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 |
146,610 |
$17.37 |
$36,120 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
27,620 |
$13.48 |
$28,050 |
| Sales and related occupations |
15,860 |
$15.50 |
$32,240 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
12,060 |
$14.46 |
$30,080 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
11,960 |
$20.66 |
$42,980 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
11,080 |
$8.36 |
$17,390 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
8,910 |
$27.66 |
$57,530 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
7,540 |
$18.13 |
$37,700 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
6,610 |
$18.98 |
$39,470 |
| Production occupations |
6,390 |
$17.84 |
$37,110 |
| Office clerks, general |
6,080 |
$11.85 |
$24,650 |
| Management occupations |
6,030 |
$35.08 |
$72,970 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
5,520 |
$25.05 |
$52,110 |
| Retail salespersons |
4,870 |
$11.11 |
$23,110 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
4,650 |
$10.07 |
$20,950 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
4,470 |
$7.43 |
$15,450 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
4,340 |
$9.47 |
$19,710 |
| Cashiers |
4,020 |
$7.72 |
$16,060 |
| Registered nurses |
3,500 |
$26.00 |
$54,080 |
| Protective service occupations |
3,210 |
$13.76 |
$28,630 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
2,890 |
$15.35 |
$31,920 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
2,750 |
$9.81 |
$20,400 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
2,710 |
$11.51 |
$23,930 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
2,540 |
$28.37 |
$59,010 |
| Community and social services occupations |
2,540 |
$15.39 |
$32,010 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,510 |
$9.41 |
$19,580 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
2,340 |
$12.14 |
$25,240 |
| Legal occupations |
2,110 |
$32.18 |
$66,930 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
1,970 |
$13.28 |
$27,620 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
1,930 |
$29.70 |
$61,770 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
1,890 |
$24.04 |
$50,000 |
| Customer service representatives |
1,890 |
$12.38 |
$25,760 |
| General and operations managers |
1,860 |
$37.42 |
$77,820 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
1,860 |
$19.13 |
$39,800 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
1,820 |
$8.19 |
$17,040 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1,660 |
$21.82 |
$45,380 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,660 |
$15.34 |
$31,910 |
| Construction laborers |
1,640 |
$17.57 |
$36,550 |
| Security guards |
1,600 |
$9.88 |
$20,550 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
1,410 |
$16.81 |
$34,960 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,360 |
$22.08 |
$45,930 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,300 |
$27.22 |
$56,610 |
| Home health aides |
1,300 |
$7.93 |
$16,500 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,290 |
Not available |
$43,340 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
1,280 |
$17.69 |
$36,790 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,270 |
$10.99 |
$22,860 |
| Carpenters |
1,220 |
$18.32 |
$38,110 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,210 |
$9.80 |
$20,380 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,190 |
Not available |
$42,100 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,120 |
$16.59 |
$34,500 |
| Lawyers |
1,050 |
$44.08 |
$91,680 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
940 |
$10.38 |
$21,600 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
930 |
$8.60 |
$17,880 |
| Personal and home care aides |
910 |
$8.26 |
$17,170 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
840 |
$32.55 |
$67,710 |
| Telemarketers |
840 |
$17.60 |
$36,600 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
810 |
$13.24 |
$27,530 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
810 |
$12.76 |
$26,550 |
| Electricians |
790 |
$23.84 |
$49,580 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
790 |
$24.66 |
$51,290 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
780 |
$13.43 |
$27,930 |
| Data entry keyers |
780 |
$13.63 |
$28,350 |
| Teacher assistants |
770 |
Not available |
$23,380 |
| Team assemblers |
770 |
$19.40 |
$40,350 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
760 |
$25.09 |
$52,180 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
760 |
$15.39 |
$32,000 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
750 |
$8.89 |
$18,490 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
750 |
$19.77 |
$41,130 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
720 |
$25.89 |
$53,840 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
720 |
$9.32 |
$19,400 |
| Driver/sales workers |
720 |
$12.13 |
$25,230 |
| Medical assistants |
720 |
$11.68 |
$24,290 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
710 |
$17.93 |
