 |
$16.34 |
$33,980 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
60 |
$19.68 |
$40,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
60 |
$18.86 |
$39,220 |
| Food batchmakers |
60 |
$14.57 |
$30,310 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
60 |
$15.15 |
$31,510 |
| Instructional coordinators |
60 |
$25.83 |
$53,730 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
60 |
$17.01 |
$35,390 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
60 |
$23.18 |
$48,210 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
60 |
$15.83 |
$32,920 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
60 |
$24.38 |
$50,710 |
| Pharmacy aides |
60 |
$9.19 |
$19,110 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
60 |
$19.55 |
$40,660 |
| Printing machine operators |
60 |
$17.69 |
$36,790 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
60 |
$17.24 |
$35,870 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
60 |
$12.57 |
$26,140 |
| Urban and regional planners |
60 |
$23.94 |
$49,800 |
| Writers and authors |
60 |
$24.34 |
$50,620 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
50 |
$21.81 |
$45,370 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
50 |
$19.12 |
$39,760 |
| Chemists |
50 |
$23.88 |
$49,670 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
50 |
$15.26 |
$31,730 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
50 |
$29.70 |
$61,780 |
| Floral designers |
50 |
$14.43 |
$30,020 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
50 |
$67.38 |
$140,140 |
| Occupational therapists |
50 |
$28.37 |
$59,010 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
50 |
$17.43 |
$36,250 |
| Sales engineers |
50 |
$30.87 |
$64,220 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
50 |
$15.17 |
$31,560 |
| Transportation workers, all other |
50 |
$14.90 |
$31,000 |
| Art directors |
40 |
$21.17 |
$44,040 |
| Broadcast technicians |
40 |
$14.05 |
$29,220 |
| Clergy |
40 |
$22.35 |
$46,480 |
| Credit analysts |
40 |
$23.24 |
$48,330 |
| Curators |
40 |
$24.92 |
$51,840 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
40 |
$28.96 |
$60,240 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$47,450 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
40 |
$37.87 |
$78,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
40 |
$18.31 |
$38,090 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
40 |
$24.15 |
$50,230 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
40 |
$13.95 |
$29,010 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
40 |
$19.94 |
$41,470 |
| Interior designers |
40 |
$21.96 |
$45,680 |
| Loan counselors |
40 |
$17.06 |
$35,480 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
40 |
$19.75 |
$41,080 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
40 |
$18.68 |
$38,850 |
| Stonemasons |
40 |
$22.12 |
$46,020 |
| Surgical technologists |
40 |
$18.70 |
$38,890 |
| Telemarketers |
40 |
$14.06 |
$29,250 |
| Tour guides and escorts |
40 |
$11.79 |
$24,530 |
| Travel agents |
40 |
$15.22 |
$31,650 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
40 |
$10.90 |
$22,670 |
| Word processors and typists |
40 |
$14.62 |
$30,410 |
| Biological technicians |
30 |
$21.09 |
$43,870 |
| Education administrators, all other |
30 |
$26.18 |
$54,460 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay |
30 |
$26.32 |
$54,750 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
30 |
$29.60 |
$61,580 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators |
30 |
$15.99 |
$33,270 |
| Funeral directors |
30 |
$28.85 |
$60,010 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
30 |
$51.69 |
$107,510 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
30 |
$22.13 |
$46,040 |
| Photographers |
30 |
$19.11 |
$39,750 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
30 |
$18.59 |
$38,670 |
| Bicycle repairers |
Not available |
$11.16 |
$23,210 |
| Brokerage clerks |
Not available |
$21.14 |
$43,960 |
| Computer operators |
Not available |
$14.72 |
$30,620 |
| Conservation scientists |
Not available |
$26.64 |
$55,400 |
| Crossing guards |
Not available |
$14.77 |
$30,730 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$17.15 |
$35,660 |
| Dietetic technicians |
Not available |
$12.79 |
$26,610 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
Not available |
$44.64 |
$92,860 |
| Health educators |
Not available |
$20.76 |
$43,180 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
Not available |
$12.57 |
$26,150 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall |
Not available |
$14.29 |
$29,730 |
| Interpreters and translators |
Not available |
$17.27 |
$35,920 |
| Landscape architects |
Not available |
$23.19 |
$48,240 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$20.43 |
$42,490 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$13.70 |
$28,490 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$17.17 |
$35,710 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
Not available |
$13.68 |
$28,450 |
| Operations research analysts |
Not available |
$47.51 |
$98,820 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
Not available |
$16.41 |
$34,140 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
Not available |
$15.18 |
$31,570 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
Not available |
Not available |
$61,250 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
Not available |
$22.45 |
$46,700 |
| Real estate sales agents |
Not available |
$38.94 |
$80,990 |
| Surveyors |
Not available |
$21.46 |
$44,630 |
| Tool and die makers |
Not available |
$18.41 |
$38,300 |
