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 | 97,110 | $20.47 | $42,570 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 15,980 | $14.83 | $30,850 |
| Sales and related occupations | 9,530 | $15.50 | $32,240 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 8,940 | $30.13 | $62,670 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 8,740 | $9.76 | $20,310 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 8,570 | $30.15 | $62,710 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 6,110 | $17.69 | $36,800 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 4,470 | $26.93 | $56,010 |
| Office clerks, general | 4,250 | $13.90 | $28,920 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 4,220 | $12.74 | $26,500 |
| Management occupations | 3,720 | $45.92 | $95,510 |
| Production occupations | 3,450 | $14.89 | $30,980 |
| Registered nurses | 3,450 | $30.33 | $63,090 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 3,380 | $32.29 | $67,170 |
| Retail salespersons | 3,290 | $11.46 | $23,840 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 3,110 | $11.48 | $23,880 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,920 | $18.87 | $39,260 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 2,730 | $12.10 | $25,170 |
| Cashiers | 2,710 | $9.50 | $19,760 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 2,290 | $12.76 | $26,550 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 2,090 | $9.63 | $20,030 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 1,990 | $30.15 | $62,720 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,940 | $8.92 | $18,550 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 1,880 | $30.00 | $62,400 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,600 | $18.81 | $39,120 |
| Carpenters | 1,570 | $18.76 | $39,010 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 1,440 | $22.58 | $46,960 |
| Customer service representatives | 1,370 | $12.43 | $25,850 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1,360 | $16.13 | $33,550 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 1,290 | $12.12 | $25,210 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 1,230 | $10.80 | $22,470 |
| Community and social services occupations | 1,150 | $19.59 | $40,760 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 1,130 | Not available | $56,590 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,110 | $9.68 | $20,140 |
| General and operations managers | 1,060 | $52.11 | $108,390 |
| Teacher assistants | 1,050 | Not available | $22,720 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,010 | $10.31 | $21,440 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 1,000 | $10.42 | $21,670 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 830 | $22.90 | $47,630 |
| Accountants and auditors | 820 | $28.70 | $59,700 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 820 | $19.17 | $39,870 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 810 | $31.04 | $64,570 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 780 | $17.21 | $35,810 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 780 | Not available | $58,360 |
| Computer systems analysts | 750 | $31.48 | $65,490 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 750 | $12.40 | $25,790 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 740 | $25.62 | $53,280 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 710 | $16.57 | $34,470 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 700 | $15.43 | $32,100 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 690 | $19.51 | $40,570 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 670 | $11.95 | $24,850 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 660 | $38.00 | $79,030 |
| Construction laborers | 630 | $12.28 | $25,540 |
| Legal occupations | 630 | $32.08 | $66,730 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 610 | $60.71 | $126,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 590 | $14.73 | $30,630 |
| Management analysts | 580 | $32.55 | $67,700 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 580 | $11.19 | $23,270 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 550 | $11.96 | $24,880 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 520 | $7.92 | $16,480 |
| Dishwashers | 520 | $8.14 | $16,930 |
| Bus drivers, school | 510 | $11.07 | $23,030 |
| Electricians | 500 | $19.28 | $40,110 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 500 | Not available | $59,310 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 490 | $8.35 | $17,360 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 490 | $18.14 | $37,720 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 480 | $18.24 | $37,940 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 470 | $13.69 | $28,480 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 470 | $16.37 | $34,060 |
| Computer support specialists | 460 | $20.42 | $42,470 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 450 | $14.84 | $30,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 450 | $28.90 | $60,120 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 450 | $9.16 | $19,050 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 450 | Not available | $34,510 |
| Food preparation workers | 440 | $9.90 | $20,590 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 440 | $16.73 | $34,800 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 430 | $29.59 | $61,540 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 400 | $21.47 | $44,660 |
