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 | 878,310 | $20.43 | $42,490 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 151,300 | $15.43 | $32,090 |
| Sales and related occupations | 102,500 | $19.01 | $39,550 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 70,400 | $15.10 | $31,410 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 69,320 | $9.38 | $19,500 |
| Production occupations | 63,270 | $15.23 | $31,690 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 51,660 | $30.26 | $62,930 |
| Management occupations | 51,190 | $51.93 | $108,010 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 46,020 | $16.92 | $35,200 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 43,710 | $18.81 | $39,120 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 38,580 | $20.41 | $42,460 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 38,270 | $32.85 | $68,340 |
| Retail salespersons | 30,690 | $11.60 | $24,130 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 25,910 | $11.10 | $23,090 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 22,720 | $36.15 | $75,190 |
| Customer service representatives | 21,590 | $15.81 | $32,880 |
| Protective service occupations | 21,490 | $16.57 | $34,460 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 20,090 | $11.82 | $24,590 |
| Cashiers | 19,590 | $8.73 | $18,160 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 19,420 | $11.82 | $24,580 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 18,300 | $8.26 | $17,190 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 17,520 | Not available | Not available |
| Registered nurses | 16,400 | $27.73 | $57,670 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 15,240 | $8.48 | $17,640 |
| General and operations managers | 13,860 | $59.24 | $123,210 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 13,410 | $31.13 | $64,740 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 13,350 | $28.44 | $59,150 |
| Office clerks, general | 13,040 | $12.45 | $25,890 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 12,190 | $18.46 | $38,390 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 12,150 | $11.15 | $23,190 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 11,920 | $15.89 | $33,060 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 11,700 | $19.90 | $41,400 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 10,630 | $14.56 | $30,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 10,390 | $22.73 | $47,270 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 10,220 | $10.04 | $20,890 |
| Home health aides | 9,800 | $10.28 | $21,370 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 9,670 | $21.73 | $45,200 |
| Team assemblers | 9,550 | $12.92 | $26,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 9,300 | $17.78 | $36,990 |
| Community and social services occupations | 9,210 | $18.22 | $37,900 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 8,200 | $17.17 | $35,720 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 8,170 | $29.25 | $60,840 |
| Financial managers | 8,160 | $59.21 | $123,160 |
| Security guards | 8,130 | $11.18 | $23,250 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 7,910 | Not available | $42,610 |
| Accountants and auditors | 7,560 | $30.17 | $62,750 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 7,320 | $9.66 | $20,100 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 7,290 | $15.25 | $31,710 |
| Food preparation workers | 6,650 | $8.67 | $18,040 |
| Construction laborers | 6,640 | $12.60 | $26,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 6,590 | $25.30 | $52,620 |
| Teacher assistants | 6,560 | Not available | $20,740 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 6,420 | $12.27 | $25,520 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 6,090 | $14.62 | $30,420 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 5,980 | $10.68 | $22,220 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 5,840 | $10.83 | $22,530 |
| Legal occupations | 5,790 | $42.38 | $88,150 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 5,790 | $28.39 | $59,060 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 5,650 | $15.27 | $31,770 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 5,430 | $28.17 | $58,600 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 5,270 | $8.70 | $18,090 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 4,990 | $26.04 | $54,150 |
| Carpenters | 4,880 | $16.08 | $33,450 |
| Computer systems analysts | 4,870 | $37.26 | $77,490 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 4,860 | $13.69 | $28,480 |
| Bill and account collectors | 4,820 | $14.28 | $29,700 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 4,610 | $10.61 | $22,070 |
| Electricians | 4,500 | $18.92 | $39,360 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 4,490 | $21.12 | $43,920 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 4,430 | $21.28 | $44,260 |
| Sales managers | 4,300 | $48.19 | $100,230 |
| Computer support specialists | 4,180 | $22.43 | $46,660 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 4,110 | Not available | $44,980 |
