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 |
530,490 |
$21.74 |
$45,220 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
99,970 |
$16.23 |
$33,750 |
| Sales and related occupations |
61,290 |
$19.05 |
$39,620 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
42,100 |
$15.30 |
$31,820 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
39,610 |
$24.23 |
$50,400 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
38,110 |
$10.48 |
$21,790 |
| Production occupations |
31,460 |
$16.64 |
$34,610 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
29,040 |
$36.17 |
$75,230 |
| Management occupations |
23,950 |
$52.95 |
$110,140 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
22,310 |
$32.13 |
$66,820 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
21,310 |
$21.56 |
$44,840 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
18,290 |
$24.81 |
$51,600 |
| Retail salespersons |
17,940 |
$12.37 |
$25,730 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
16,760 |
$13.60 |
$28,290 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
16,230 |
$13.14 |
$27,320 |
| Cashiers |
16,200 |
$9.39 |
$19,530 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
14,260 |
$13.28 |
$27,630 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
12,630 |
$35.92 |
$74,710 |
| Protective service occupations |
12,000 |
$23.50 |
$48,880 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
10,990 |
$16.31 |
$33,930 |
| Registered nurses |
10,910 |
$33.42 |
$69,520 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
10,820 |
$13.40 |
$27,870 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
10,330 |
$8.82 |
$18,350 |
| Community and social services occupations |
10,140 |
$21.94 |
$45,630 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
9,950 |
$11.37 |
$23,660 |
| Office clerks, general |
9,280 |
$13.30 |
$27,660 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
7,910 |
$12.48 |
$25,950 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
7,850 |
$34.37 |
$71,490 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
7,670 |
$12.33 |
$25,660 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
7,270 |
$21.55 |
$44,820 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
7,030 |
$17.83 |
$37,090 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
6,950 |
Not available |
$60,570 |
| Customer service representatives |
6,860 |
$15.84 |
$32,940 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
6,850 |
$10.61 |
$22,070 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
6,660 |
$31.70 |
$65,930 |
| Teacher assistants |
6,450 |
Not available |
$23,150 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
6,000 |
$23.81 |
$49,530 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
5,820 |
$12.35 |
$25,700 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
5,330 |
Not available |
$62,300 |
| General and operations managers |
5,190 |
$69.04 |
$143,610 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
5,000 |
$29.58 |
$61,520 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
4,680 |
$20.94 |
$43,560 |
| Legal occupations |
4,540 |
$46.73 |
$97,210 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
4,480 |
$12.64 |
$26,300 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
4,440 |
$21.54 |
$44,800 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
4,020 |
Not available |
$59,990 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
3,950 |
$19.43 |
$40,420 |
| Accountants and auditors |
3,760 |
$34.22 |
$71,170 |
| Child care workers |
3,740 |
$10.11 |
$21,030 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
3,740 |
$10.80 |
$22,460 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
3,680 |
$35.83 |
$74,520 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
3,590 |
$16.45 |
$34,210 |
| Security guards |
3,480 |
$12.81 |
$26,640 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
3,390 |
$13.41 |
$27,900 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
3,310 |
$18.95 |
$39,420 |
| Helpers--production workers |
3,310 |
$9.99 |
$20,770 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
3,200 |
Not available |
$27,480 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
3,150 |
$31.26 |
$65,030 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
3,140 |
$16.48 |
$34,280 |
| Medical secretaries |
2,930 |
$17.46 |
$36,320 |
| Lawyers |
2,830 |
$58.87 |
$122,460 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
2,790 |
$23.40 |
$48,680 |
| Bus drivers, school |
2,770 |
$13.63 |
$28,360 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
2,770 |
$23.63 |
$49,150 |
| Tellers |
2,660 |
$11.71 |
$24,370 |
| Food preparation workers |
2,650 |
$10.38 |
$21,590 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
2,640 |
$31.65 |
$65,820 |
| Carpenters |
2,620 |
$23.88 |
$49,660 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
2,620 |
$16.17 |
$33,640 |
| Financial managers |
2,490 |
$54.11 |
$112,540 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
2,470 |
$28.05 |
$58,340 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
2,400 |
$29.35 |
$61,050 |
| Construction laborers |
2,350 |
$17.42 |
$36,240 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
2,350 |
$16.43 |
$34,170 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
2,290 |
$15.75 |
$32,760 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,220 |
$10.45 |
$21,730 |
| Managers, all other |
2,150 |
