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 |
234,850 |
$17.43 |
$36,240 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
42,340 |
$14.22 |
$29,570 |
| Production occupations |
26,460 |
$14.15 |
$29,430 |
| Sales and related occupations |
22,040 |
$15.06 |
$31,320 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
21,880 |
$14.59 |
$30,350 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
21,060 |
$8.36 |
$17,380 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
14,960 |
$29.56 |
$61,480 |
| Management occupations |
12,140 |
$38.91 |
$80,940 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
11,220 |
$19.24 |
$40,020 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
10,210 |
$17.57 |
$36,550 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
9,820 |
$17.45 |
$36,300 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
8,080 |
$25.06 |
$52,130 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
8,080 |
$18.45 |
$38,380 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
7,230 |
$11.25 |
$23,400 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
7,010 |
$7.27 |
$15,120 |
| Cashiers |
7,000 |
$7.84 |
$16,310 |
| Customer service representatives |
6,640 |
$13.83 |
$28,780 |
| Retail salespersons |
6,570 |
$12.50 |
$26,010 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
6,450 |
$12.26 |
$25,510 |
| Registered nurses |
5,680 |
$28.32 |
$58,900 |
| Office clerks, general |
5,480 |
$12.38 |
$25,750 |
| Protective service occupations |
4,530 |
$14.43 |
$30,020 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
4,290 |
$10.89 |
$22,650 |
| Team assemblers |
4,130 |
$12.90 |
$26,830 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
3,900 |
$7.96 |
$16,560 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
3,670 |
$27.01 |
$56,180 |
| General and operations managers |
3,480 |
$43.54 |
$90,560 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
3,460 |
$11.91 |
$24,770 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
3,120 |
$10.37 |
$21,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
2,820 |
$21.38 |
$44,470 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
2,720 |
$13.12 |
$27,290 |
| Community and social services occupations |
2,700 |
$17.19 |
$35,760 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
2,610 |
$10.20 |
$21,220 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
2,600 |
$15.93 |
$33,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
2,490 |
$17.10 |
$35,570 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
2,450 |
$14.84 |
$30,870 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
2,430 |
$16.97 |
$35,300 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
2,400 |
$29.17 |
$60,680 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
2,210 |
$11.82 |
$24,580 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
2,120 |
$10.45 |
$21,740 |
| Security guards |
2,090 |
$12.76 |
$26,530 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,970 |
$13.72 |
$28,540 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,890 |
$11.46 |
$23,830 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
1,870 |
$17.08 |
$35,520 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,780 |
Not available |
$46,440 |
| Construction laborers |
1,720 |
$13.53 |
$28,130 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,720 |
$8.34 |
$17,340 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
1,700 |
$15.87 |
$33,020 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
1,670 |
$31.26 |
$65,010 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,650 |
$17.10 |
$35,570 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
1,610 |
$23.08 |
$48,000 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
1,610 |
$10.84 |
$22,560 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,550 |
$8.31 |
$17,270 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,480 |
$21.21 |
$44,110 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,480 |
Not available |
$47,650 |
| Legal occupations |
1,460 |
$49.91 |
$103,810 |
| Helpers--production workers |
1,430 |
$11.76 |
$24,450 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
1,420 |
$12.83 |
$26,680 |
| Electricians |
1,390 |
$21.18 |
$44,050 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
1,390 |
$12.37 |
$25,720 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,380 |
$27.22 |
$56,610 |
| Teacher assistants |
1,380 |
Not available |
$16,160 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,360 |
Not available |
$45,910 |
| Home health aides |
1,320 |
$10.58 |
$22,000 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,280 |
$10.27 |
$21,360 |
| Data entry keyers |
1,270 |
$13.27 |
$27,600 |
| Medical assistants |
1,250 |
$13.24 |
$27,530 |
| Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders |
1,240 |
$11.20 |
$23,290 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
1,220 |
$14.82 |
$30,830 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
1,220 |
$17.56 |
$36,520 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,100 |
$9.61 |
$19,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
1,040 |
$23.52 |
$48,910 |
| Financial managers |
990 |
$36.89 |
$76,720 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
990 |
$11.99 |
$24,930 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
990 |
$19.03 |