| Financial analysts | 4,090 | $37.51 | $78,020 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 4,040 | $28.79 | $59,880 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 4,020 | $33.76 | $70,210 |
| Loan officers | 4,000 | $27.01 | $56,190 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 3,980 | $11.14 | $23,170 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 3,950 | $31.05 | $64,580 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 3,540 | Not available | $42,480 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 3,500 | $58.75 | $122,200 |
| Driver/sales workers | 3,370 | $11.04 | $22,960 |
| Helpers--production workers | 3,360 | $10.83 | $22,520 |
| Lawyers | 3,200 | $58.42 | $121,510 |
| Management analysts | 3,140 | $38.45 | $79,980 |
| Tellers | 3,040 | $12.37 | $25,740 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 3,010 | $37.41 | $77,820 |
| Managers, all other | 3,000 | $52.45 | $109,090 |
| Bus drivers, school | 2,950 | $11.36 | $23,620 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 2,830 | $15.61 | $32,470 |
| Computer programmers | 2,820 | $39.67 | $82,510 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 2,770 | $15.93 | $33,140 |
| Child care workers | 2,760 | $9.60 | $19,960 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 2,740 | $15.50 | $32,230 |
| Dishwashers | 2,680 | $8.47 | $17,630 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 2,640 | $43.93 | $91,380 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 2,610 | $17.64 | $36,700 |
| Fire fighters | 2,500 | $17.27 | $35,910 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 2,490 | $13.91 | $28,930 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 2,450 | $8.06 | $16,770 |
| Insurance sales agents | 2,430 | $32.37 | $67,340 |
| Social and human service assistants | 2,420 | $13.30 | $27,670 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 2,410 | $20.10 | $41,810 |
| Construction managers | 2,400 | $41.49 | $86,290 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 2,370 | $12.66 | $26,340 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 2,340 | $48.79 | $101,490 |
| Data entry keyers | 2,330 | $13.34 | $27,740 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 2,310 | $8.78 | $18,250 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 2,280 | $12.51 | $26,020 |
| Machinists | 2,280 | $16.14 | $33,580 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 2,220 | $19.80 | $41,180 |
| Personal financial advisors | 2,200 | $33.46 | $69,600 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 2,170 | $34.60 | $71,960 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 2,160 | $26.10 | $54,280 |
| Flight attendants | 2,130 | Not available | $40,690 |
| Bartenders | 2,080 | $8.65 | $17,990 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 2,080 | $12.21 | $25,390 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 2,060 | $16.57 | $34,460 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 2,050 | Not available | Not available |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 2,040 | $18.65 | $38,790 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 2,040 | $38.26 | $79,580 |
| Helpers--electricians | 2,020 | $13.08 | $27,220 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 2,020 | $15.41 | $32,050 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 2,000 | $14.94 | $31,060 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 1,990 | $20.86 | $43,390 |
| Cooks, short order | 1,980 | $9.93 | $20,660 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 1,980 | $19.95 | $41,500 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 1,980 | $22.08 | $45,920 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 1,970 | $8.45 | $17,570 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 1,950 | $45.56 | $94,770 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 1,920 | Not available | $44,620 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 1,910 | $24.12 | $50,170 |
| Training and development specialists | 1,880 | $28.23 | $58,710 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 1,860 | $16.58 | $34,490 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 1,800 | $21.18 | $44,060 |
| Medical secretaries | 1,800 | $14.03 | $29,190 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 1,790 | Not available | $28,170 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 1,780 | $26.76 | $55,670 |
| Real estate sales agents | 1,780 | Not available | Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 1,760 | $20.31 | $42,250 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 1,730 | $9.70 | $20,180 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 1,720 | $25.39 | $52,820 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 1,700 | $10.61 | $22,070 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 1,670 | $14.72 | $30,620 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 1,660 | $15.82 | $32,910 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 1,650 | $16.79 | $34,920 |
| Cooks, fast food | 1,640 | $8.58 | $17,850 |
| Pharmacists | 1,640 | $50.51 | $105,050 |
| Order clerks | 1,630 | $13.64 | $28,360 |
| Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders | 1,620 | $10.02 | $20,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 1,590 | $17.87 | $37,170 |
