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 | 43,370 | $18.06 | $37,560 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 7,310 | $14.00 | $29,120 |
| Sales and related occupations | 4,210 | $13.44 | $27,960 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 3,990 | $14.14 | $29,410 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 3,880 | $8.79 | $18,280 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 2,950 | $17.53 | $36,460 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 2,550 | $30.50 | $63,440 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 2,420 | $22.30 | $46,390 |
| Management occupations | 2,200 | $34.52 | $71,800 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,960 | $27.05 | $56,270 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 1,960 | $19.93 | $41,460 |
| Production occupations | 1,740 | $15.68 | $32,600 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 1,510 | $11.53 | $23,970 |
| Retail salespersons | 1,490 | $10.44 | $21,710 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,160 | $10.22 | $21,260 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,050 | $13.28 | $27,620 |
| Cashiers | 1,000 | $9.58 | $19,930 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 990 | $12.61 | $26,230 |
| Protective service occupations | 920 | $19.58 | $40,720 |
| Registered nurses | 900 | $28.38 | $59,030 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 870 | $6.98 | $14,510 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 780 | $10.67 | $22,190 |
| Community and social services occupations | 730 | $20.81 | $43,280 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 730 | $11.15 | $23,190 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 700 | $14.77 | $30,710 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 700 | $26.65 | $55,420 |
| General and operations managers | 700 | $36.47 | $75,850 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 700 | $11.62 | $24,180 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 700 | $14.97 | $31,140 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 610 | $28.47 | $59,210 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 580 | $30.59 | $63,630 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 560 | $9.09 | $18,900 |
| Accountants and auditors | 550 | $24.85 | $51,690 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 530 | Not available | Not available |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 520 | Not available | $55,800 |
| Legal occupations | 520 | $33.91 | $70,530 |
| Customer service representatives | 500 | $12.35 | $25,700 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 500 | $16.52 | $34,350 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 500 | $12.98 | $26,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 480 | $20.10 | $41,810 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 430 | $17.41 | $36,220 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 410 | $18.80 | $39,100 |
| Driver/sales workers | 410 | $10.50 | $21,840 |
| Teacher assistants | 410 | Not available | $23,570 |
| Electricians | 350 | $22.08 | $45,920 |
| Food preparation workers | 350 | $9.35 | $19,450 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 340 | $10.14 | $21,080 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 340 | $11.70 | $24,340 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 330 | $13.48 | $28,030 |
| Construction laborers | 310 | $13.07 | $27,180 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 310 | $17.08 | $35,530 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 300 | $24.89 | $51,770 |
| Office clerks, general | 300 | $11.90 | $24,750 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 300 | $20.53 | $42,700 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 290 | $14.44 | $30,030 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 280 | $8.59 | $17,860 |
| Managers, all other | 280 | $40.52 | $84,280 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 280 | $16.38 | $34,060 |
| Lawyers | 270 | $45.21 | $94,030 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 260 | $28.86 | $60,030 |
| Medical secretaries | 260 | $13.13 | $27,310 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 250 | $14.16 | $29,450 |
| Carpenters | 250 | $17.93 | $37,300 |
| Child care workers | 250 | $8.12 | $16,880 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 250 | $10.58 | $22,010 |
| Bartenders | 240 | $7.61 | $15,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 240 | $28.08 | $58,400 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 240 | $11.96 | $24,880 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 230 | $7.26 | $15,110 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 230 | $11.23 | $23,360 |
| Recreation workers | 220 | $9.97 | $20,740 |
| Cooks, fast food | 210 | $7.19 | $14,960 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 200 | $15.32 | $31,870 |
| Dishwashers | 200 | $8.11 | $16,870 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 200 | $20.66 | $42,970 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 190 | $19.15 | $39,830 |
| Tellers | 190 | $10.77 | $22,410 |
| All other information and record clerks | 180 | $14.94 | $31,070 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 180 | $12.80 | $26,630 |
| Management analysts | 180 | $27.73 | $57,680 |
| Medical and health services managers | 180 | $36.95 | $76,860 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 170 | $25.30 | $52,620 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 170 | $19.34 | $40,220 |