| Tellers | 400 | $12.11 | $25,190 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 380 | $16.02 | $33,320 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 380 | $25.27 | $52,560 |
| Recreation workers | 360 | $12.13 | $25,230 |
| Lawyers | 350 | $41.81 | $86,960 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 340 | $17.97 | $37,370 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 330 | $10.04 | $20,890 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 320 | $19.54 | $40,650 |
| All other information and record clerks | 300 | $11.22 | $23,340 |
| Market research analysts | 300 | $23.52 | $48,920 |
| Public relations specialists | 300 | $22.25 | $46,280 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 290 | $28.91 | $60,130 |
| Bill and account collectors | 280 | $13.93 | $28,980 |
| Chemists | 280 | $25.28 | $52,570 |
| Computer programmers | 280 | $33.40 | $69,470 |
| Personal and home care aides | 280 | $8.50 | $17,680 |
| Bartenders | 260 | $10.85 | $22,560 |
| Child care workers | 260 | $10.96 | $22,790 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 260 | $43.39 | $90,250 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 260 | $14.06 | $29,240 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 260 | $17.16 | $35,680 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 250 | $10.14 | $21,100 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 250 | $9.52 | $19,800 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 250 | Not available | Not available |
| Training and development specialists | 250 | $28.50 | $59,270 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 240 | $20.82 | $43,310 |
| Dental assistants | 240 | $15.59 | $32,440 |
| Home health aides | 240 | $9.97 | $20,740 |
| Managers, all other | 240 | $41.84 | $87,020 |
| Security guards | 240 | $13.19 | $27,430 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 230 | $31.22 | $64,940 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 230 | $27.61 | $57,420 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 230 | $17.95 | $37,340 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 230 | $14.31 | $29,770 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 230 | $22.53 | $46,860 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 220 | Not available | $73,910 |
| Financial managers | 220 | $43.47 | $90,420 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 220 | $8.51 | $17,710 |
| Cost estimators | 210 | $25.83 | $53,730 |
| Editors | 210 | $24.46 | $50,870 |
| Electrical engineers | 210 | $33.11 | $68,870 |
| Physical therapists | 210 | $36.16 | $75,210 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 210 | $31.25 | $65,000 |
| Coaches and scouts | 200 | Not available | $51,490 |
| Couriers and messengers | 200 | $12.19 | $25,360 |
| Graphic designers | 200 | $22.14 | $46,050 |
| Helpers--electricians | 200 | $13.12 | $27,290 |
| Librarians | 200 | $28.37 | $59,010 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 200 | $13.83 | $28,760 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 200 | $18.05 | $37,540 |
| Real estate sales agents | 200 | $19.91 | $41,410 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 190 | $38.63 | $80,350 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 190 | $15.81 | $32,880 |
| Medical and health services managers | 190 | $43.01 | $89,460 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 190 | $18.35 | $38,160 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 190 | $13.56 | $28,210 |
| Social and human service assistants | 190 | $12.38 | $25,740 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 190 | Not available | $47,860 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 180 | $20.73 | $43,120 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 180 | $29.60 | $61,560 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 180 | $9.36 | $19,470 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 170 | $7.95 | $16,540 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 170 | $36.41 | $75,720 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 170 | $25.52 | $53,070 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 170 | $13.13 | $27,310 |
| Pharmacists | 170 | $47.75 | $99,320 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 170 | $37.70 | $78,420 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 160 | $26.10 | $54,290 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 160 | $21.76 | $45,270 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| Chief executives | 150 | $72.74 | $151,300 |
| Civil engineers | 150 | $31.97 | $66,490 |
| Driver/sales workers | 150 | $15.32 | $31,870 |
| Fire fighters | 150 | $17.23 | $35,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 150 | $15.49 | $32,210 |
| Library technicians | 150 | $17.59 | $36,580 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 150 | $9.60 | $19,970 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 150 | $9.69 | $20,150 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 140 | $18.37 | $38,210 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 140 | $16.04 | $33,360 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 140 | $49.03 | $101,990 |
| Database administrators | 140 | $33.68 | $70,060 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 140 | $23.57 | $49,020 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 140 | Not available | $58,940 |
| Production workers, all other | 140 | $9.64 | $20,060 |