$43.93 |
$91,380 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
2,120 |
$38.93 |
$80,970 |
| Electricians |
2,070 |
$28.69 |
$59,670 |
| Bartenders |
2,060 |
$11.20 |
$23,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
2,010 |
$33.02 |
$68,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
2,010 |
$31.30 |
$65,110 |
| Computer systems analysts |
1,970 |
$37.72 |
$78,460 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
1,960 |
$9.75 |
$20,290 |
| Social and human service assistants |
1,960 |
$14.86 |
$30,910 |
| Home health aides |
1,950 |
$11.76 |
$24,470 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,930 |
$11.30 |
$23,510 |
| Driver/sales workers |
1,930 |
$11.91 |
$24,770 |
| Medical assistants |
1,930 |
$14.36 |
$29,860 |
| Computer support specialists |
1,920 |
$21.61 |
$44,960 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
1,900 |
$13.40 |
$27,870 |
| Bill and account collectors |
1,870 |
$14.91 |
$31,000 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
1,860 |
$12.53 |
$26,050 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
1,800 |
$30.51 |
$63,450 |
| Computer programmers |
1,730 |
$36.40 |
$75,710 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
1,690 |
$41.96 |
$87,280 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
1,640 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Sales managers |
1,640 |
$55.44 |
$115,310 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
1,630 |
$14.27 |
$29,680 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
1,620 |
$43.34 |
$90,150 |
| Legal secretaries |
1,620 |
$19.68 |
$40,930 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
1,590 |
Not available |
$56,250 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
1,570 |
Not available |
$72,050 |
| Loan officers |
1,550 |
$32.94 |
$68,510 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
1,540 |
$17.73 |
$36,880 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
1,520 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Printing machine operators |
1,520 |
$17.86 |
$37,140 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
1,470 |
$10.06 |
$20,930 |
| Word processors and typists |
1,450 |
$15.70 |
$32,650 |
| Dishwashers |
1,440 |
$9.00 |
$18,720 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
1,440 |
$17.71 |
$36,830 |
| Service station attendants |
1,420 |
$9.34 |
$19,420 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
1,400 |
$16.43 |
$34,180 |
| Pharmacists |
1,390 |
$50.68 |
$105,410 |
| Cooks, fast food |
1,370 |
$8.93 |
$18,570 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
1,330 |
$12.26 |
$25,490 |
| Data entry keyers |
1,330 |
$13.52 |
$28,120 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
1,330 |
$9.57 |
$19,910 |
| File clerks |
1,320 |
$12.35 |
$25,680 |
| Insurance sales agents |
1,320 |
$37.06 |
$77,090 |
| Machinists |
1,320 |
$22.27 |
$46,320 |
| Order clerks |
1,320 |
$15.69 |
$32,640 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
1,310 |
$9.45 |
$19,660 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
1,300 |
$42.47 |
$88,330 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
1,240 |
$58.75 |
$122,200 |
| Dental assistants |
1,230 |
$16.94 |
$35,230 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
1,210 |
$13.41 |
$27,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
1,200 |
$27.05 |
$56,250 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
1,200 |
$16.06 |
$33,410 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
1,170 |
$19.63 |
$40,840 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
1,170 |
$9.44 |
$19,630 |
| Personal and home care aides |
1,170 |
$13.01 |
$27,060 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
1,160 |
$24.64 |
$51,250 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
1,160 |
$15.39 |
$32,000 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
1,130 |
Not available |
$99,100 |
| Financial analysts |
1,130 |
$40.17 |
$83,540 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
1,130 |
$22.99 |
$47,820 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
1,090 |
$15.51 |
$32,250 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
1,090 |
$24.63 |
$51,230 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
1,080 |
$14.17 |
$29,480 |
| Team assemblers |
1,080 |
$13.23 |
$27,510 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
1,060 |
$10.60 |
$22,040 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
1,060 |
$14.80 |
$30,780 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
1,060 |
$22.63 |
$47,060 |
| Marriage and family therapists |
1,040 |
$26.63 |
$55,390 |
| Cooks, short order |
1,030 |
$10.18 |
$21,180 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
1,030 |
$69.48 |
$144,510 |
| Recreation workers |
1,030 |
$12.13 |
$25,240 |
| Management analysts |
1,020 |
$51.96 |
$108,070 |
| Medical and health services managers |
1,020 |
$46.04 |
$95,770 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
1,010 |
$21.28 |
$44,260 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
1,010 |
$21.39 |
$44,500 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
1,010 |
$14.53 |
$30,220 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
1,000 |
$23.87 |
$49,650 |
| Administrative services managers |
990 |
$46.52 |
$96,760 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
990 |
$20.49 |
$42,620 |
| Telemarketers |
990 |
$10.77 |