| Cost estimators | 1,580 | $27.39 | $56,980 |
| Parts salespersons | 1,570 | $15.30 | $31,830 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 1,560 | $11.77 | $24,480 |
| Sheet metal workers | 1,560 | $15.74 | $32,740 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 1,550 | $10.37 | $21,580 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 1,550 | $17.80 | $37,020 |
| Dental assistants | 1,530 | $15.78 | $32,810 |
| Medical assistants | 1,530 | $13.60 | $28,280 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 1,510 | $22.91 | $47,660 |
| Advertising sales agents | 1,490 | $29.46 | $61,280 |
| Marketing managers | 1,480 | $54.19 | $112,710 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 1,460 | $15.49 | $32,220 |
| Civil engineers | 1,440 | $36.91 | $76,770 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 1,420 | $26.57 | $55,270 |
| Mechanical engineers | 1,420 | $36.05 | $74,980 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 1,390 | $19.72 | $41,010 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 1,390 | $21.34 | $44,400 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 1,350 | $13.02 | $27,080 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 1,350 | $13.04 | $27,130 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 1,340 | $17.78 | $36,980 |
| Coaches and scouts | 1,330 | Not available | $31,970 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | 1,330 | $10.49 | $21,820 |
| Recreation workers | 1,330 | $12.04 | $25,050 |
| Food service managers | 1,320 | $26.14 | $54,370 |
| Public relations specialists | 1,320 | $24.06 | $50,050 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 1,310 | $7.96 | $16,560 |
| Market research analysts | 1,280 | $29.57 | $61,510 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 1,270 | $24.42 | $50,780 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 1,270 | $17.12 | $35,610 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 1,270 | $27.30 | $56,780 |
| Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers | 1,260 | Not available | $129,140 |
| Engineering managers | 1,260 | $50.26 | $104,550 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 1,260 | $9.47 | $19,700 |
| Personal and home care aides | 1,250 | $8.89 | $18,490 |
| Legal secretaries | 1,210 | $19.81 | $41,190 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 1,200 | $18.92 | $39,360 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 1,190 | $13.27 | $27,600 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 1,180 | $36.83 | $76,600 |
| Chief executives | 1,180 | $87.74 | $182,500 |
| Printing machine operators | 1,180 | $15.92 | $33,120 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 1,160 | $14.08 | $29,300 |
| Real estate brokers | 1,150 | $29.43 | $61,220 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 1,140 | $22.57 | $46,950 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 1,140 | $16.39 | $34,080 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 1,140 | $20.30 | $42,220 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 1,130 | $9.51 | $19,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 1,120 | $19.73 | $41,040 |
| Medical and health services managers | 1,110 | $43.70 | $90,900 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 1,110 | $14.71 | $30,600 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 1,090 | $25.81 | $53,690 |
| Insurance underwriters | 1,080 | $28.81 | $59,930 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 1,070 | $16.37 | $34,050 |
| Graphic designers | 1,070 | $21.76 | $45,250 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 1,070 | Not available | Not available |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 1,060 | $25.44 | $52,920 |
| Administrative services managers | 1,040 | $35.75 | $74,370 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 1,040 | $17.27 | $35,920 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 1,040 | $16.70 | $34,730 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 1,030 | $14.97 | $31,130 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 1,020 | Not available | $40,990 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 1,020 | $11.94 | $24,840 |
| Dental hygienists | 1,000 | $31.61 | $65,740 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 990 | $13.47 | $28,010 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 990 | $95.42 | $198,480 |
| Industrial engineers | 980 | $33.56 | $69,800 |
| Industrial production managers | 980 | $36.79 | $76,530 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 970 | $12.51 | $26,020 |
| Brokerage clerks | 960 | $19.64 | $40,860 |
| Librarians | 950 | $23.91 | $49,730 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 940 | $12.61 | $26,230 |
| Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders | 940 | $12.24 | $25,460 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 930 | $15.40 | $32,040 |
| Sewing machine operators | 930 | $10.30 | $21,430 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 920 | $23.15 | $48,160 |
| Library technicians | 920 | $14.17 | $29,480 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 920 | $15.62 | $32,480 |