| Sheet metal workers | 140 | $15.59 | $32,420 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 130 | $14.97 | $31,130 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 130 | $9.49 | $19,730 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 130 | $13.99 | $29,090 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 130 | $11.69 | $24,310 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 130 | $13.51 | $28,090 |
| Occupational therapists | 130 | $32.22 | $67,020 |
| Parts salespersons | 130 | $15.25 | $31,710 |
| Pipelayers | 130 | $15.02 | $31,240 |
| Sales managers | 130 | $59.63 | $124,020 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 120 | $25.39 | $52,820 |
| Construction managers | 120 | $35.38 | $73,590 |
| Data entry keyers | 120 | $12.33 | $25,640 |
| Financial analysts | 120 | $26.07 | $54,230 |
| Food service managers | 120 | $30.11 | $62,630 |
| Instructional coordinators | 120 | $30.23 | $62,890 |
| Loan officers | 120 | $28.59 | $59,460 |
| Mechanical engineers | 120 | $35.43 | $73,690 |
| Medical secretaries | 120 | $13.98 | $29,070 |
| Parking lot attendants | 120 | $9.01 | $18,740 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 120 | $19.43 | $40,420 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 120 | $13.11 | $27,260 |
| Advertising sales agents | 110 | $31.34 | $65,180 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 110 | $13.51 | $28,090 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 110 | $22.17 | $46,100 |
| Cooks, short order | 110 | $11.64 | $24,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 110 | $25.20 | $52,410 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 110 | $16.39 | $34,100 |
| Insurance sales agents | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Machinists | 110 | $18.67 | $38,840 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 110 | $23.29 | $48,450 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 110 | $8.96 | $18,630 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 110 | $16.71 | $34,770 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 100 | $21.66 | $45,060 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 100 | $20.49 | $42,630 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 100 | $17.81 | $37,030 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 100 | $27.26 | $56,700 |
| File clerks | 100 | $11.65 | $24,240 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 100 | $19.92 | $41,440 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 100 | $11.96 | $24,880 |
| Medical assistants | 100 | $13.56 | $28,210 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 100 | $16.80 | $34,950 |
| Roofers | 100 | $16.54 | $34,400 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 100 | Not available | $51,120 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 100 | $33.24 | $69,130 |
| Surgical technologists | 100 | $19.91 | $41,400 |
| Administrative services managers | 90 | $32.04 | $66,640 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 90 | $22.39 | $46,570 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 90 | $23.95 | $49,810 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 90 | $14.80 | $30,780 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 90 | $10.18 | $21,180 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 90 | $10.25 | $21,320 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 90 | $14.79 | $30,760 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 80 | $17.70 | $36,810 |
| Computer hardware engineers | 80 | $39.65 | $82,470 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 80 | $18.80 | $39,110 |
| Engineering managers | 80 | $55.64 | $115,730 |
| Family and general practitioners | 80 | $45.92 | $95,500 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 80 | $24.73 | $51,430 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 80 | $18.32 | $38,100 |
| Mental health counselors | 80 | $19.17 | $39,880 |
| Personal financial advisors | 80 | $43.65 | $90,800 |
| Producers and directors | 80 | $22.34 | $46,470 |
| Social and community service managers | 80 | $27.53 | $57,260 |
| Surveyors | 80 | $22.73 | $47,280 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 80 | $25.49 | $53,020 |
| Veterinarians | 80 | $42.04 | $87,450 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 80 | $16.83 | $35,010 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 70 | $12.36 | $25,720 |
| Athletic trainers | 70 | Not available | $23,840 |
| Biochemists and biophysicists | 70 | $32.51 | $67,630 |
| Computer operators | 70 | $18.61 | $38,710 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 70 | $15.66 | $32,580 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 70 | $16.88 | $35,100 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 70 | $27.85 | $57,930 |
| Order clerks | 70 | $13.70 | $28,500 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 70 | $15.08 | $31,370 |
| Printing machine operators | 70 | $17.90 | $37,230 |
| Technical writers | 70 | $28.91 | $60,130 |
| Tour guides and escorts | 70 | $12.93 | $26,900 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 70 | Not available | $59,750 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 70 | $16.63 | $34,580 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 60 | $28.62 | $59,530 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 60 | $39.26 | $81,670 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 60 | $22.85 | $47,530 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 60 | $32.98 | $68,590 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 60 | $15.48 | $32,200 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 60 | $12.93 | $26,890 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 60 | $11.84 | $24,630 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 60 | $18.41 | $38,300 |
