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 | 72,200 | $18.89 | $39,290 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 12,860 | $14.76 | $30,700 |
| Sales and related occupations | 7,990 | $15.17 | $31,550 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 7,430 | $9.62 | $20,000 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 6,450 | $28.02 | $58,280 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 4,560 | $33.85 | $70,410 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 3,530 | $14.09 | $29,300 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 3,350 | $12.45 | $25,900 |
| Production occupations | 3,250 | $15.24 | $31,700 |
| Retail salespersons | 3,070 | $11.63 | $24,190 |
| Management occupations | 3,040 | $38.63 | $80,350 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 2,980 | $20.24 | $42,100 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,690 | $19.15 | $39,840 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 2,520 | $11.26 | $23,420 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 2,410 | $26.47 | $55,060 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 2,300 | $11.88 | $24,710 |
| Office clerks, general | 2,260 | $13.13 | $27,320 |
| Cashiers | 2,050 | $11.22 | $23,340 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,740 | $9.24 | $19,220 |
| Registered nurses | 1,640 | $38.60 | $80,290 |
| Community and social services occupations | 1,570 | $20.10 | $41,800 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,410 | $21.83 | $45,410 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 1,210 | $10.96 | $22,800 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1,060 | $15.80 | $32,860 |
| General and operations managers | 1,050 | $41.43 | $86,180 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 1,030 | Not available | $60,760 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 1,020 | $8.88 | $18,460 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 1,000 | $11.20 | $23,300 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 990 | $9.68 | $20,140 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 980 | $14.76 | $30,690 |
| Teacher assistants | 980 | Not available | $25,520 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 940 | $11.03 | $22,930 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 930 | $24.52 | $51,000 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 900 | $20.96 | $43,610 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 890 | $11.47 | $23,850 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 840 | $20.76 | $43,190 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 840 | $17.15 | $35,670 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 810 | $18.28 | $38,020 |
| Construction laborers | 790 | $16.67 | $34,680 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 770 | $21.57 | $44,860 |
| Medical secretaries | 770 | $12.76 | $26,540 |
| Cooks, fast food | 670 | $8.53 | $17,740 |
| Personal and home care aides | 650 | $9.49 | $19,740 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 640 | $29.02 | $60,360 |
| Customer service representatives | 640 | $14.19 | $29,510 |
| Home health aides | 620 | $9.82 | $20,410 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 610 | $17.28 | $35,930 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 570 | $12.45 | $25,900 |
| Medical assistants | 560 | $13.69 | $28,480 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 550 | $15.51 | $32,270 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 540 | $30.06 | $62,510 |
| Food preparation workers | 530 | $9.83 | $20,440 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 510 | $11.37 | $23,650 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 510 | $13.80 | $28,710 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 480 | $13.31 | $27,690 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 470 | $10.81 | $22,480 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 460 | $25.74 | $53,530 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 430 | $10.68 | $22,220 |
| Legal occupations | 430 | $40.90 | $85,070 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 430 | $9.21 | $19,160 |
| Dishwashers | 420 | $8.56 | $17,800 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 410 | $17.60 | $36,600 |
| Carpenters | 400 | $19.54 | $40,650 |
| Recreation workers | 400 | $10.92 | $22,710 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 380 | $9.34 | $19,430 |
| Social and human service assistants | 370 | $12.62 | $26,250 |
| Tellers | 360 | $11.41 | $23,720 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 350 | $16.06 | $33,400 |
| Dental assistants | 330 | $13.29 | $27,640 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 330 | $10.13 | $21,060 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 330 | $21.28 | $44,260 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 320 | $15.80 | $32,850 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 310 | $16.85 | $35,040 |
| Fire fighters | 300 | $18.08 | $37,600 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 300 | $32.42 | $67,430 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 290 | $9.89 | $20,580 |
| Security guards | 290 | $10.81 | $22,490 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 270 | $13.44 | $27,960 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 270 | $17.52 | $36,450 |
| Child care workers | 260 | $10.15 | $21,120 |
| Accountants and auditors | 250 | $27.63 | $57,480 |
| Financial managers | 250 | $39.46 | $82,080 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 250 | $17.40 | $36,180 |
| Data entry keyers | 240 | $11.07 | $23,030 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 240 | $29.35 | $61,040 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 240 | $8.54 | $17,760 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 240 | $14.60 | $30,380 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 230 | $9.16 | $19,060 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 230 | $11.70 | $24,340 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 230 | $25.52 | $53,080 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 220 | $21.00 | $43,670 |
| Computer support specialists | 220 | $19.52 | $40,600 |
| Electricians | 220 | $25.20 | $52,410 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 220 | Not available | Not available |
| Bartenders | 210 | $8.87 | $18,440 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 210 | $8.58 | $17,850 |
| Lawyers | 210 | $59.90 | $124,600 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 200 | $13.87 | $28,860 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 200 | $13.37 | $27,800 |
| Sales managers | 200 | $37.95 | $78,930 |
| Agricultural workers, all other | 190 | $17.46 | $36,310 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 190 | $26.14 | $54,360 |