$39,580 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
970 |
$14.52 |
$30,190 |
| Cooks, fast food |
950 |
$7.30 |
$15,170 |
| Dishwashers |
950 |
$7.95 |
$16,540 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
950 |
$22.68 |
$47,170 |
| Driver/sales workers |
890 |
$10.05 |
$20,890 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
860 |
$25.42 |
$52,880 |
| Chief executives |
850 |
$72.74 |
$151,300 |
| Computer programmers |
850 |
$27.65 |
$57,500 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
840 |
$15.63 |
$32,510 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
840 |
Not available |
$21,740 |
| Lawyers |
810 |
$71.31 |
$148,330 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
810 |
$16.61 |
$34,560 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
810 |
$24.16 |
$50,250 |
| Carpenters |
790 |
$15.79 |
$32,850 |
| Machinists |
770 |
$18.13 |
$37,720 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
770 |
$19.26 |
$40,060 |
| Sales managers |
770 |
$39.73 |
$82,640 |
| Computer support specialists |
760 |
$19.43 |
$40,420 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
740 |
$13.01 |
$27,070 |
| Tellers |
730 |
$11.27 |
$23,440 |
| Managers, all other |
700 |
$33.80 |
$70,310 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
660 |
$9.30 |
$19,340 |
| Bill and account collectors |
650 |
$13.93 |
$28,980 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
650 |
$18.56 |
$38,600 |
| Administrative services managers |
640 |
$32.58 |
$67,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
640 |
$20.41 |
$42,450 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
630 |
$9.67 |
$20,110 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
630 |
$13.72 |
$28,540 |
| Medical secretaries |
620 |
$14.78 |
$30,750 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
610 |
$19.36 |
$40,270 |
| Production workers, all other |
610 |
$11.76 |
$24,460 |
| Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders |
610 |
$13.67 |
$28,440 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
590 |
$7.89 |
$16,400 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
580 |
$13.80 |
$28,710 |
| Food service managers |
580 |
$17.13 |
$35,620 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
570 |
$33.63 |
$69,960 |
| Sheet metal workers |
570 |
$17.11 |
$35,580 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
560 |
$8.14 |
$16,940 |
| Loan officers |
560 |
$21.54 |
$44,800 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
540 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Computer systems analysts |
520 |
$32.13 |
$66,840 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
520 |
$8.14 |
$16,930 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
510 |
$18.58 |
$38,660 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
510 |
$16.80 |
$34,940 |
| Printing machine operators |
510 |
$13.89 |
$28,900 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
500 |
$18.08 |
$37,600 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
500 |
$24.86 |
$51,710 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
500 |
$14.22 |
$29,580 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
500 |
$24.74 |
$51,450 |
| Pharmacists |
490 |
$56.34 |
$117,180 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
470 |
$7.56 |
$15,730 |
| Surgical technologists |
470 |
$18.00 |
$37,440 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
460 |
$12.68 |
$26,370 |
| Child care workers |
460 |
$8.45 |
$17,580 |
| Computer operators |
460 |
$15.11 |
$31,420 |
| Dental assistants |
460 |
$15.16 |
$31,530 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
460 |
$16.59 |
$34,510 |
| Medical and health services managers |
460 |
$36.28 |
$75,470 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
450 |
$11.46 |
$23,840 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
440 |
$10.85 |
$22,570 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
440 |
$19.20 |
$39,930 |
| Insurance sales agents |
420 |
$25.34 |
$52,710 |
| Order clerks |
420 |
$12.57 |
$26,150 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
410 |
$23.95 |
$49,810 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
400 |
$15.06 |
$31,330 |
| Construction managers |
380 |
$36.07 |
$75,030 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
380 |
$16.77 |
$34,890 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
380 |
$98.97 |
$205,860 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
370 |
$41.41 |
$86,130 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
370 |
$15.65 |
$32,550 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
360 |
$20.88 |
$43,440 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
360 |
$13.42 |
$27,920 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
360 |
$15.84 |
$32,950 |
| Bartenders |
350 |
$9.09 |
$18,910 |
| Graphic designers |
350 |
$18.10 |
$37,650 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
350 |
$27.49 |
$57,170 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
350 |
$16.68 |
$34,680 |
| Training and development specialists |
350 |
$21.50 |
$44,710 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
340 |
$11.96 |
$24,870 |
| Management analysts |
340 |
$34.25 |
$71,240 |
| Marketing managers |
340 |
$38.57 |
$80,230 |
| Parts salespersons |
340 |
$13.77 |
$28,640 |
| Dental hygienists |
330 |
$27.47 |