$22,400 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
980 |
$19.47 |
$40,500 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
970 |
$28.55 |
$59,380 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
970 |
$24.12 |
$50,170 |
| Engineering managers |
950 |
$66.64 |
$138,600 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
950 |
$17.97 |
$37,370 |
| All other information and record clerks |
940 |
$16.68 |
$34,700 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
940 |
$18.22 |
$37,890 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
930 |
$19.20 |
$39,930 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
910 |
$16.73 |
$34,810 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
900 |
Not available |
$60,710 |
| Mechanical engineers |
890 |
$37.07 |
$77,100 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
880 |
$27.05 |
$56,270 |
| Cost estimators |
860 |
$31.16 |
$64,820 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
860 |
$32.60 |
$67,800 |
| Psychiatric aides |
860 |
$15.38 |
$31,990 |
| Sheet metal workers |
860 |
$26.68 |
$55,490 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
860 |
Not available |
$58,370 |
| Production workers, all other |
850 |
$15.23 |
$31,680 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
840 |
$20.75 |
$43,160 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
840 |
$30.45 |
$63,330 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
840 |
$28.20 |
$58,660 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
830 |
$19.99 |
$41,580 |
| Construction managers |
820 |
$45.57 |
$94,780 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
820 |
$11.46 |
$23,830 |
| Graphic designers |
810 |
$20.99 |
$43,660 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
810 |
$12.18 |
$25,320 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
810 |
$28.28 |
$58,830 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
800 |
$29.84 |
$62,060 |
| Industrial production managers |
800 |
$48.86 |
$101,640 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
790 |
$20.84 |
$43,340 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
780 |
$25.83 |
$53,730 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
770 |
$11.60 |
$24,120 |
| Computer operators |
740 |
$19.12 |
$39,770 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
740 |
$28.58 |
$59,450 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
730 |
$12.52 |
$26,040 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
730 |
$34.17 |
$71,070 |
| Physical therapists |
730 |
$39.18 |
$81,490 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
700 |
$10.18 |
$21,170 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
700 |
$30.88 |
$64,240 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
700 |
$21.00 |
$43,680 |
| Electrical engineers |
690 |
$44.09 |
$91,710 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
680 |
Not available |
$59,370 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
670 |
$19.05 |
$39,620 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
660 |
$27.09 |
$56,340 |
| Parts salespersons |
660 |
$16.75 |
$34,850 |
| Librarians |
640 |
$30.07 |
$62,550 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
640 |
$18.48 |
$38,440 |
| Training and development specialists |
640 |
$26.25 |
$54,590 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
640 |
$23.28 |
$48,420 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
630 |
$20.26 |
$42,150 |
| Marketing managers |
620 |
$57.38 |
$119,350 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
620 |
$28.61 |
$59,500 |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers |
620 |
$26.10 |
$54,280 |
| Civil engineers |
610 |
$38.29 |
$79,650 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
600 |
$19.87 |
$41,340 |
| Library technicians |
600 |
$14.60 |
$30,370 |
| Crossing guards |
590 |
$10.94 |
$22,750 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
580 |
$43.31 |
$90,080 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
580 |
$10.05 |
$20,910 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
580 |
$19.38 |
$40,310 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
580 |
$26.02 |
$54,130 |
| Chemical technicians |
570 |
$20.00 |
$41,600 |
| Dental hygienists |
570 |
$35.72 |
$74,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
560 |
$24.30 |
$50,550 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
560 |
$15.70 |
$32,660 |
| Social and community service managers |
560 |
$34.23 |
$71,200 |
| Dentists, general |
550 |
$80.64 |
$167,730 |
| Food service managers |
550 |
$29.93 |
$62,260 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
550 |
$48.24 |
$100,330 |
| Bakers |
540 |
$13.26 |
$27,580 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
530 |
$10.94 |
$22,760 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
530 |
$19.78 |
$41,150 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
530 |
$12.80 |
$26,630 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
530 |
$23.48 |
$48,840 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
530 |
$19.73 |
$41,030 |
| Industrial engineers |
520 |
$39.41 |
$81,970 |
| Market research analysts |
520 |
$31.75 |
$66,050 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
520 |
$16.13 |
$33,550 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
510 |
$32.17 |
$66,920 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
510 |
$20.31 |
