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 | $75.00 | 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--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 90 | $15.47 | $32,180 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 90 | $16.34 | $34,000 |
| 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 | $75.00 | 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 |