$57,140 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
330 |
$26.48 |
$55,080 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
330 |
$22.64 |
$47,090 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
320 |
$19.51 |
$40,580 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
320 |
$21.53 |
$44,790 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
320 |
Not available |
$45,910 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
310 |
$21.85 |
$45,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
310 |
$32.54 |
$67,680 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
310 |
$18.30 |
$38,070 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
310 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Social and human service assistants |
310 |
$14.32 |
$29,780 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
310 |
$22.77 |
$47,370 |
| Telemarketers |
310 |
$11.06 |
$23,010 |
| Cost estimators |
300 |
$23.11 |
$48,070 |
| Industrial production managers |
300 |
$33.14 |
$68,940 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
300 |
$14.55 |
$30,260 |
| Sewing machine operators |
300 |
$9.24 |
$19,230 |
| Cooks, short order |
290 |
$8.43 |
$17,540 |
| Legal secretaries |
290 |
$16.16 |
$33,610 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
290 |
$14.02 |
$29,160 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
290 |
$8.98 |
$18,670 |
| Coaches and scouts |
280 |
Not available |
$28,630 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
280 |
$30.76 |
$63,970 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
280 |
Not available |
$48,430 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
280 |
$30.80 |
$64,060 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
270 |
$8.00 |
$16,640 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
270 |
$17.36 |
$36,100 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
270 |
Not available |
$80,500 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
270 |
$15.59 |
$32,430 |
| Operations research analysts |
270 |
$30.20 |
$62,820 |
| Recreation workers |
270 |
$11.88 |
$24,710 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
270 |
$18.14 |
$37,720 |
| All other information and record clerks |
260 |
$14.66 |
$30,500 |
| Engineering managers |
260 |
$41.64 |
$86,620 |
| Industrial engineers |
260 |
$33.96 |
$70,640 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
260 |
Not available |
$42,260 |
| Mechanical drafters |
260 |
$24.18 |
$50,300 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
260 |
$15.44 |
$32,120 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
260 |
$12.85 |
$26,730 |
| Pest control workers |
260 |
$12.90 |
$26,840 |
| Physical therapists |
260 |
$34.18 |
$71,090 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
250 |
$12.29 |
$25,570 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
250 |
$13.08 |
$27,210 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
250 |
$13.74 |
$28,570 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
240 |
$14.64 |
$30,450 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
230 |
$28.41 |
$59,090 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
230 |
$13.56 |
$28,200 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
230 |
$12.97 |
$26,970 |
| File clerks |
230 |
$10.42 |
$21,680 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
230 |
$17.00 |
$35,350 |
| Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders |
230 |
$11.96 |
$24,870 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
220 |
$16.50 |
$34,320 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
220 |
$16.26 |
$33,830 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
220 |
$14.22 |
$29,580 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
220 |
$42.27 |
$87,930 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
210 |
$22.80 |
$47,420 |
| Helpers--electricians |
210 |
$11.40 |
$23,710 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
210 |
$30.12 |
$62,640 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
210 |
Not available |
$44,500 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
200 |
$15.90 |
$33,070 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
200 |
$24.43 |
$50,820 |
| Logisticians |
200 |
$19.49 |
$40,540 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
200 |
$13.36 |
$27,800 |
| Boilermakers |
190 |
$23.93 |
$49,770 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
190 |
$14.50 |
$30,170 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
190 |
$18.52 |
$38,530 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
190 |
$9.83 |
$20,440 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
190 |
$25.77 |
$53,610 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
190 |
$10.15 |
$21,110 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
190 |
$7.98 |
$16,590 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
190 |
$16.34 |
$33,990 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
190 |
$10.50 |
$21,840 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
190 |
$21.93 |
$45,600 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
190 |
Not available |
$43,330 |
| Civil engineers |
180 |
$35.47 |
$73,780 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
180 |
$18.66 |
$38,810 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
180 |
$23.20 |