| Food service managers | 190 | $19.62 | $40,800 |
| Bill and account collectors | 180 | $13.93 | $28,970 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 180 | $16.59 | $34,500 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 180 | $29.96 | $62,310 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 170 | $30.35 | $63,120 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 170 | $25.12 | $52,250 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 170 | $9.89 | $20,570 |
| Loan officers | 170 | $27.82 | $57,860 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 160 | $9.79 | $20,360 |
| Insurance sales agents | 160 | $23.11 | $48,080 |
| Management analysts | 160 | $26.42 | $54,960 |
| Medical and health services managers | 160 | $41.49 | $86,290 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 160 | Not available | $59,810 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 150 | $19.34 | $40,220 |
| Legal secretaries | 150 | $22.45 | $46,710 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 150 | $23.01 | $47,860 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 150 | $22.67 | $47,150 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 140 | Not available | $99,040 |
| Pest control workers | 140 | $11.66 | $24,260 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 140 | $16.82 | $34,980 |
| Civil engineers | 130 | $33.75 | $70,210 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 130 | $14.63 | $30,420 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 130 | $16.56 | $34,450 |
| Order clerks | 130 | $12.36 | $25,710 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 130 | $27.30 | $56,790 |
| Team assemblers | 130 | $10.98 | $22,830 |
| Advertising sales agents | 120 | $23.63 | $49,160 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 120 | $12.70 | $26,410 |
| Cooks, short order | 120 | $10.16 | $21,130 |
| File clerks | 120 | $10.54 | $21,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 120 | $15.93 | $33,140 |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products | 120 | $9.42 | $19,590 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 120 | Not available | $58,280 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 120 | $9.49 | $19,730 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 120 | $19.54 | $40,640 |
| Pharmacists | 120 | $59.86 | $124,510 |
| Physical therapists | 120 | $40.38 | $83,990 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 110 | $17.75 | $36,910 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 110 | $12.40 | $25,790 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 110 | $9.86 | $20,520 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 110 | $17.36 | $36,100 |
| Photographic process workers | 110 | $10.59 | $22,030 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 110 | $15.05 | $31,310 |
| Roofers | 110 | $19.89 | $41,370 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Tire repairers and changers | 110 | $12.51 | $26,010 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 110 | $10.82 | $22,510 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 110 | $11.68 | $24,300 |
| Construction managers | 100 | $48.75 | $101,400 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 100 | $16.91 | $35,180 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 100 | $18.85 | $39,210 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 100 | $10.05 | $20,910 |
| Helpers--production workers | 100 | $10.52 | $21,890 |
| Managers, all other | 100 | $39.40 | $81,950 |
| Physician assistants | 100 | $38.91 | $80,920 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 100 | $74.93 | $155,850 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 100 | $19.48 | $40,530 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 100 | $40.33 | $83,890 |
| Bakers | 90 | $13.97 | $29,060 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 90 | $18.45 | $38,370 |
| Chief executives | 90 | $69.51 | $144,580 |
| Computer systems analysts | 90 | $38.50 | $80,080 |
| Cost estimators | 90 | $28.84 | $59,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 90 | $17.32 | $36,020 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 90 | $24.18 | $50,300 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 90 | $15.50 | $32,230 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 90 | $36.07 | $75,030 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 90 | $13.73 | $28,560 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 90 | $16.60 | $34,540 |
| Parts salespersons | 90 | $13.01 | $27,070 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 90 | $11.71 | $24,350 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 90 | $9.26 | $19,260 |
| Word processors and typists | 90 | $16.84 | $35,020 |
| Administrative services managers | 80 | $43.96 | $91,430 |
| All other information and record clerks | 80 | $17.46 | $36,320 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 80 | $24.25 | $50,430 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 80 | $9.46 | $19,680 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 80 | $15.03 | $31,270 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 80 | $28.31 | $58,880 |
| Physical therapist aides | 80 | $11.70 | $24,330 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 70 | $21.79 | $45,310 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 70 | $32.90 | $68,430 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 70 | $38.79 | $80,680 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 70 | $26.32 | $54,750 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 70 | $17.92 | $37,280 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 70 | $17.94 | $37,310 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 70 | $30.77 | $64,000 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 70 | $17.05 | $35,460 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 70 | $15.23 | $31,690 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 70 | $22.32 | $46,420 |
| Occupational therapists | 70 | $40.69 | $84,640 |
| Power plant operators | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Printing machine operators | 70 | $13.05 | $27,150 |
| Public relations specialists | 70 | $14.29 | $29,720 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 70 | $51.49 | $107,100 |
| Social and community service managers | 70 | $40.59 | $84,420 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 70 | $25.83 | $53,720 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 60 | $19.45 | $40,460 |
| Budget analysts | 60 | $31.25 | $64,990 |
| Engineers, all other | 60 | $33.49 | $69,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 60 | $21.85 | $45,440 |
| Graphic designers | 60 | $16.79 | $34,930 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 60 | $11.49 | $23,890 |