| Credit analysts | 900 | $37.54 | $78,090 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 890 | $31.15 | $64,800 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 890 | $18.59 | $38,680 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 890 | Not available | $45,550 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 880 | $16.09 | $33,460 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 880 | $18.28 | $38,010 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 870 | $11.37 | $23,650 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 870 | $36.67 | $76,260 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 860 | $36.53 | $75,990 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 850 | $15.80 | $32,860 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 850 | $12.62 | $26,240 |
| All other information and record clerks | 810 | $16.42 | $34,140 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 810 | $12.47 | $25,940 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 800 | $15.53 | $32,300 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 800 | $26.79 | $55,720 |
| Sales engineers | 800 | $37.32 | $77,640 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 780 | $14.70 | $30,580 |
| Parking lot attendants | 780 | $10.34 | $21,510 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 780 | $16.63 | $34,590 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 770 | $16.45 | $34,220 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 760 | $23.63 | $49,150 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 760 | $10.02 | $20,830 |
| Engineers, all other | 740 | $40.68 | $84,610 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 720 | $20.01 | $41,610 |
| Database administrators | 720 | $38.53 | $80,130 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 720 | $15.68 | $32,620 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 710 | $36.22 | $75,340 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 710 | $9.90 | $20,590 |
| Purchasing managers | 710 | $43.63 | $90,750 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 700 | $15.69 | $32,630 |
| Family and general practitioners | 700 | $89.44 | $186,040 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 700 | $10.76 | $22,380 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 690 | $12.48 | $25,950 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 690 | $26.62 | $55,360 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 690 | $17.71 | $36,840 |
| File clerks | 680 | $11.25 | $23,390 |
| Physical therapists | 680 | $34.65 | $72,070 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 680 | $18.06 | $37,560 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 680 | $28.70 | $59,690 |
| Surgical technologists | 670 | $17.36 | $36,110 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 660 | $31.31 | $65,130 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 650 | $10.17 | $21,150 |
| Electrical engineers | 640 | $38.63 | $80,350 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 640 | $10.05 | $20,910 |
| Dentists, general | 630 | $92.99 | $193,420 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 620 | $35.72 | $74,300 |
| Pipelayers | 620 | $13.88 | $28,860 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 610 | $18.78 | $39,060 |
| Couriers and messengers | 610 | $11.51 | $23,930 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 610 | $12.68 | $26,380 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 610 | $12.71 | $26,430 |
| Roofers | 610 | $14.52 | $30,200 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 610 | $31.25 | $65,010 |
| Telemarketers | 610 | $15.31 | $31,840 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 600 | Not available | $41,070 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 600 | $7.66 | $15,940 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 600 | $13.79 | $28,690 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 590 | $22.90 | $47,620 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 590 | $15.00 | $31,200 |
| Computer operators | 580 | $17.81 | $37,040 |
| Instructional coordinators | 580 | $24.75 | $51,480 |
| Tile and marble setters | 580 | $13.95 | $29,010 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 570 | $17.07 | $35,500 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 570 | $14.98 | $31,170 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 570 | $12.38 | $25,740 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 570 | $18.05 | $37,550 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 570 | $25.74 | $53,550 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 560 | $21.49 | $44,700 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 560 | $23.19 | $48,230 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 560 | $15.04 | $31,280 |
| Chemical technicians | 540 | $19.82 | $41,230 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 540 | $16.24 | $33,780 |
| Pest control workers | 540 | $15.08 | $31,370 |
| Production workers, all other | 540 | $14.23 | $29,600 |
| Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders | 540 | $11.94 | $24,840 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 540 | $16.56 | $34,430 |
| Bakers | 530 | $11.65 | $24,240 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 530 | $20.74 | $43,130 |