$48,260 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
180 |
$11.84 |
$24,640 |
| Librarians |
180 |
$23.12 |
$48,080 |
| Photographers |
180 |
$12.19 |
$25,350 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
180 |
$17.61 |
$36,620 |
| Public relations specialists |
180 |
$20.69 |
$43,030 |
| Real estate sales agents |
180 |
$25.86 |
$53,800 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
180 |
$12.53 |
$26,060 |
| Social and community service managers |
180 |
$19.73 |
$41,040 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
180 |
$20.33 |
$42,290 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
180 |
$10.47 |
$21,780 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
170 |
$13.02 |
$27,070 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
170 |
$26.16 |
$54,410 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
170 |
$20.10 |
$41,810 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
170 |
$22.91 |
$47,660 |
| Respiratory therapists |
170 |
$24.55 |
$51,070 |
| Food batchmakers |
160 |
$11.63 |
$24,200 |
| Instructional coordinators |
160 |
$24.79 |
$51,560 |
| Pharmacy aides |
160 |
$9.94 |
$20,680 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
160 |
$13.14 |
$27,320 |
| Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other |
160 |
$10.11 |
$21,040 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
160 |
$19.23 |
$39,990 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
160 |
$17.33 |
$36,040 |
| Advertising sales agents |
150 |
$23.63 |
$49,140 |
| Couriers and messengers |
150 |
$10.00 |
$20,800 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
150 |
$13.39 |
$27,840 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
150 |
$23.61 |
$49,110 |
| Electrical engineers |
150 |
$39.60 |
$82,360 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
150 |
$17.35 |
$36,090 |
| Mechanical engineers |
150 |
$32.75 |
$68,120 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
150 |
$15.76 |
$32,790 |
| New accounts clerks |
150 |
$16.67 |
$34,680 |
| Occupational therapists |
150 |
$32.20 |
$66,970 |
| Photographic process workers |
150 |
$13.48 |
$28,040 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
150 |
$12.75 |
$26,530 |
| Roofers |
150 |
$12.66 |
$26,320 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
140 |
$19.37 |
$40,290 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
140 |
$11.94 |
$24,840 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
140 |
$21.18 |
$44,060 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
140 |
$14.96 |
$31,110 |
| Funeral directors |
140 |
$24.78 |
$51,540 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
140 |
$12.62 |
$26,250 |
| Postal service clerks |
140 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
140 |
$15.75 |
$32,750 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
130 |
$24.47 |
$50,900 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
130 |
Not available |
$45,880 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
130 |
$12.93 |
$26,890 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
130 |
$13.76 |
$28,610 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
130 |
$27.58 |
$57,360 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
130 |
$13.99 |
$29,100 |
| Financial analysts |
130 |
$30.19 |
$62,790 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
130 |
$12.95 |
$26,930 |
| Health educators |
130 |
$20.06 |
$41,720 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
130 |
$21.33 |
$44,360 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
130 |
$12.02 |
$25,000 |
| Purchasing managers |
130 |
$30.53 |
$63,510 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
130 |
$14.77 |
$30,710 |
| Anesthesiologists |
120 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Bindery workers |
120 |
$12.77 |
$26,560 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
120 |
$13.67 |
$28,440 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
120 |
$33.26 |
$69,180 |
| Crane and tower operators |
120 |
$21.24 |
$44,190 |
| Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers |
120 |
$13.20 |
$27,460 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
120 |
Not available |
$80,540 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other |
120 |
$8.98 |
$18,680 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
120 |
$12.72 |
$26,450 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
120 |
$26.43 |
$54,970 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
120 |
$12.23 |
$25,430 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
120 |
$31.50 |
$65,510 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
120 |
$11.19 |
$23,280 |
| Personal financial advisors |
120 |
$49.27 |
$102,490 |
| Physician assistants |
120 |
$59.72 |
$124,220 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
120 |
$21.83 |
$45,400 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
110 |
$14.77 |
$30,730 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
110 |
$33.46 |
$69,600 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
110 |
$19.37 |
$40,290 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
110 |
$18.58 |
$38,640 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
110 |
$34.05 |
$70,830 |
| Funeral attendants |
110 |
$9.01 |
$18,740 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
110 |
$13.39 |