| Library technicians | 60 | $19.09 | $39,700 |
| Machinists | 60 | $15.57 | $32,390 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 60 | $13.83 | $28,760 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 60 | $22.79 | $47,400 |
| Pharmacy aides | 60 | $10.39 | $21,610 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 60 | $20.87 | $43,410 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 60 | $16.92 | $35,200 |
| Sewing machine operators | 60 | $9.32 | $19,380 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 60 | $21.70 | $45,140 |
| Training and development specialists | 60 | $23.52 | $48,920 |
| Computer operators | 50 | $12.39 | $25,770 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 50 | $44.23 | $92,010 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 50 | $22.14 | $46,050 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 50 | $16.62 | $34,570 |
| Family and general practitioners | 50 | $85.14 | $177,090 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 50 | $41.19 | $85,680 |
| Health educators | 50 | $19.54 | $40,630 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 50 | $13.06 | $27,160 |
| Librarians | 50 | $36.10 | $75,090 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 50 | $17.65 | $36,720 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 50 | $22.97 | $47,780 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 50 | $30.80 | $64,060 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 50 | $14.37 | $29,890 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | 50 | $21.66 | $45,050 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 50 | $19.16 | $39,850 |
| Postal service clerks | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Service station attendants | 50 | $10.00 | $20,800 |
| Telemarketers | 50 | $12.19 | $25,360 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 50 | $14.71 | $30,600 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 40 | $24.67 | $51,320 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 40 | $12.04 | $25,040 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 40 | $46.73 | $97,190 |
| Computer programmers | 40 | $27.30 | $56,780 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 40 | $44.80 | $93,190 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 40 | $29.52 | $61,390 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 40 | $11.14 | $23,180 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 40 | $24.24 | $50,410 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 40 | $29.01 | $60,340 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 40 | $35.31 | $73,440 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 40 | $29.39 | $61,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 40 | $24.07 | $50,060 |
| Funeral attendants | 40 | $12.11 | $25,190 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 40 | $10.32 | $21,460 |
| Market research analysts | 40 | $21.11 | $43,900 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 40 | $11.65 | $24,230 |
| Personal financial advisors | 40 | $33.65 | $69,990 |
| Photographers | 40 | $12.45 | $25,890 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Real estate sales agents | 40 | $26.84 | $55,820 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 40 | Not available | $63,500 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 40 | $21.82 | $45,380 |
| Surveyors | 40 | $25.67 | $53,400 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 40 | $17.51 | $36,430 |
| Brokerage clerks | 30 | $16.37 | $34,060 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 30 | $27.81 | $57,840 |
| Couriers and messengers | 30 | $12.10 | $25,170 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 30 | $16.11 | $33,510 |
| Engineering managers | 30 | $49.03 | $101,990 |
| Industrial production managers | 30 | $35.67 | $74,190 |
| Legislators | 30 | Not available | $39,960 |
| Marketing managers | 30 | $49.70 | $103,380 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 30 | $13.42 | $27,910 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 30 | Not available | $56,890 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 30 | $25.81 | $53,670 |
| Urban and regional planners | 30 | $31.95 | $66,450 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 30 | $15.95 | $33,180 |
| Writers and authors | 30 | $17.28 | $35,940 |
| Agricultural equipment operators | Not available | $13.48 | $28,040 |
| Agricultural inspectors | Not available | $13.07 | $27,190 |
| Animal control workers | Not available | $13.13 | $27,310 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | Not available | $24.67 | $51,320 |
| Bus drivers, school | Not available | $15.61 | $32,470 |
| Coaches and scouts | Not available | Not available | $40,940 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | Not available | $15.28 | $31,790 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | Not available | $21.08 | $43,850 |
| Computer specialists, all other | Not available | $23.92 | $49,760 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | Not available | $8.92 | $18,560 |
| Dental hygienists | Not available | $43.80 | $91,100 |
| Driver/sales workers | Not available | $17.75 | $36,930 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | Not available | $22.79 | $47,400 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | Not available | $12.73 | $26,480 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | Not available | $13.44 | $27,950 |
| Interpreters and translators | Not available | $22.46 | $46,710 |
| Job printers | Not available | $14.65 | $30,480 |
| Massage therapists | Not available | $37.01 | $76,980 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | Not available | $17.96 | $37,350 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | Not available | $22.31 | $46,400 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | Not available | $15.59 | $32,420 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | Not available | $14.32 | $29,790 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | Not available | $10.88 | $22,640 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | Not available | $10.87 | $22,600 |
| Production workers, all other | Not available | $10.10 | $21,010 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | Not available | $47.35 | $98,490 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | Not available | Not available | $64,370 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | Not available | Not available | $63,300 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | Not available | $15.84 | $32,950 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | Not available | Not available | $55,260 |
| Tile and marble setters | Not available | $29.42 | $61,200 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners | Not available | $14.17 | $29,460 |