| Computer systems analysts | 160 | $23.32 | $48,510 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 160 | $14.13 | $29,400 |
| Team assemblers | 160 | $12.94 | $26,910 |
| Bus drivers, school | 150 | $12.52 | $26,030 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 150 | $9.46 | $19,670 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 150 | $10.02 | $20,840 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 140 | $22.14 | $46,050 |
| Civil engineers | 140 | $30.51 | $63,450 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 140 | $13.56 | $28,200 |
| Health educators | 140 | $26.12 | $54,320 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 140 | $15.31 | $31,840 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 140 | Not available | Not available |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 140 | $15.79 | $32,840 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 140 | $20.25 | $42,110 |
| Security guards | 140 | $12.39 | $25,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 130 | $19.37 | $40,290 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 130 | $7.31 | $15,200 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 130 | $24.42 | $50,780 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 120 | $27.83 | $57,880 |
| Computer support specialists | 120 | $18.86 | $39,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 120 | $23.85 | $49,620 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 120 | $11.28 | $23,450 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 120 | $9.10 | $18,920 |
| Loan officers | 120 | $21.61 | $44,950 |
| Order clerks | 120 | $10.68 | $22,210 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 120 | $19.21 | $39,960 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 120 | $11.03 | $22,950 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 120 | $17.79 | $37,000 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 110 | $21.62 | $44,960 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 110 | $30.77 | $64,000 |
| Food service managers | 110 | $20.41 | $42,460 |
| Instructional coordinators | 110 | $25.20 | $52,420 |
| Pharmacists | 110 | $46.73 | $97,210 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 110 | $14.36 | $29,870 |
| Training and development specialists | 110 | $21.93 | $45,620 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 100 | $18.71 | $38,910 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 100 | $23.13 | $48,110 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 100 | $9.08 | $18,890 |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers | 100 | $27.33 | $56,850 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 90 | $24.64 | $51,260 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 90 | $28.62 | $59,530 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 90 | $24.95 | $51,890 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 90 | $22.51 | $46,820 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 90 | $14.23 | $29,600 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 90 | $15.03 | $31,260 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 90 | $24.64 | $51,240 |
| Dental assistants | 80 | $14.37 | $29,890 |
| Financial managers | 80 | $38.82 | $80,740 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 80 | $17.74 | $36,890 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 80 | $10.19 | $21,190 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 80 | $17.05 | $35,470 |
| Insurance sales agents | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Mechanical engineers | 80 | $34.58 | $71,920 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 80 | $15.92 | $33,110 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 80 | $21.53 | $44,770 |
| Parts salespersons | 80 | $11.96 | $24,880 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 80 | $74.67 | $155,320 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 80 | $18.97 | $39,450 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 80 | $29.78 | $61,940 |
| Administrative services managers | 70 | $30.85 | $64,170 |
| Bill and account collectors | 70 | $14.47 | $30,100 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 70 | $13.71 | $28,510 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 70 | $9.57 | $19,910 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 70 | Not available | $83,270 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 70 | $14.30 | $29,750 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 70 | $27.57 | $57,340 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 70 | $8.53 | $17,730 |
| Market research analysts | 70 | $21.03 | $43,750 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 70 | $25.67 | $53,400 |
| Medical assistants | 70 | $14.03 | $29,190 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 70 | $16.26 | $33,810 |
| Production workers, all other | 70 | $13.28 | $27,620 |
| Public relations specialists | 70 | $21.71 | $45,150 |
| Roofers | 70 | $14.04 | $29,210 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 60 | $26.33 | $54,760 |
| Choreographers | 60 | $21.70 | $45,140 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 60 | $35.74 | $74,340 |
| Data entry keyers | 60 | $10.41 | $21,660 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 60 | $8.37 | $17,410 |
| Family and general practitioners | 60 | $81.06 | $168,590 |