$27,850 |
| Interior designers |
110 |
$19.42 |
$40,390 |
| Interpreters and translators |
110 |
$13.81 |
$28,730 |
| Legislators |
110 |
Not available |
$17,240 |
| Veterinarians |
110 |
$34.89 |
$72,570 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
110 |
$11.99 |
$24,930 |
| Broadcast technicians |
100 |
$19.73 |
$41,050 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
Not available |
$69,890 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
100 |
$21.46 |
$44,630 |
| Database administrators |
100 |
$26.45 |
$55,020 |
| Dentists, general |
100 |
$74.76 |
$155,500 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
100 |
$19.18 |
$39,900 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
100 |
$15.16 |
$31,540 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
100 |
$36.65 |
$76,240 |
| Insurance underwriters |
100 |
$27.69 |
$57,600 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
100 |
$13.25 |
$27,560 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
100 |
$23.99 |
$49,900 |
| Surgeons |
100 |
$102.22 |
$212,620 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
90 |
$18.69 |
$38,880 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
90 |
$13.24 |
$27,550 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
90 |
$15.36 |
$31,940 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
90 |
$14.68 |
$30,540 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
90 |
$28.13 |
$58,500 |
| Job printers |
90 |
$15.99 |
$33,270 |
| Market research analysts |
90 |
$26.51 |
$55,150 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
90 |
Not available |
$53,080 |
| Pipelayers |
90 |
$14.29 |
$29,720 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
90 |
$11.44 |
$23,790 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
90 |
$20.58 |
$42,810 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
90 |
$7.64 |
$15,890 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
80 |
$19.21 |
$39,950 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
80 |
$33.69 |
$70,080 |
| Bailiffs |
80 |
$14.29 |
$29,730 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$76,470 |
| Bus drivers, school |
80 |
$8.02 |
$16,690 |
| Chemical technicians |
80 |
$18.47 |
$38,420 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
80 |
$18.35 |
$38,170 |
| Editors |
80 |
$19.21 |
$39,960 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
80 |
$20.28 |
$42,180 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
80 |
$27.90 |
$58,040 |
| Floral designers |
80 |
$11.60 |
$24,140 |
| Internists, general |
80 |
$95.38 |
$198,390 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
80 |
$13.56 |
$28,210 |
| Procurement clerks |
80 |
$15.35 |
$31,920 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
80 |
$12.01 |
$24,990 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
80 |
$16.94 |
$35,240 |
| Tool and die makers |
80 |
$19.81 |
$41,190 |
| Tour guides and escorts |
80 |
$7.63 |
$15,880 |
| Brokerage clerks |
70 |
$14.96 |
$31,120 |
| Chemists |
70 |
$24.78 |
$51,540 |
| Concierges |
70 |
$11.37 |
$23,650 |
| Credit analysts |
70 |
$23.27 |
$48,410 |
| Drafters, all other |
70 |
$17.61 |
$36,620 |
| Foundry mold and coremakers |
70 |
$14.20 |
$29,540 |
| Glaziers |
70 |
$14.16 |
$29,460 |
| Lodging managers |
70 |
$16.99 |
$35,340 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Public relations managers |
70 |
$32.32 |
$67,230 |
| Real estate brokers |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
70 |
$14.95 |
$31,100 |
| Training and development managers |
70 |
$33.06 |
$68,770 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
60 |
$34.82 |
$72,430 |
| Budget analysts |
60 |
$33.83 |
$70,370 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
60 |
$17.62 |
$36,650 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
60 |
$29.61 |
$61,590 |
| Environmental engineers |
60 |
$26.58 |
$55,290 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
60 |
$16.04 |
$33,360 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
60 |
$18.28 |
$38,030 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
60 |
$10.16 |
$21,140 |
| Materials scientists |
60 |
$30.98 |
$64,430 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
60 |
$10.78 |
$22,420 |
| Pediatricians, general |
60 |
$94.97 |
$197,530 |
| Residential advisors |
60 |
$11.07 |
$23,030 |
| Travel agents |
60 |
$15.91 |
$33,100 |
| Dietetic technicians |
50 |
$10.40 |
$21,640 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
50 |
$20.54 |
$42,730 |
| Foresters |
50 |
$15.39 |
$32,020 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
50 |
$19.54 |
$40,650 |
| Library technicians |
50 |
$13.85 |
$28,820 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
50 |
$21.30 |
$44,300 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
50 |
$18.80 |
$39,100 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
50 |
$30.51 |
$63,460 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers |
50 |
$20.57 |
$42,780 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
50 |
$16.99 |
$35,330 |
| Radiation therapists |
50 |
$29.67 |
$61,710 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
50 |
$14.28 |
$29,690 |
| Sales engineers |
50 |
$29.02 |
$60,360 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
50 |
$28.25 |
$58,760 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
50 |
