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 | 29,860 | $20.32 | $42,270 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 5,900 | $16.13 | $33,550 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 2,600 | $9.25 | $19,250 |
| Production occupations | 2,550 | $14.99 | $31,170 |
| Sales and related occupations | 2,450 | $14.62 | $30,420 |
| Management occupations | 1,850 | $38.96 | $81,040 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 1,660 | $37.46 | $77,920 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,630 | $28.68 | $59,660 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 1,130 | $23.41 | $48,690 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 1,120 | $19.89 | $41,380 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 1,110 | $12.76 | $26,540 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 1,020 | $17.95 | $37,340 |
| Protective service occupations | 970 | Not available | Not available |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 920 | $11.62 | $24,170 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 800 | $10.71 | $22,270 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 750 | $14.01 | $29,140 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 740 | $28.86 | $60,030 |
| Office clerks, general | 730 | $13.28 | $27,630 |
| Cashiers | 680 | $10.01 | $20,820 |
| Retail salespersons | 680 | $12.37 | $25,740 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 640 | $30.31 | $63,030 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 600 | $18.09 | $37,620 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 590 | $7.64 | $15,890 |
| Registered nurses | 580 | $31.73 | $65,990 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 490 | $27.52 | $57,250 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 480 | $10.79 | $22,450 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 480 | $8.03 | $16,700 |
| General and operations managers | 470 | $41.41 | $86,130 |
| Community and social services occupations | 440 | $25.07 | $52,150 |
| Legal occupations | 430 | $41.89 | $87,120 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 380 | $12.40 | $25,790 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 370 | $10.89 | $22,660 |
| Management analysts | 360 | $29.48 | $61,320 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 350 | $27.95 | $58,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 340 | $20.57 | $42,790 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 330 | $33.68 | $70,050 |
| Customer service representatives | 310 | $15.79 | $32,850 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 310 | $13.42 | $27,910 |
| Accountants and auditors | 300 | $28.64 | $59,570 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 290 | $11.42 | $23,750 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 290 | $15.42 | $32,080 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 280 | $11.70 | $24,330 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 270 | $23.47 | $48,830 |
| Helpers--production workers | 260 | $13.28 | $27,630 |
| Civil engineers | 250 | $31.26 | $65,020 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 250 | $19.15 | $39,830 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 250 | $17.16 | $35,690 |
| Managers, all other | 240 | $41.10 | $85,490 |
| Lawyers | 220 | $48.87 | $101,650 |
| Bartenders | 210 | $8.07 | $16,790 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 200 | $22.17 | $46,110 |
| Team assemblers | 200 | $12.23 | $25,440 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 190 | $14.33 | $29,800 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 190 | $10.16 | $21,130 |
| Computer support specialists | 180 | $22.48 | $46,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 180 | $27.73 | $57,680 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 180 | $12.99 | $27,020 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 180 | $9.40 | $19,540 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 170 | $20.52 | $42,670 |
| Machinists | 170 | $17.84 | $37,110 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 160 | $18.67 | $38,830 |
| Dishwashers | 160 | $9.45 | $19,660 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 160 | $13.10 | $27,240 |
| Tellers | 160 | $12.72 | $26,460 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 150 | $7.75 | $16,120 |
| Medical assistants | 150 | $15.12 | $31,450 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 150 | $14.03 | $29,180 |
| Carpenters | 140 | $25.89 | $53,850 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 140 | $30.99 | $64,460 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 140 | $17.29 | $35,970 |
| Gaming dealers | 140 | $7.06 | $14,680 |
| Financial managers | 130 | $45.03 | $93,660 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 130 | $31.82 | $66,180 |
| Food preparation workers | 130 | $9.89 | $20,580 |
| Gaming change persons and booth cashiers | 130 | $7.87 | $16,380 |
| Electricians | 120 | $24.27 | $50,480 |
| Home health aides | 120 | $9.93 | $20,650 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 120 | $22.82 | $47,470 |
| Administrative services managers | 110 | $32.87 | $68,370 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 110 | $16.68 | $34,690 |
| Construction managers | 110 | $42.43 | $88,260 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 110 | $31.93 | $66,420 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 110 | $16.11 | $33,510 |
| Security guards | 110 | $13.85 | $28,800 |
| Construction laborers | 100 | $18.84 | $39,200 |
| Insurance sales agents | 100 | $18.37 | $38,200 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 100 | $9.80 | $20,390 |