$37,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
700 |
$29.15 |
$60,630 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
680 |
$16.89 |
$35,130 |
| Helpers--extraction workers |
670 |
$17.92 |
$37,270 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
650 |
$13.93 |
$28,970 |
| Food preparation workers |
630 |
$8.65 |
$18,000 |
| Chief executives |
620 |
$52.21 |
$108,610 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
620 |
$14.34 |
$29,820 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
610 |
$18.00 |
$37,440 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
610 |
$23.70 |
$49,300 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
600 |
$20.59 |
$42,830 |
| Tellers |
570 |
$9.97 |
$20,730 |
| Mine cutting and channeling machine operators |
560 |
$21.16 |
$44,000 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
540 |
$8.69 |
$18,070 |
| Computer programmers |
530 |
$23.30 |
$48,460 |
| Social and human service assistants |
530 |
$9.21 |
$19,150 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
520 |
$21.23 |
$44,170 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
500 |
$27.31 |
$56,810 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
500 |
$17.92 |
$37,260 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
490 |
$21.29 |
$44,280 |
| Machinists |
460 |
$19.37 |
$40,280 |
| Child care workers |
440 |
$8.04 |
$16,710 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
440 |
$8.51 |
$17,710 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
440 |
$20.74 |
$43,150 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
440 |
$10.97 |
$22,820 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
440 |
Not available |
$41,660 |
| Civil engineers |
420 |
$30.31 |
$63,040 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
420 |
$10.78 |
$22,430 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
420 |
Not available |
$42,050 |
| Computer support specialists |
410 |
$16.69 |
$34,720 |
| Insurance sales agents |
410 |
$26.77 |
$55,680 |
| Roof bolters, mining |
410 |
$22.91 |
$47,650 |
| Legal secretaries |
400 |
$16.10 |
$33,490 |
| Cooks, fast food |
390 |
$7.25 |
$15,070 |
| Bus drivers, school |
380 |
$11.14 |
$23,180 |
| Medical and health services managers |
380 |
$29.49 |
$61,340 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
380 |
$18.78 |
$39,070 |
| Continuous mining machine operators |
370 |
$22.91 |
$47,650 |
| Dental assistants |
370 |
$11.85 |
$24,650 |
| Financial managers |
370 |
$35.99 |
$74,860 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
370 |
$64.56 |
$134,280 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
370 |
$13.46 |
$28,000 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
370 |
Not available |
$47,210 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
360 |
$19.94 |
$41,470 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
360 |
Not available |
$57,760 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
360 |
$8.22 |
$17,090 |
| Administrative services managers |
350 |
$28.17 |
$58,590 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
350 |
$11.84 |
$24,630 |
| Pharmacists |
350 |
$52.69 |
$109,600 |
| Sheet metal workers |
350 |
$18.29 |
$38,030 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
340 |
$26.47 |
$55,060 |
| Managers, all other |
340 |
$30.08 |
$62,560 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
330 |
$16.22 |
$33,730 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
330 |
Not available |
$36,360 |
| Parts salespersons |
320 |
$13.72 |
$28,540 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
320 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Real estate sales agents |
320 |
$18.01 |
$37,470 |
| Dishwashers |
310 |
$7.79 |
$16,200 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
310 |
$11.39 |
$23,690 |
| Helpers--production workers |
310 |
$14.08 |
$29,290 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
310 |
$17.32 |
$36,030 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
310 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other |
310 |
$16.51 |
$34,330 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
300 |
$11.17 |
$23,220 |
| Bill and account collectors |
290 |
$12.56 |
$26,130 |
| Public relations specialists |
290 |
$20.51 |
$42,660 |
| Shuttle car operators |
290 |
$21.63 |
$44,980 |
| Bartenders |
280 |
$8.87 |
$18,450 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
270 |
$19.77 |
$41,130 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
270 |
$27.03 |
$56,230 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
270 |
$19.51 |
$40,580 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
260 |
$22.97 |
$47,790 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
260 |
$21.14 |
$43,970 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
250 |
$17.18 |
$35,740 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
250 |
$34.16 |
$71,050 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
250 |
$7.94 |
$16,510 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