$42,240 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
510 |
$35.96 |
$74,790 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
500 |
$26.66 |
$55,460 |
| Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters |
490 |
$8.48 |
$17,640 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
480 |
$15.94 |
$33,150 |
| Fire fighters |
480 |
$28.70 |
$59,700 |
| Instructional coordinators |
480 |
$30.68 |
$63,810 |
| Mechanical drafters |
480 |
$26.37 |
$54,850 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
480 |
$24.29 |
$50,520 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
480 |
$17.08 |
$35,530 |
| Personal financial advisors |
470 |
$35.08 |
$72,970 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
470 |
$37.39 |
$77,780 |
| Postal service clerks |
460 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Travel agents |
450 |
$11.88 |
$24,710 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
440 |
$36.83 |
$76,600 |
| Family and general practitioners |
440 |
$63.11 |
$131,260 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
440 |
$13.35 |
$27,760 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
440 |
$20.30 |
$42,220 |
| Mental health counselors |
440 |
$21.14 |
$43,960 |
| Occupational therapists |
440 |
$37.64 |
$78,300 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
440 |
$18.54 |
$38,560 |
| Legislators |
430 |
Not available |
$36,460 |
| Coaches and scouts |
420 |
Not available |
$44,190 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers |
420 |
$16.58 |
$34,490 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
420 |
$28.38 |
$59,020 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
420 |
$21.28 |
$44,260 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
420 |
$19.97 |
$41,540 |
| Couriers and messengers |
410 |
$13.10 |
$27,250 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
410 |
$10.59 |
$22,020 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
410 |
$15.81 |
$32,890 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
410 |
$22.31 |
$46,410 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
400 |
$19.79 |
$41,170 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
390 |
$17.23 |
$35,840 |
| Insurance underwriters |
390 |
$33.66 |
$70,010 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
380 |
$16.61 |
$34,540 |
| Engineers, all other |
380 |
$38.23 |
$79,520 |
| Roofers |
380 |
$20.89 |
$43,460 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
380 |
$22.00 |
$45,760 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
370 |
$17.41 |
$36,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
370 |
$42.89 |
$89,210 |
| Internists, general |
370 |
$88.27 |
$183,610 |
| Public relations specialists |
370 |
$24.69 |
$51,360 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
360 |
$19.51 |
$40,580 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
360 |
$25.53 |
$53,110 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
360 |
$26.56 |
$55,250 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
360 |
$12.12 |
$25,220 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
350 |
$20.86 |
$43,380 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
350 |
$26.52 |
$55,160 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
350 |
$9.52 |
$19,800 |
| Purchasing managers |
350 |
$49.44 |
$102,840 |
| Real estate sales agents |
350 |
$21.32 |
$44,350 |
| Social workers, all other |
350 |
$23.25 |
$48,350 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
340 |
$29.47 |
$61,290 |
| Bindery workers |
340 |
$15.39 |
$32,000 |
| New accounts clerks |
340 |
$15.91 |
$33,090 |
| Food batchmakers |
330 |
$14.24 |
$29,620 |
| Sewing machine operators |
330 |
$12.33 |
$25,650 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
320 |
$16.45 |
$34,210 |
| Respiratory therapists |
320 |
$30.76 |
$63,980 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
310 |
$22.60 |
$47,010 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
310 |
$15.81 |
$32,880 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
310 |
$19.49 |
$40,540 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
300 |
$45.45 |
$94,540 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
300 |
$10.68 |
$22,220 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
300 |
$13.42 |
$27,910 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
300 |
$14.51 |
$30,180 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
290 |
$10.74 |
$22,330 |
| Floral designers |
290 |
$12.64 |
$26,300 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
290 |
$16.30 |
$33,910 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
280 |
$24.89 |
$51,770 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
280 |
$17.72 |
$36,860 |
| Procurement clerks |
280 |
$18.68 |
$38,860 |
| Sales engineers |
280 |
$41.26 |
$85,820 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
270 |
$31.50 |
$65,530 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
270 |
$22.34 |
$46,460 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
270 |
$25.52 |
$53,070 |
| Chemists |
270 |
$35.85 |
$74,560 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
270 |
$16.09 |
$33,460 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
270 |
$27.84 |
$57,900 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
270 |
$18.35 |
$38,170 |
| Pest control workers |
270 |
$15.63 |
$32,500 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
