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 | 76,840 | $15.91 | $33,090 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 14,490 | $13.39 | $27,860 |
| Sales and related occupations | 8,220 | $12.51 | $26,020 |
| Production occupations | 8,210 | $14.74 | $30,660 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 7,800 | $8.16 | $16,960 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 6,350 | $12.64 | $26,290 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 5,560 | $21.19 | $44,080 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 4,020 | $17.99 | $37,410 |
| Customer service representatives | 3,370 | $13.27 | $27,600 |
| Management occupations | 3,350 | $34.84 | $72,460 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 3,050 | $28.63 | $59,560 |
| Retail salespersons | 3,040 | $10.79 | $22,440 |
| Team assemblers | 2,810 | $14.68 | $30,530 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 2,780 | $15.63 | $32,510 |
| Cashiers | 2,570 | $7.91 | $16,460 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 2,180 | $10.26 | $21,330 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 2,030 | $7.64 | $15,890 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 2,020 | $25.07 | $52,140 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,930 | $7.65 | $15,900 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,840 | $11.63 | $24,180 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,830 | $16.35 | $34,000 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,490 | $11.59 | $24,100 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,450 | $8.77 | $18,230 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 1,450 | $11.50 | $23,920 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 1,220 | Not available | $52,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 1,090 | $17.60 | $36,610 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,070 | $10.00 | $20,810 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 1,030 | $11.38 | $23,660 |
| Community and social services occupations | 980 | $18.10 | $37,640 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 880 | $11.69 | $24,310 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 870 | $26.02 | $54,110 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 860 | $14.24 | $29,630 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 820 | $28.54 | $59,360 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 820 | $17.62 | $36,640 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 810 | $14.47 | $30,090 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 810 | $10.50 | $21,840 |
| Registered nurses | 800 | $25.97 | $54,010 |
| Driver/sales workers | 760 | $9.68 | $20,140 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 750 | $17.01 | $35,370 |
| General and operations managers | 740 | $39.05 | $81,230 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 700 | $14.76 | $30,700 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 690 | Not available | $53,630 |
| Teacher assistants | 690 | Not available | $22,930 |
| Security guards | 680 | $16.28 | $33,850 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 640 | $11.33 | $23,570 |
| Child care workers | 620 | $7.42 | $15,430 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 620 | $14.00 | $29,120 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 600 | $8.84 | $18,390 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 580 | $16.77 | $34,880 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 560 | Not available | $52,600 |
| Construction laborers | 550 | $12.25 | $25,480 |
| Tellers | 550 | $11.24 | $23,380 |
| Cooks, fast food | 540 | $6.86 | $14,270 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 540 | $8.02 | $16,680 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 520 | $14.46 | $30,070 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 490 | $23.09 | $48,020 |
| Food preparation workers | 490 | $7.74 | $16,090 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 480 | $10.29 | $21,410 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 480 | $11.74 | $24,420 |
| Bus drivers, school | 460 | $13.23 | $27,510 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 440 | $16.75 | $34,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 440 | $21.92 | $45,580 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 420 | $8.87 | $18,440 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 400 | $27.71 | $57,630 |
| Carpenters | 400 | $15.55 | $32,350 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 400 | $16.55 | $34,410 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 370 | $24.68 | $51,330 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 360 | $10.76 | $22,380 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 350 | $11.62 | $24,170 |
| Dishwashers | 340 | $7.24 | $15,050 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 340 | Not available | $39,100 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 330 | $14.75 | $30,680 |
| Education administrators, all other | 320 | $30.98 | $64,440 |
| Electricians | 310 | $18.66 | $38,820 |
| Computer systems analysts | 300 | $26.39 | $54,890 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 290 | $15.44 | $32,120 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 280 | $25.15 | $52,300 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 280 | $26.57 | $55,260 |
| Machinists | 280 | $17.67 | $36,750 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 280 | $16.95 | $35,260 |