| Parts salespersons | 100 | $14.22 | $29,580 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 100 | $15.50 | $32,230 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 100 | $12.10 | $25,160 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 100 | $17.74 | $36,900 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 90 | $12.42 | $25,840 |
| Bill and account collectors | 90 | $15.29 | $31,810 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 90 | $9.50 | $19,760 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 90 | $29.29 | $60,920 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 90 | $17.49 | $36,380 |
| Medical and health services managers | 90 | $45.83 | $95,330 |
| Bakers | 80 | $9.26 | $19,270 |
| Child care workers | 80 | $8.98 | $18,670 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 80 | $39.46 | $82,080 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 80 | $13.10 | $27,240 |
| Engineering managers | 80 | $48.20 | $100,250 |
| Legal secretaries | 80 | $20.30 | $42,220 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 70 | $12.12 | $25,210 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 70 | $12.83 | $26,680 |
| Gaming supervisors | 70 | $16.00 | $33,270 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 70 | $13.00 | $27,030 |
| Loan officers | 70 | $30.79 | $64,040 |
| Pharmacists | 70 | $53.74 | $111,780 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 70 | $17.39 | $36,160 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 60 | $17.89 | $37,200 |
| Dental assistants | 60 | $18.98 | $39,480 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 60 | $11.45 | $23,820 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 60 | $10.30 | $21,410 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 60 | $7.85 | $16,330 |
| Public relations specialists | 60 | $26.05 | $54,180 |
| Sales managers | 60 | $53.60 | $111,490 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 60 | $18.54 | $38,550 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 60 | $12.63 | $26,270 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 50 | $21.29 | $44,280 |
| Environmental engineers | 50 | $34.99 | $72,770 |
| Family and general practitioners | 50 | $84.25 | $175,240 |
| File clerks | 50 | $10.65 | $22,140 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | 50 | $8.72 | $18,140 |
| Gaming cage workers | 50 | $11.57 | $24,070 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 50 | $13.67 | $28,430 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 50 | $8.75 | $18,190 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 50 | $18.20 | $37,850 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 50 | $14.32 | $29,780 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 50 | $17.21 | $35,800 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 50 | $24.38 | $50,720 |
| Real estate sales agents | 50 | $28.31 | $58,870 |
| Social and community service managers | 50 | $31.90 | $66,360 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 40 | $28.23 | $58,710 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 40 | $28.58 | $59,450 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 40 | $15.71 | $32,680 |
| Food service managers | 40 | $20.53 | $42,710 |
| Industrial production managers | 40 | $29.25 | $60,850 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 40 | $21.35 | $44,410 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 40 | $16.86 | $35,070 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 40 | $21.90 | $45,560 |
| Physical therapists | 40 | $34.74 | $72,250 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 40 | $32.38 | $67,360 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 40 | $28.02 | $58,270 |
| Tool and die makers | 40 | $22.07 | $45,900 |
| Training and development specialists | 40 | $27.45 | $57,100 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 30 | $24.99 | $51,980 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 30 | $19.46 | $40,470 |
| Cooks, short order | 30 | $9.92 | $20,640 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 30 | $9.41 | $19,580 |
| Dentists, general | 30 | $86.04 | $178,960 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 30 | $10.53 | $21,900 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 30 | $14.99 | $31,180 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 30 | $22.74 | $47,310 |
| Hydrologists | 30 | $36.27 | $75,430 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 30 | $14.95 | $31,100 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 30 | $25.09 | $52,200 |
| Order clerks | 30 | $11.89 | $24,740 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 30 | $11.73 | $24,400 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 30 | $15.01 | $31,210 |
| Cooks, fast food | Not available | $7.85 | $16,320 |
| Counter and rental clerks | Not available | $10.47 | $21,780 |
| Dental hygienists | Not available | $43.74 | $90,980 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | Not available | $14.07 | $29,260 |
| Helpers--carpenters | Not available | $13.81 | $28,730 |
| Helpers--electricians | Not available | $11.90 | $24,760 |
| Home appliance repairers | Not available | $17.62 | $36,660 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | Not available | $21.79 | $45,320 |
| Medical secretaries | Not available | $14.89 | $30,960 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $29.38 | $61,110 |
| Printing machine operators | Not available | $22.18 | $46,130 |
| Surgeons | Not available | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | Not available | $27.26 | $56,700 |