$9.84 |
$20,460 |
| Traffic technicians |
50 |
$17.48 |
$36,370 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
40 |
$10.71 |
$22,270 |
| Carpet installers |
40 |
$18.62 |
$38,720 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$53,210 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
40 |
$22.50 |
$46,810 |
| Commercial pilots |
40 |
Not available |
$84,260 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
40 |
$17.99 |
$37,420 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$53,330 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles |
40 |
$12.77 |
$26,550 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
40 |
$36.54 |
$76,000 |
| Etchers and engravers |
40 |
$12.64 |
$26,290 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers |
40 |
$21.49 |
$44,700 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
40 |
$24.16 |
$50,240 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$18.01 |
$37,460 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$19.57 |
$40,700 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
40 |
$13.41 |
$27,880 |
| Motorboat mechanics |
40 |
$16.18 |
$33,650 |
| Multi-media artists and animators |
40 |
$19.80 |
$41,190 |
| Producers and directors |
40 |
$21.92 |
$45,590 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
40 |
$10.50 |
$21,840 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
40 |
$24.44 |
$50,840 |
| Statistical assistants |
40 |
$11.95 |
$24,850 |
| Statisticians |
40 |
$25.22 |
$52,450 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
40 |
$17.15 |
$35,680 |
| Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers |
30 |
$43.39 |
$90,260 |
| Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators |
30 |
$33.39 |
$69,440 |
| Audiologists |
30 |
$34.76 |
$72,300 |
| Chemical engineers |
30 |
$45.82 |
$95,310 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders |
30 |
$18.92 |
$39,350 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary |
30 |
Not available |
$52,540 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
30 |
Not available |
$45,040 |
| Counselors, all other |
30 |
$18.63 |
$38,750 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
30 |
$13.94 |
$28,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
30 |
$21.47 |
$44,660 |
| History teachers, postsecondary |
30 |
Not available |
$71,930 |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary |
30 |
Not available |
$57,870 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary |
30 |
Not available |
$49,190 |
| Technical writers |
30 |
$21.75 |
$45,240 |
| Tile and marble setters |
30 |
$17.35 |
$36,080 |
| Urban and regional planners |
30 |
$25.12 |
$52,260 |
| Chemical plant and system operators |
Not available |
$23.80 |
$49,510 |
| Chiropractors |
Not available |
$55.08 |
$114,570 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand |
Not available |
$10.61 |
$22,060 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
Not available |
$16.24 |
$33,780 |
| Elevator installers and repairers |
Not available |
$27.62 |
$57,460 |
| Engineers, all other |
Not available |
$39.40 |
$81,950 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
Not available |
$17.83 |
$37,090 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
Not available |
$8.86 |
$18,420 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators |
Not available |
$11.91 |
$24,770 |
| Fire fighters |
Not available |
$13.23 |
$27,530 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
Not available |
$11.62 |
$24,160 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
Not available |
$13.96 |
$29,040 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall |
Not available |
$14.26 |
$29,660 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers |
Not available |
$12.63 |
$26,260 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
Not available |
$14.73 |
$30,630 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
Not available |
$10.53 |
$21,890 |
| Mechanical door repairers |
Not available |
$11.41 |
$23,730 |
| Mental health counselors |
Not available |
$13.63 |
$28,350 |
| Millwrights |
Not available |
$22.45 |
$46,700 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$14.17 |
$29,460 |
| Motorcycle mechanics |
Not available |
$12.96 |
$26,950 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$11.60 |
$24,120 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
Not available |
$13.39 |
$27,850 |
| Parking lot attendants |
Not available |
$7.64 |
$15,890 |
| Personal and home care aides |
Not available |
$7.15 |
$14,880 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
Not available |
$19.42 |
$40,400 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
Not available |
$9.96 |
$20,720 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$68,930 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
Not available |
$9.73 |
$20,250 |
| Surveyors |
Not available |
$20.26 |
$42,130 |
| Tax preparers |
Not available |
$23.25 |
$48,360 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
Not available |
$12.51 |
$26,010 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners |
Not available |
$15.32 |
$31,870 |
| Upholsterers |
Not available |
$13.92 |
$28,960 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
Not available |
$8.95 |
$18,620 |
| Writers and authors |
Not available |
$20.62 |
$42,890 |