| Respiratory therapists | 530 | $24.34 | $50,620 |
| Logisticians | 520 | $29.16 | $60,650 |
| Occupational therapists | 520 | $34.19 | $71,120 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 520 | $19.48 | $40,520 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 520 | $12.39 | $25,780 |
| Chemists | 510 | $32.92 | $68,470 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 510 | $15.76 | $32,770 |
| Financial examiners | 500 | $46.55 | $96,820 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 500 | $8.95 | $18,620 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 490 | $37.37 | $77,730 |
| Operations research analysts | 490 | $32.29 | $67,150 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 480 | $14.21 | $29,550 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 480 | $26.66 | $55,440 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 480 | Not available | $52,440 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 480 | $18.80 | $39,110 |
| Tool and die makers | 480 | $19.38 | $40,310 |
| Editors | 470 | $25.48 | $53,010 |
| Interior designers | 470 | $22.48 | $46,750 |
| Tax preparers | 470 | $15.34 | $31,920 |
| Postal service clerks | 460 | Not available | Not available |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 450 | $17.74 | $36,910 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 450 | $26.49 | $55,090 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 440 | $51.38 | $106,870 |
| Travel agents | 440 | $18.24 | $37,950 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 430 | Not available | $59,970 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 430 | $15.53 | $32,300 |
| Procurement clerks | 430 | $17.72 | $36,860 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 430 | $15.31 | $31,840 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 420 | $18.73 | $38,960 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 420 | $10.21 | $21,230 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 420 | Not available | $45,780 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 410 | Not available | $70,160 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 410 | $31.00 | $64,470 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 410 | $19.60 | $40,760 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | 400 | $16.12 | $33,530 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 400 | $11.45 | $23,810 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 400 | $53.32 | $110,900 |
| Lodging managers | 400 | $23.05 | $47,940 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 400 | $21.46 | $44,640 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 390 | $16.02 | $33,320 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 380 | $15.49 | $32,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 380 | $20.94 | $43,560 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 380 | $10.44 | $21,720 |
| Producers and directors | 380 | $30.27 | $62,950 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 370 | $16.79 | $34,930 |
| Musicians and singers | 370 | Not available | Not available |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 370 | $18.07 | $37,580 |
| Public relations managers | 370 | $44.20 | $91,950 |
| Social and community service managers | 370 | $29.21 | $60,760 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 360 | $14.40 | $29,960 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 360 | $28.73 | $59,750 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 360 | $13.66 | $28,410 |
| Job printers | 350 | $17.35 | $36,080 |
| Slaughterers and meat packers | 350 | $10.61 | $22,070 |
| Veterinarians | 350 | $46.39 | $96,500 |
| Word processors and typists | 350 | $16.59 | $34,500 |
| Service station attendants | 340 | $9.42 | $19,590 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 340 | $14.81 | $30,800 |
| Broadcast technicians | 330 | $19.39 | $40,330 |
| Mechanical drafters | 330 | $24.37 | $50,680 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 330 | $24.65 | $51,270 |
| Urban and regional planners | 330 | $28.27 | $58,800 |
| Desktop publishers | 320 | $17.27 | $35,920 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 320 | $23.62 | $49,130 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 320 | Not available | $60,970 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 320 | $14.42 | $29,990 |
| Physician assistants | 320 | $41.50 | $86,320 |
| Transportation workers, all other | 320 | $9.94 | $20,670 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 310 | $19.07 | $39,660 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 310 | Not available | $57,990 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 310 | $10.22 | $21,250 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 300 | $15.62 | $32,480 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 300 | $16.78 | $34,900 |
| Photographers | 300 | $15.85 | $32,970 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 300 | $18.65 | $38,800 |
| Residential advisors | 300 | $11.89 | $24,720 |