240 |
$15.55 |
$32,350 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
240 |
$7.84 |
$16,310 |
| Order clerks |
240 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
230 |
Not available |
$43,160 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
220 |
$10.80 |
$22,470 |
| New accounts clerks |
220 |
$12.09 |
$25,150 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
220 |
$18.03 |
$37,500 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
210 |
$18.32 |
$38,100 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
210 |
$21.29 |
$44,270 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
210 |
$16.02 |
$33,330 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
210 |
$10.43 |
$21,700 |
| Couriers and messengers |
200 |
$10.03 |
$20,870 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
200 |
$11.94 |
$24,840 |
| Advertising sales agents |
190 |
$23.94 |
$49,790 |
| Chemical technicians |
190 |
$16.00 |
$33,290 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
190 |
$13.43 |
$27,920 |
| Computer systems analysts |
190 |
$31.51 |
$65,540 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
190 |
Not available |
$49,520 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
190 |
$14.35 |
$29,850 |
| Loan officers |
190 |
$23.79 |
$49,470 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
190 |
$10.15 |
$21,100 |
| Surgical technologists |
190 |
$15.05 |
$31,300 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
180 |
$8.13 |
$16,910 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
180 |
$12.26 |
$25,490 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
180 |
$16.54 |
$34,410 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
180 |
$27.53 |
$57,270 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
180 |
Not available |
$38,300 |
| Wellhead pumpers |
180 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
170 |
$10.67 |
$22,190 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
170 |
$36.19 |
$75,270 |
| Computer operators |
170 |
$15.52 |
$32,290 |
| Cost estimators |
170 |
$23.39 |
$48,660 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
170 |
$14.65 |
$30,480 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
170 |
$8.42 |
$17,510 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
170 |
$14.34 |
$29,830 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
170 |
$22.56 |
$46,930 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
170 |
$10.64 |
$22,130 |
| Rotary drill operators, oil and gas |
170 |
$18.82 |
$39,150 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
170 |
$22.58 |
$46,960 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
170 |
$17.10 |
$35,560 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
160 |
$24.31 |
$50,570 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
160 |
$12.89 |
$26,820 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
160 |
$7.62 |
$15,850 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
160 |
$27.62 |
$57,460 |
| Financial analysts |
160 |
$26.16 |
$54,410 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
160 |
$8.31 |
$17,290 |
| Mental health counselors |
160 |
$18.12 |
$37,690 |
| Pharmacy aides |
160 |
$8.56 |
$17,790 |
| Physical therapists |
160 |
$35.48 |
$73,790 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
160 |
$12.06 |
$25,080 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
160 |
$9.34 |
$19,430 |
| Training and development specialists |
160 |
$25.05 |
$52,090 |
| File clerks |
150 |
$11.31 |
$23,520 |
| Management analysts |
150 |
$32.77 |
$68,150 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
150 |
$9.94 |
$20,680 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
150 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Surveyors |
150 |
$19.88 |
$41,350 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
140 |
$15.82 |
$32,910 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
140 |
$24.47 |
$50,890 |
| Dental hygienists |
140 |
$24.01 |
$49,940 |
| Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters |
140 |
$21.61 |
$44,960 |
| Food service managers |
140 |
$19.51 |
$40,590 |
| Graphic designers |
140 |
$18.88 |
$39,270 |
| Insurance underwriters |
140 |
$33.41 |
$69,490 |
| Librarians |
140 |
$21.45 |
$44,610 |
| Mechanical engineers |
140 |
$42.30 |
$87,980 |
| Printing machine operators |
140 |
$12.75 |
$26,520 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
140 |
$33.31 |
$69,280 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
130 |
$19.78 |
$41,140 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
130 |
$7.63 |
$15,870 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
130 |
$24.47 |
$50,890 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
130 |
$21.57 |
$44,870 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
130 |
$41.37 |
$86,050 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
130 |
$10.02 |
$20,850 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
130 |
$18.92 |
$39,350 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