270 |
$10.47 |
$21,770 |
| Database administrators |
260 |
$36.59 |
$76,100 |
| Helpers--electricians |
260 |
$14.24 |
$29,620 |
| Shampooers |
260 |
$8.87 |
$18,450 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
260 |
Not available |
$61,060 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians |
250 |
$12.31 |
$25,610 |
| Chemical engineers |
250 |
$50.06 |
$104,120 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
250 |
$54.12 |
$112,570 |
| Logisticians |
240 |
$31.81 |
$66,170 |
| Veterinarians |
240 |
$42.76 |
$88,940 |
| Advertising sales agents |
230 |
$23.41 |
$48,690 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
230 |
$33.89 |
$70,480 |
| Editors |
230 |
$29.30 |
$60,940 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
230 |
$27.49 |
$57,180 |
| Funeral directors |
230 |
$24.51 |
$50,980 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
230 |
$34.44 |
$71,640 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
230 |
$13.82 |
$28,740 |
| Pediatricians, general |
230 |
$72.96 |
$151,750 |
| Pharmacy aides |
230 |
$9.45 |
$19,660 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
220 |
$30.77 |
$64,000 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
220 |
$31.61 |
$65,750 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
220 |
$22.47 |
$46,740 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand |
220 |
$9.75 |
$20,280 |
| Elevator installers and repairers |
220 |
$32.99 |
$68,610 |
| Environmental engineers |
220 |
$36.50 |
$75,930 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
220 |
$44.34 |
$92,220 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
220 |
$30.73 |
$63,910 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
210 |
$28.97 |
$60,250 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
210 |
$30.29 |
$63,000 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
210 |
$57.36 |
$119,310 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
210 |
$12.97 |
$26,980 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
210 |
$15.74 |
$32,740 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
210 |
$21.02 |
$43,730 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
200 |
$11.47 |
$23,870 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
190 |
$15.96 |
$33,200 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
190 |
$23.39 |
$48,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
190 |
$24.25 |
$50,440 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
190 |
$15.12 |
$31,440 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
190 |
$20.01 |
$41,630 |
| Surgeons |
190 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
190 |
$7.94 |
$16,510 |
| Carpet installers |
180 |
$24.12 |
$50,170 |
| Crane and tower operators |
180 |
$28.09 |
$58,440 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
180 |
$18.63 |
$38,740 |
| Millwrights |
180 |
$26.85 |
$55,850 |
| Surgical technologists |
180 |
$19.97 |
$41,530 |
| Chief executives |
170 |
$91.93 |
$191,220 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
170 |
$11.95 |
$24,870 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
170 |
$18.12 |
$37,690 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
170 |
$18.33 |
$38,120 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers |
170 |
$40.73 |
$84,710 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
170 |
$12.46 |
$25,930 |
| Massage therapists |
170 |
$29.82 |
$62,020 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
Not available |
$75,900 |
| Photographers |
170 |
$20.27 |
$42,170 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other |
170 |
$25.42 |
$52,880 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
160 |
$27.39 |
$56,980 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
160 |
$16.22 |
$33,730 |
| Education administrators, all other |
160 |
$38.45 |
$79,980 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
160 |
$28.06 |
$58,350 |
| Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other |
160 |
$17.27 |
Not available |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
160 |
$15.74 |
$32,730 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
160 |
$24.20 |
$50,330 |
| Public relations managers |
160 |
$53.20 |
$110,650 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
150 |
$26.37 |
$54,860 |
| Health educators |
150 |
$24.94 |
$51,880 |
| Interior designers |
150 |
$23.78 |
$49,460 |
| Physician assistants |
150 |
$42.84 |
$89,100 |
| Surveyors |
150 |
$28.53 |
$59,330 |
| Tile and marble setters |
150 |
$20.11 |
$41,830 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
140 |
Not available |
$74,620 |
| Credit analysts |
140 |
$31.62 |
$65,770 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
140 |
$26.11 |
$54,310 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
140 |
$17.70 |
$36,820 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators |
140 |
$27.80 |
$57,830 |
| Job printers |
140 |
$18.62 |
$38,730 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates |
140 |
$56.23 |
$116,960 |
| Law clerks |
140 |
$16.80 |
$34,940 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
140 |
$13.22 |
$27,490 |
| Operations research analysts |
140 |
$41.13 |
$85,560 |
| Podiatrists |
140 |
$56.28 |
$117,060 |
| Tax preparers |
140 |
$16.83 |
$35,000 |
| Technical writers |
140 |
$30.18 |
$62,770 |
| Woodworkers, all other |
140 |
$11.36 |
$23,620 |