| Crane and tower operators | 290 | $19.85 | $41,280 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 280 | $25.17 | $52,360 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 280 | $22.07 | $45,900 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 280 | $25.41 | $52,860 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 270 | $19.29 | $40,120 |
| Bindery workers | 270 | $13.49 | $28,060 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 270 | $20.87 | $43,410 |
| New accounts clerks | 270 | $14.88 | $30,940 |
| Surgeons | 270 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Surveyors | 270 | $22.82 | $47,460 |
| Training and development managers | 270 | $47.68 | $99,170 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 260 | $20.72 | $43,100 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 260 | $30.62 | $63,680 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 260 | $22.55 | $46,900 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 260 | $24.25 | $50,440 |
| Mental health counselors | 260 | $19.43 | $40,420 |
| Chemical plant and system operators | 250 | $20.71 | $43,080 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 250 | Not available | $61,810 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | 250 | $15.88 | $33,020 |
| Health educators | 250 | $20.02 | $41,640 |
| Millwrights | 250 | $16.83 | $35,010 |
| Anesthesiologists | 240 | $91.24 | $189,780 |
| Budget analysts | 240 | $31.68 | $65,890 |
| Environmental engineers | 240 | $38.18 | $79,420 |
| Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers | 240 | $15.19 | $31,600 |
| Fence erectors | 240 | $13.02 | $27,080 |
| Floral designers | 240 | $11.78 | $24,490 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | 240 | Not available | $62,040 |
| Massage therapists | 240 | $14.00 | $29,130 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 240 | $14.97 | $31,140 |
| Athletes and sports competitors | 230 | Not available | $135,080 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers | 230 | $24.78 | $51,540 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 230 | $12.15 | $25,280 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders | 220 | $13.75 | $28,610 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians | 220 | $22.30 | $46,390 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 220 | $12.97 | $26,980 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 220 | $23.52 | $48,930 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 220 | $15.49 | $32,230 |
| Photographic process workers | 220 | $11.92 | $24,780 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 210 | $26.34 | $54,780 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | 210 | $14.42 | $30,000 |
| Internists, general | 210 | $91.45 | $190,210 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 210 | Not available | $54,200 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 210 | $16.38 | $34,080 |
| Telephone operators | 210 | $10.48 | $21,790 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 200 | $12.60 | $26,210 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 200 | $18.53 | $38,540 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 200 | $16.52 | $34,360 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 200 | $34.03 | $70,780 |
| Interpreters and translators | 200 | $17.19 | $35,750 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 200 | $12.89 | $26,820 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 200 | $10.53 | $21,910 |
| Actors | 190 | $7.48 | Not available |
| Computer hardware engineers | 190 | $40.29 | $83,800 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 190 | $12.81 | $26,640 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 190 | Not available | $88,180 |
| Technical writers | 190 | $29.10 | $60,520 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school | 190 | Not available | $45,810 |
| Commercial pilots | 180 | Not available | $77,280 |
| Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary | 180 | Not available | $52,320 |
| Pharmacy aides | 180 | $9.61 | $20,000 |
| Power plant operators | 180 | $27.38 | $56,940 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 180 | $20.37 | $42,380 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | 180 | $12.37 | $25,740 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | 170 | $13.41 | $27,890 |
| Food batchmakers | 170 | $14.80 | $30,770 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders | 170 | $21.25 | $44,200 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | 170 | $14.65 | $30,470 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | 170 | $105.21 | $218,830 |
| Private detectives and investigators | 170 | $27.37 | $56,930 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 170 | Not available | $64,330 |
| Writers and authors | 170 | $21.91 | $45,570 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 160 | $15.83 | $32,930 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators | 160 | $23.15 | $48,150 |
| Furniture finishers | 160 | $12.66 | $26,330 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 160 | $15.71 | $32,670 |
| Media and communication equipment workers, all other | 160 | $22.97 | $47,780 |