130 |
$18.89 |
$39,290 |
| Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers |
130 |
$36.42 |
$75,760 |
| Sales managers |
130 |
$37.23 |
$77,440 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
130 |
$9.98 |
$20,760 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
120 |
$22.42 |
$46,640 |
| Chemical engineers |
120 |
$45.86 |
$95,380 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
120 |
$23.86 |
$49,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
120 |
$26.12 |
$54,320 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
120 |
$12.10 |
$25,160 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates |
120 |
$28.68 |
$59,640 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
120 |
$8.72 |
$18,140 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
120 |
$12.67 |
$26,360 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
120 |
$24.65 |
$51,280 |
| Physician assistants |
120 |
$37.25 |
$77,480 |
| Recreation workers |
120 |
$12.01 |
$24,970 |
| Roofers |
120 |
$13.94 |
$29,000 |
| Social and community service managers |
120 |
$23.90 |
$49,720 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
120 |
$24.10 |
$50,130 |
| All other information and record clerks |
110 |
$16.75 |
$34,840 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
110 |
$34.56 |
$71,880 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
110 |
$12.24 |
$25,460 |
| Engineers, all other |
110 |
$27.47 |
$57,150 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
110 |
$13.25 |
$27,560 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
110 |
$16.04 |
$33,370 |
| Industrial production managers |
110 |
$38.24 |
$79,530 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
110 |
$12.70 |
$26,420 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
110 |
$28.44 |
$59,150 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
110 |
$15.93 |
$33,130 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
110 |
$25.33 |
$52,680 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
110 |
Not available |
$39,330 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
110 |
$7.08 |
$14,720 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
100 |
$16.59 |
$34,500 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
100 |
$21.43 |
$44,580 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
100 |
$16.50 |
$34,310 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
100 |
$13.36 |
$27,780 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
100 |
$13.07 |
$27,180 |
| Engineering managers |
100 |
$49.71 |
$103,410 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
100 |
$20.80 |
$43,250 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
100 |
$15.05 |
$31,290 |
| Postal service clerks |
100 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
100 |
$34.07 |
$70,870 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
$15.57 |
$32,400 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
90 |
Not available |
$45,510 |
| Coaches and scouts |
90 |
Not available |
$31,370 |
| Database administrators |
90 |
$25.67 |
$53,390 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
90 |
$19.82 |
$41,230 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
90 |
$17.43 |
$36,250 |
| Environmental engineers |
90 |
$29.24 |
$60,810 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
90 |
$17.93 |
$37,290 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
90 |
$9.02 |
$18,760 |
| Chemists |
80 |
$31.24 |
$64,980 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
80 |
$20.87 |
$43,410 |
| Family and general practitioners |
80 |
$95.69 |
$199,040 |
| Legislators |
80 |
Not available |
$29,050 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
80 |
$7.52 |
$15,650 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
80 |
$20.51 |
$42,660 |
| Mechanical drafters |
80 |
$21.27 |
$44,240 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
80 |
$30.88 |
$64,230 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
80 |
$19.73 |
$41,030 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
80 |
$13.47 |
$28,010 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
80 |
$23.52 |
$48,930 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
70 |
$21.04 |
$43,770 |
| Construction managers |
70 |
$38.14 |
$79,320 |
| Cooks, short order |
70 |
$9.07 |
$18,860 |
| Crane and tower operators |
70 |
$15.57 |
$32,390 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
70 |
$19.18 |
$39,900 |
| Editors |
70 |
$20.39 |
$42,420 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
70 |
$32.13 |
$66,830 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
70 |
$26.00 |
$54,070 |
| Floral designers |
70 |
$9.85 |
$20,500 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
70 |
$25.61 |
$53,260 |
| Library technicians |
70 |
$10.95 |
$22,770 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
70 |
$16.68 |
$34,690 |
| Occupational therapists |
70 |
$30.68 |
$63,810 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
70 |
$14.11 |