| Chemical plant and system operators |
130 |
$27.76 |
$57,750 |
| Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment |
130 |
$13.79 |
$28,680 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
130 |
Not available |
$69,480 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
130 |
$10.30 |
$21,420 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
130 |
$13.71 |
$28,510 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
130 |
$14.36 |
$29,860 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
130 |
$16.15 |
$33,590 |
| Tool and die makers |
130 |
$19.23 |
$40,010 |
| Training and development managers |
130 |
$49.59 |
$103,160 |
| Budget analysts |
120 |
$30.10 |
$62,610 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders |
120 |
$11.06 |
$23,000 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
120 |
$48.77 |
$101,440 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles |
120 |
$13.28 |
$27,620 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
120 |
$12.84 |
$26,710 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
120 |
$15.66 |
$32,570 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
120 |
$36.59 |
$76,100 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
120 |
$10.83 |
$22,540 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
120 |
$19.85 |
$41,280 |
| Boilermakers |
110 |
$20.47 |
$42,580 |
| Clergy |
110 |
$24.35 |
$50,650 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
110 |
$13.31 |
$27,690 |
| Home appliance repairers |
110 |
$17.36 |
$36,110 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
110 |
$25.09 |
$52,190 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
110 |
$23.15 |
$48,160 |
| Optometrists |
110 |
$47.05 |
$97,850 |
| Petroleum engineers |
110 |
$61.77 |
$128,490 |
| Psychiatrists |
110 |
$90.61 |
$188,460 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
110 |
$20.14 |
$41,880 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
100 |
$25.76 |
$53,580 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders |
100 |
$15.93 |
$33,130 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
100 |
$13.84 |
$28,790 |
| Natural sciences managers |
100 |
$70.78 |
$147,220 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
100 |
$94.97 |
$197,530 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
100 |
$24.22 |
$50,380 |
| Recreational therapists |
100 |
$21.70 |
$45,140 |
| Skin care specialists |
100 |
$18.98 |
$39,490 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
100 |
$15.87 |
$33,020 |
| Writers and authors |
100 |
$25.03 |
$52,060 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
90 |
$51.55 |
$107,230 |
| Dietetic technicians |
90 |
$12.66 |
$26,330 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
90 |
$18.84 |
$39,190 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas |
90 |
$22.51 |
$46,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
90 |
$38.85 |
$80,810 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
90 |
$17.49 |
$36,370 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
90 |
$16.34 |
$34,000 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
90 |
$15.47 |
$32,180 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
90 |
$28.08 |
$58,410 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
90 |
$24.36 |
$50,660 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants |
90 |
$11.83 |
$24,610 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
90 |
$14.00 |
$29,130 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
90 |
Not available |
$80,110 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers |
90 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Reporters and correspondents |
90 |
$22.48 |
$46,750 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$85,880 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$85,160 |
| Glaziers |
80 |
$23.27 |
$48,410 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
80 |
$36.17 |
$75,220 |
| Loan counselors |
80 |
$22.18 |
$46,130 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
80 |
$15.64 |
$32,530 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
80 |
$33.45 |
$69,580 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
70 |
$48.21 |
$100,280 |
| Art directors |
70 |
$32.33 |
$67,240 |
| Chiropractors |
70 |
$38.55 |
$80,190 |
| Emergency management specialists |
70 |
$25.64 |
$53,320 |
| Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators |
70 |
$22.71 |
$47,240 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
70 |
$14.12 |
$29,380 |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products |
70 |
$8.84 |
$18,400 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$93,380 |
| Lodging managers |
70 |
$23.31 |
$48,480 |
| Materials engineers |
70 |
$40.15 |
$83,520 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$81,360 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
70 |
$17.65 |
$36,710 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers |
70 |
$20.40 |
$42,430 |
| Transportation inspectors |
70 |
$32.60 |
$67,810 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$76,930 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
60 |
$25.13 |
$52,260 |
| Desktop publishers |
60 |
$23.52 |
$48,920 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
60 |
$20.56 |
$42,770 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
60 |
$21.43 |
$44,580 |
| Media and communication equipment workers, all other |
60 |