| Graphic designers | 60 | $18.64 | $38,770 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 60 | $9.11 | $18,960 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 60 | Not available | $52,040 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 60 | $14.09 | $29,310 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 60 | $29.41 | $61,180 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 60 | $10.35 | $21,530 |
| Physical therapists | 60 | $31.02 | $64,520 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 60 | $17.36 | $36,120 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 60 | $7.63 | $15,880 |
| Social and community service managers | 60 | $27.13 | $56,420 |
| Social and human service assistants | 60 | $13.56 | $28,210 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 60 | $14.27 | $29,680 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 50 | $19.82 | $41,220 |
| Chief executives | 50 | $48.14 | $100,120 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 50 | $31.30 | $65,100 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 50 | $13.61 | $28,300 |
| Cost estimators | 50 | $21.86 | $45,470 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 50 | $18.24 | $37,930 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 50 | $20.59 | $42,830 |
| Engineering managers | 50 | $40.76 | $84,780 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 50 | $22.17 | $46,120 |
| Helpers--production workers | 50 | $8.73 | $18,160 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 50 | $15.59 | $32,420 |
| Mental health counselors | 50 | $20.69 | $43,040 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 50 | $27.87 | $57,980 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 50 | $23.22 | $48,290 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 50 | $16.68 | $34,700 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 50 | $15.72 | $32,690 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 50 | $22.36 | $46,500 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 50 | $9.00 | $18,730 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 50 | Not available | $36,410 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 50 | $22.62 | $47,050 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 50 | $14.96 | $31,120 |
| Advertising sales agents | 40 | $23.31 | $48,490 |
| Bakers | 40 | $10.19 | $21,200 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 40 | $9.74 | $20,260 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 40 | $25.96 | $53,990 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 40 | $15.11 | $31,430 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 40 | $26.76 | $55,650 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 40 | $24.13 | $50,200 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 40 | $24.11 | $50,140 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other | 40 | $8.65 | $17,990 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 40 | $25.72 | $53,500 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 40 | $14.41 | $29,970 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 40 | $11.53 | $23,990 |
| Sales managers | 40 | $26.19 | $54,470 |
| Transportation workers, all other | 40 | $12.70 | $26,410 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 40 | $34.97 | $72,740 |
| Travel agents | 40 | $12.75 | $26,520 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 30 | $13.96 | $29,030 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 30 | $15.15 | $31,510 |
| Financial analysts | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 30 | $20.57 | $42,790 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 30 | $33.03 | $68,700 |
| Mechanical drafters | 30 | $20.71 | $43,080 |
| Occupational therapists | 30 | $31.50 | $65,520 |
| Physician assistants | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Social workers, all other | 30 | $25.56 | $53,160 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 30 | $32.35 | $67,290 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | Not available | $18.12 | $37,680 |
| Budget analysts | Not available | $37.02 | $77,000 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | Not available | $16.50 | $34,320 |
| Construction managers | Not available | $30.47 | $63,380 |
| Dental hygienists | Not available | $29.06 | $60,440 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | Not available | $16.49 | $34,310 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | Not available | $28.53 | $59,340 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | Not available | $13.90 | $28,910 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | Not available | $11.61 | $24,140 |
| Legal secretaries | Not available | $14.15 | $29,430 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | Not available | $11.29 | $23,490 |
| Medical and public health social workers | Not available | $17.45 | $36,300 |
| Medical equipment repairers | Not available | $17.39 | $36,170 |
| Personal financial advisors | Not available | $82.49 | $171,580 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | Not available | Not available | $47,510 |
| Real estate sales agents | Not available | $35.46 | $73,770 |
| Service station attendants | Not available | $10.52 | $21,880 |
| Sheet metal workers | Not available | $20.39 | $42,410 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | Not available | $15.80 | $32,870 |
| Telemarketers | Not available | $15.57 | $32,380 |
| Tire repairers and changers | Not available | $8.90 | $18,500 |