$29,350 |
| Radio and television announcers |
70 |
$11.48 |
$23,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
60 |
$19.05 |
$39,620 |
| Health educators |
60 |
$15.86 |
$32,990 |
| Industrial engineers |
60 |
$33.83 |
$70,360 |
| Instructional coordinators |
60 |
$22.80 |
$47,420 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
60 |
$21.44 |
$44,590 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
60 |
$23.90 |
$49,700 |
| Photographers |
60 |
$13.64 |
$28,370 |
| Pipelayers |
60 |
$16.14 |
$33,570 |
| Procurement clerks |
60 |
$14.93 |
$31,050 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
60 |
$9.80 |
$20,390 |
| Dentists, general |
50 |
$69.98 |
$145,560 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
50 |
$24.85 |
$51,680 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
50 |
$27.49 |
$57,190 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
50 |
$16.35 |
$34,000 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
50 |
$33.49 |
$69,660 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
50 |
$18.13 |
$37,710 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$54,620 |
| Petroleum engineers |
50 |
$51.54 |
$107,200 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
50 |
$9.20 |
$19,130 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
50 |
$8.19 |
$17,040 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
50 |
$18.15 |
$37,750 |
| Word processors and typists |
50 |
$12.94 |
$26,910 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
40 |
$19.27 |
$40,080 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
40 |
$27.71 |
$57,640 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$45,300 |
| Financial examiners |
40 |
$36.33 |
$75,560 |
| Gas compressor and gas pumping station operators |
40 |
$21.85 |
$45,450 |
| Interpreters and translators |
40 |
$10.73 |
$22,320 |
| Market research analysts |
40 |
$21.91 |
$45,560 |
| Marketing managers |
40 |
$37.24 |
$77,470 |
| Massage therapists |
40 |
$15.33 |
$31,880 |
| Motorcycle mechanics |
40 |
$10.42 |
$21,670 |
| Parking lot attendants |
40 |
$7.97 |
$16,570 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons |
40 |
$16.84 |
$35,020 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Roustabouts, oil and gas |
40 |
$18.95 |
$39,420 |
| Veterinarians |
40 |
$33.75 |
$70,200 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
40 |
$11.42 |
$23,750 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
40 |
$16.68 |
$34,690 |
| Credit analysts |
30 |
$22.22 |
$46,210 |
| Crossing guards |
30 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
30 |
$16.80 |
$34,950 |
| Lodging managers |
30 |
$31.79 |
$66,120 |
| Natural sciences managers |
30 |
$38.41 |
$79,880 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
30 |
$19.72 |
$41,020 |
| Surgeons |
30 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Animal trainers |
Not available |
$12.73 |
$26,480 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
Not available |
$9.63 |
$20,030 |
| Audiologists |
Not available |
$21.71 |
$45,160 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
Not available |
$12.10 |
$25,170 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders |
Not available |
$22.06 |
$45,880 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$12.53 |
$26,060 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
Not available |
$28.54 |
$59,360 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
Not available |
$22.44 |
$46,680 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
Not available |
$15.71 |
$32,670 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
Not available |
$32.50 |
$67,600 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
Not available |
$13.96 |
$29,050 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
Not available |
$14.53 |
$30,230 |
| Geological and petroleum technicians |
Not available |
$15.22 |
$31,660 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants |
Not available |
$8.39 |
$17,450 |
| Marriage and family therapists |
Not available |
$11.49 |
$23,900 |
| Medical secretaries |
Not available |
$12.14 |
$25,250 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
Not available |
$31.69 |
$65,910 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$15.81 |
$32,880 |
| Personal financial advisors |
Not available |
$21.31 |
$44,320 |
| Private detectives and investigators |
Not available |
$26.35 |
$54,800 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
Not available |
$13.38 |
$27,830 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$16.10 |
$33,490 |
| Sales engineers |
Not available |
$39.84 |
$82,870 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
Not available |
$14.03 |
$29,190 |
| Tax preparers |
Not available |
$14.03 |
$29,190 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
Not available |
$21.41 |
$44,530 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
Not available |
$22.36 |
$46,510 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
Not available |
$9.07 |
$18,860 |