| Pediatricians, general | 160 | $76.05 | $158,190 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 160 | $16.29 | $33,870 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 160 | $19.29 | $40,130 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 150 | $18.54 | $38,560 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 150 | Not available | $70,750 |
| Chemical engineers | 150 | $37.53 | $78,060 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand | 150 | $10.61 | $22,070 |
| Film and video editors | 150 | $18.80 | $39,100 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 150 | $10.02 | $20,850 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 150 | Not available | $66,040 |
| Funeral attendants | 150 | $9.67 | $20,110 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 150 | $17.56 | $36,520 |
| Helpers--roofers | 150 | $10.74 | $22,340 |
| Materials engineers | 150 | $30.42 | $63,270 |
| Upholsterers | 150 | $14.10 | $29,320 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 140 | $31.17 | $64,830 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 140 | Not available | $70,910 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 130 | $42.73 | $88,880 |
| Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes | 130 | $21.44 | $44,600 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists | 130 | $21.37 | $44,440 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary | 130 | Not available | $50,280 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 130 | $13.99 | $29,100 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 130 | $36.78 | $76,510 |
| Natural sciences managers | 130 | $51.15 | $106,380 |
| Actuaries | 120 | $52.70 | $109,610 |
| Education administrators, all other | 120 | $24.81 | $51,600 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 120 | $19.19 | $39,920 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | 120 | $13.97 | $29,050 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $78,200 |
| Transportation inspectors | 120 | $28.28 | $58,830 |
| Commercial and industrial designers | 110 | $29.40 | $61,160 |
| Economists | 110 | $38.87 | $80,850 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 110 | $17.24 | $35,860 |
| Floor sanders and finishers | 110 | $12.68 | $26,370 |
| Forensic science technicians | 110 | $22.58 | $46,960 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall | 110 | $16.24 | $33,780 |
| Landscape architects | 110 | $31.18 | $64,860 |
| Loan counselors | 110 | $16.69 | $34,720 |
| Logging equipment operators | 110 | $12.88 | $26,800 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | 110 | $12.06 | $25,080 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 110 | $22.81 | $47,450 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture | 100 | $16.62 | $34,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers | 100 | $21.78 | $45,310 |
| Motorcycle mechanics | 100 | $16.16 | $33,600 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 100 | $30.29 | $63,010 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | 100 | $15.57 | $32,390 |
| Physical therapist aides | 100 | $11.46 | $23,830 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 100 | $9.61 | $19,990 |
| Chiropractors | 90 | $72.59 | $150,990 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | 90 | $17.55 | $36,510 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | 90 | $15.88 | $33,030 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians | 80 | $11.56 | $24,050 |
| Animal control workers | 80 | $15.65 | $32,560 |
| Audiologists | 80 | $27.81 | $57,840 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $79,390 |
| Clergy | 80 | $23.18 | $48,210 |
| Dancers | 80 | $12.80 | Not available |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders | 80 | $16.24 | $33,780 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons | 80 | $10.99 | $22,860 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $81,520 |
| Social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other | 80 | Not available | $46,130 |
| Sound engineering technicians | 80 | $21.23 | $44,150 |
| Crossing guards | 70 | $9.49 | $19,750 |
| Drafters, all other | 70 | $22.34 | $46,470 |
| Funeral directors | 70 | $35.46 | $73,750 |
| Grounds maintenance workers, all other | 70 | $11.50 | $23,920 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 70 | $22.72 | $47,260 |
| Materials scientists | 70 | $29.89 | $62,170 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 70 | $25.18 | $52,370 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers | 70 | $23.86 | $49,630 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | 70 | $17.88 | $37,180 |
| Art directors | 60 | $38.64 | $80,360 |
| Athletic trainers | 60 | Not available | $42,480 |
| Biological technicians | 60 | $16.93 | $35,200 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas | 60 | $15.31 | $31,840 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $90,020 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | 60 | $17.04 | $35,440 |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $96,520 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products | 60 | $19.22 | $39,970 |
| Recreational therapists | 60 | $21.43 | $44,570 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $55,490 |
| Architecture teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $58,830 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders | 50 | $12.48 | $25,950 |