| Postal service clerks | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 60 | $12.84 | $26,700 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 60 | Not available | $51,750 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 60 | $16.02 | $33,320 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 50 | $22.98 | $47,790 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 50 | $8.80 | $18,310 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 50 | $15.27 | $31,750 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 50 | $21.07 | $43,830 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 50 | $18.31 | $38,090 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 50 | $23.16 | $48,170 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 50 | $13.68 | $28,450 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 50 | $10.56 | $21,970 |
| Logging equipment operators | 50 | $13.12 | $27,280 |
| Marketing managers | 50 | $41.57 | $86,460 |
| Massage therapists | 50 | $16.86 | $35,060 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 50 | $9.33 | $19,410 |
| Sewing machine operators | 50 | $10.31 | $21,440 |
| Biomedical engineers | 40 | $38.66 | $80,410 |
| Budget analysts | 40 | $29.17 | $60,660 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 40 | $21.22 | $44,140 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 40 | $26.49 | $55,110 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 40 | $17.85 | $37,140 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $13.06 | $27,160 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 40 | $20.87 | $43,410 |
| Floral designers | 40 | $11.58 | $24,080 |
| Industrial production managers | 40 | $41.72 | $86,780 |
| Lodging managers | 40 | $20.44 | $42,520 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 40 | $13.65 | $28,400 |
| Medical appliance technicians | 40 | $14.88 | $30,940 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 40 | $16.94 | $35,240 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 40 | $9.41 | $19,570 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 40 | $20.68 | $43,020 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 40 | $19.89 | $41,370 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents | 40 | $27.23 | $56,640 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Protective service workers, all other | 40 | $18.13 | $37,700 |
| Public relations managers | 40 | $45.87 | $95,410 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 40 | $23.80 | $49,510 |
| Service station attendants | 40 | $9.71 | $20,190 |
| Urban and regional planners | 40 | $22.64 | $47,080 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 40 | $18.22 | $37,910 |
| Writers and authors | 40 | $21.37 | $44,450 |
| Aerospace engineers | 30 | $44.99 | $93,590 |
| Chiropractors | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 30 | $18.63 | $38,740 |
| Education administrators, all other | 30 | $39.84 | $82,860 |
| Interpreters and translators | 30 | $25.04 | $52,090 |
| Loan counselors | 30 | $18.46 | $38,400 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 30 | $13.38 | $27,830 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 30 | $21.84 | $45,430 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | Not available | $11.83 | $24,620 |
| Cooks, fast food | Not available | $8.33 | $17,320 |
| Dental hygienists | Not available | $34.58 | $71,930 |
| Dentists, general | Not available | $71.65 | $149,030 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | Not available | $23.30 | $48,460 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | Not available | $12.16 | $25,300 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | Not available | $14.96 | $31,110 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | Not available | $12.16 | $25,290 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | Not available | $19.41 | $40,380 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $11.67 | $24,270 |
| Helpers--production workers | Not available | $8.99 | $18,710 |
| Insurance underwriters | Not available | $29.19 | $60,720 |
| Legal secretaries | Not available | $20.29 | $42,200 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | Not available | $24.51 | $50,980 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $13.11 | $27,270 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | Not available | $18.81 | $39,130 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | Not available | $16.35 | $34,020 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | Not available | $15.94 | $33,150 |
| Pest control workers | Not available | $16.75 | $34,830 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | Not available | $16.29 | $33,870 |
| Procurement clerks | Not available | $19.10 | $39,720 |
| Residential advisors | Not available | $12.14 | $25,260 |
| Team assemblers | Not available | $13.85 | $28,810 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | Not available | $27.57 | $57,350 |
| Travel agents | Not available | $13.43 | $27,930 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners | Not available | $17.90 | $37,240 |