| Printing machine operators | 280 | $16.06 | $33,400 |
| Accountants and auditors | 270 | $23.90 | $49,710 |
| Dental assistants | 270 | $14.19 | $29,510 |
| Financial managers | 270 | $34.76 | $72,300 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 270 | Not available | Not available |
| All other information and record clerks | 260 | $16.21 | $33,720 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 260 | $7.84 | $16,300 |
| Medical assistants | 260 | $10.89 | $22,640 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 240 | $21.85 | $45,450 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 230 | $18.43 | $38,330 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 230 | $12.38 | $25,760 |
| Fire fighters | 220 | $18.17 | $37,800 |
| Food service managers | 220 | $15.43 | $32,090 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 220 | $8.55 | $17,780 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 220 | $19.67 | $40,910 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 210 | $20.91 | $43,490 |
| Chief executives | 200 | $74.32 | $154,590 |
| Parts salespersons | 200 | $12.43 | $25,850 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 190 | $15.42 | $32,070 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 190 | $9.17 | $19,080 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 190 | $15.56 | $32,370 |
| Helpers--production workers | 190 | $11.52 | $23,960 |
| Production workers, all other | 190 | $10.80 | $22,460 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 180 | $14.42 | $30,000 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 180 | Not available | $81,090 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 180 | $12.65 | $26,310 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 180 | $12.91 | $26,850 |
| Insurance sales agents | 180 | $22.13 | $46,040 |
| Legal occupations | 180 | $29.95 | $62,290 |
| Medical secretaries | 180 | $11.58 | $24,100 |
| Cooks, short order | 170 | $7.41 | $15,420 |
| Industrial engineers | 170 | $33.25 | $69,170 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 170 | Not available | $54,500 |
| Pharmacists | 170 | $51.56 | $107,240 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 160 | $10.51 | $21,850 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 160 | $12.41 | $25,820 |
| Computer support specialists | 150 | $23.50 | $48,880 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 150 | $7.53 | $15,660 |
| Loan officers | 150 | $25.40 | $52,820 |
| Managers, all other | 150 | $31.72 | $65,980 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 150 | $20.82 | $43,300 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 150 | Not available | $55,300 |
| Librarians | 140 | $21.78 | $45,300 |
| Bartenders | 130 | $7.40 | $15,400 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 130 | $18.95 | $39,420 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 130 | $17.02 | $35,390 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 130 | $25.47 | $52,970 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 130 | $17.94 | $37,320 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 120 | $11.45 | $23,810 |
| Cost estimators | 120 | $27.12 | $56,420 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 120 | $14.20 | $29,540 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 120 | $21.13 | $43,950 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 120 | $7.87 | $16,360 |
| Legal secretaries | 120 | $13.66 | $28,420 |
| Sales managers | 120 | $44.51 | $92,590 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 110 | $14.28 | $29,700 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 110 | $20.89 | $43,450 |
| Dental hygienists | 110 | $29.02 | $60,360 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 110 | $23.14 | $48,130 |
| Medical and health services managers | 110 | $32.23 | $67,030 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 110 | $17.41 | $36,220 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 110 | $18.73 | $38,960 |
| Training and development specialists | 110 | $26.49 | $55,100 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 100 | $13.78 | $28,660 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 100 | $45.58 | $94,800 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 100 | $19.49 | $40,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 100 | $13.20 | $27,460 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 100 | $26.45 | $55,010 |
| Industrial production managers | 100 | $34.31 | $71,360 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 100 | $11.20 | $23,310 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 100 | $15.25 | $31,720 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 100 | $80.36 | $167,140 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 100 | Not available | $52,780 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 90 | $15.81 | $32,890 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 90 | $23.88 | $49,670 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 90 | $23.59 | $49,070 |
| Tax preparers | 90 | $11.07 | $23,020 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 80 | $12.96 | $26,960 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 80 | $12.51 | $26,010 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 80 | $32.55 | $67,710 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 80 | $7.86 | $16,340 |