| Concierges | 50 | $10.88 | $22,640 |
| Material moving workers, all other | 50 | $11.58 | $24,100 |
| Occupational health and safety technicians | 50 | $21.79 | $45,310 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents | 50 | $31.97 | $66,500 |
| Radiation therapists | 50 | $31.58 | $65,690 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | 50 | $15.71 | $32,680 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | 50 | $14.89 | $30,960 |
| Survey researchers | 50 | $19.26 | $40,070 |
| Agricultural inspectors | 40 | $19.93 | $41,460 |
| Animal trainers | 40 | $8.99 | $18,700 |
| Conservation scientists | 40 | $23.04 | $47,930 |
| Emergency management specialists | 40 | $30.55 | $63,540 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | 40 | $10.28 | $21,380 |
| Food scientists and technologists | 40 | $18.98 | $39,480 |
| Insurance appraisers, auto damage | 40 | $26.45 | $55,010 |
| Law clerks | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants | 40 | $10.97 | $22,820 |
| Multi-media artists and animators | 40 | $24.36 | $50,660 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $44,830 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers | 40 | $18.86 | $39,230 |
| Religious workers, all other | 40 | $13.49 | $28,050 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians | 40 | $17.82 | $37,070 |
| Social work teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $57,750 |
| Statisticians | 40 | $31.18 | $64,850 |
| Airfield operations specialists | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | $82,830 |
| Correspondence clerks | 30 | $16.87 | $35,090 |
| Dietetic technicians | 30 | $12.61 | $26,220 |
| Directors, religious activities and education | 30 | $31.17 | $64,840 |
| Forest and conservation technicians | 30 | $18.31 | $38,090 |
| Legislators | 30 | Not available | $14,490 |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers | 30 | $21.55 | $44,830 |
| Social workers, all other | 30 | $22.70 | $47,220 |
| Statistical assistants | 30 | $12.91 | $26,860 |
| Archivists | Not available | $16.13 | $33,550 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | Not available | $9.85 | $20,480 |
| Bicycle repairers | Not available | $12.31 | $25,600 |
| Biological scientists, all other | Not available | $30.65 | $63,750 |
| Building cleaning workers, all other | Not available | $15.86 | $32,980 |
| Camera and photographic equipment repairers | Not available | $18.11 | $37,680 |
| Carpet installers | Not available | $14.53 | $30,220 |
| Computer and information scientists, research | Not available | $52.19 | $108,560 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | Not available | $15.90 | $33,070 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $13.72 | $28,530 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | Not available | Not available | $69,130 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | Not available | $16.84 | $35,040 |
| Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment | Not available | $18.55 | $38,580 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | Not available | $14.05 | $29,220 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | Not available | $18.57 | $38,620 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | Not available | $19.67 | $40,920 |
| Etchers and engravers | Not available | $14.85 | $30,890 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators | Not available | $16.11 | $33,500 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | Not available | $8.96 | $18,630 |
| Foresters | Not available | $33.54 | $69,760 |
| Glaziers | Not available | $13.33 | $27,730 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | Not available | $15.27 | $31,760 |
| Helpers--extraction workers | Not available | $14.08 | $29,280 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | Not available | $11.88 | $24,710 |
| Home appliance repairers | Not available | $15.59 | $32,430 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical | Not available | $16.98 | $35,310 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | Not available | $18.57 | $38,620 |
| Mechanical door repairers | Not available | $18.03 | $37,500 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | Not available | $40.11 | $83,420 |
| Model makers, metal and plastic | Not available | $16.38 | $34,070 |
| Models | Not available | $17.46 | $36,320 |
| Motion picture projectionists | Not available | $9.53 | $19,820 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | Not available | $8.32 | $17,310 |
| Physical scientists, all other | Not available | $31.12 | $64,730 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other | Not available | $24.07 | $50,060 |
| Psychiatrists | Not available | $92.40 | $192,190 |
| Radio and television announcers | Not available | $18.02 | $37,490 |
| Skin care specialists | Not available | $16.43 | $34,170 |
| Soil and plant scientists | Not available | $27.63 | $57,480 |
| Stonemasons | Not available | $14.57 | $30,300 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | Not available | $24.36 | $50,670 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners | Not available | $15.08 | $31,360 |