$24.26 |
$50,470 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
60 |
$19.66 |
$40,890 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers |
60 |
$16.55 |
$34,430 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians |
60 |
$29.09 |
$60,500 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other |
60 |
$31.91 |
$66,380 |
| Athletic trainers |
50 |
Not available |
$48,900 |
| Biological technicians |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$74,230 |
| Financial examiners |
50 |
$33.98 |
$70,680 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers |
50 |
$21.20 |
$44,100 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
50 |
$46.75 |
$97,240 |
| Interpreters and translators |
50 |
$20.02 |
$41,630 |
| Motorcycle mechanics |
50 |
$16.38 |
$34,060 |
| Orthodontists |
50 |
$91.60 |
$190,520 |
| Transportation workers, all other |
50 |
$14.55 |
$30,270 |
| Actuaries |
40 |
$57.60 |
$119,810 |
| Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers |
40 |
$47.48 |
$98,770 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
40 |
$27.32 |
$56,830 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products |
40 |
$37.00 |
$76,960 |
| Radiation therapists |
40 |
$46.30 |
$96,310 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$87,190 |
| Animal control workers |
30 |
$18.42 |
$38,320 |
| Biochemists and biophysicists |
30 |
$50.21 |
$104,430 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary |
30 |
Not available |
$77,630 |
| Conservation scientists |
30 |
$32.86 |
$68,350 |
| Furniture finishers |
30 |
$13.67 |
$28,440 |
| History teachers, postsecondary |
30 |
Not available |
$86,740 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
30 |
$19.02 |
$39,560 |
| Sound engineering technicians |
30 |
$24.14 |
$50,210 |
| Agricultural inspectors |
Not available |
$20.85 |
$43,360 |
| Anesthesiologists |
Not available |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Animal trainers |
Not available |
$18.21 |
$37,870 |
| Barbers |
Not available |
$15.03 |
$31,250 |
| Brokerage clerks |
Not available |
$21.13 |
$43,950 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders |
Not available |
$10.92 |
$22,700 |
| Coil winders, tapers, and finishers |
Not available |
$12.90 |
$26,830 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
Not available |
$15.41 |
$32,060 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
Not available |
$44.51 |
$92,590 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$16.63 |
$34,600 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$17.53 |
$36,470 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
Not available |
$14.16 |
$29,440 |
| Cooks, all other |
Not available |
$14.83 |
$30,840 |
| Counselors, all other |
Not available |
$18.99 |
$39,490 |
| Court reporters |
Not available |
$24.53 |
$51,020 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$19.33 |
$40,200 |
| Drafters, all other |
Not available |
$21.47 |
$44,660 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians |
Not available |
$16.08 |
$33,440 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
Not available |
$15.28 |
$31,790 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
Not available |
$22.07 |
$45,910 |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders |
Not available |
$15.57 |
$32,390 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$17.42 |
$36,240 |
| Grounds maintenance workers, all other |
Not available |
$18.69 |
$38,870 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons |
Not available |
$15.05 |
$31,310 |
| Helpers--roofers |
Not available |
$16.01 |
$33,310 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
Not available |
$24.35 |
$50,660 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
Not available |
$22.35 |
$46,500 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
Not available |
$11.22 |
$23,350 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
Not available |
$22.16 |
$46,100 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
Not available |
$16.52 |
$34,360 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
Not available |
$14.55 |
$30,260 |
| Occupational health and safety technicians |
Not available |
$20.98 |
$43,640 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$14.26 |
$29,660 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
Not available |
$19.43 |
$40,400 |
| Parking lot attendants |
Not available |
$10.62 |
$22,090 |
| Physical therapist aides |
Not available |
$13.50 |
$28,080 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons |
Not available |
$15.94 |
$33,160 |
| Producers and directors |
Not available |
$13.35 |
$27,770 |
| Psychiatric technicians |
Not available |
$20.78 |
$43,210 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
Not available |
$11.60 |
$24,130 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
Not available |
$19.22 |
$39,970 |
| Sewers, hand |
Not available |
$9.08 |
$18,900 |
| Slaughterers and meat packers |
Not available |
$12.84 |
$26,710 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
Not available |
$29.80 |
$61,980 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
Not available |
$10.85 |
$22,570 |
| Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other |
Not available |
$13.48 |
$28,040 |
| Upholsterers |
Not available |
$11.17 |
$23,240 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
Not available |
$16.90 |
$35,140 |