| Engineering managers | 80 | $41.19 | $85,680 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 80 | $19.61 | $40,780 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 80 | $12.76 | $26,540 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 80 | $11.62 | $24,170 |
| Lawyers | 80 | $44.50 | $92,550 |
| Management analysts | 80 | $29.05 | $60,420 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 80 | $15.04 | $31,290 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 80 | $17.29 | $35,960 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 80 | $8.46 | $17,590 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 80 | $14.16 | $29,450 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 80 | $16.99 | $35,340 |
| Recreation workers | 80 | $9.45 | $19,650 |
| Social and human service assistants | 80 | $11.76 | $24,460 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 80 | Not available | $51,340 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 80 | $9.70 | $20,180 |
| Transportation inspectors | 80 | $23.20 | $48,250 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 80 | $7.91 | $16,460 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 80 | $16.47 | $34,250 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 70 | $30.04 | $62,490 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 70 | $39.79 | $82,770 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 70 | $20.37 | $42,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 70 | $22.39 | $46,570 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 70 | $10.58 | $22,010 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 70 | $27.56 | $57,330 |
| Administrative services managers | 60 | $25.92 | $53,910 |
| Bill and account collectors | 60 | $14.74 | $30,670 |
| Budget analysts | 60 | $28.17 | $58,590 |
| Computer operators | 60 | $18.15 | $37,760 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 60 | $29.84 | $62,060 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 60 | $18.30 | $38,060 |
| Credit analysts | 60 | $29.33 | $61,010 |
| Engineers, all other | 60 | $36.02 | $74,910 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 60 | $18.80 | $39,100 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 60 | $10.68 | $22,210 |
| Graphic designers | 60 | $16.44 | $34,190 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 60 | $10.72 | $22,310 |
| Library technicians | 60 | $12.66 | $26,340 |
| Logisticians | 60 | $35.39 | $73,610 |
| Mechanical engineers | 60 | $30.39 | $63,200 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 60 | $18.01 | $37,460 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 60 | $14.69 | $30,560 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 60 | $17.01 | $35,390 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 60 | $14.91 | $31,020 |
| Procurement clerks | 60 | $17.65 | $36,710 |
| Public relations specialists | 60 | $20.50 | $42,640 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 60 | $20.61 | $42,870 |
| Real estate sales agents | 60 | $16.17 | $33,630 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 60 | $40.67 | $84,590 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 60 | $10.03 | $20,870 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 60 | $35.71 | $74,270 |
| Word processors and typists | 60 | $13.44 | $27,950 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 50 | $14.44 | $30,040 |
| Computer programmers | 50 | $20.81 | $43,290 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 50 | $14.41 | $29,960 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 50 | $25.85 | $53,760 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 50 | $32.17 | $66,920 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 50 | $10.26 | $21,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 50 | $24.73 | $51,440 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Funeral directors | 50 | $17.87 | $37,170 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 50 | $14.38 | $29,900 |
| Marketing managers | 50 | $36.76 | $76,460 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 50 | $29.00 | $60,330 |
| Physician assistants | 50 | $34.15 | $71,040 |
| Postal service clerks | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 50 | $7.64 | $15,890 |
| Sheet metal workers | 50 | $14.49 | $30,130 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 50 | $28.00 | $58,240 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 50 | $16.41 | $34,130 |
| Tool and die makers | 50 | $18.89 | $39,290 |
| Veterinarians | 50 | $48.81 | $101,520 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 50 | $19.26 | $40,070 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 50 | Not available | $52,890 |
| Civil engineers | 40 | $31.59 | $65,710 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 40 | $33.91 | $70,540 |
| Data entry keyers | 40 | $14.20 | $29,540 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 40 | $26.91 | $55,980 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 40 | $17.95 | $37,340 |
| File clerks | 40 | $9.86 | $20,500 |
| Floral designers | 40 | $9.54 | $19,840 |
| Instructional coordinators | 40 | $27.63 | $57,460 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 40 | $11.88 | $24,720 |
| Market research analysts | 40 | $23.01 | $47,850 |
| Massage therapists | 40 | $12.86 | $26,750 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 40 | $11.40 | $23,720 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 40 | $17.49 | $36,370 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 40 | $13.40 | $27,880 |
| Pest control workers | 40 | $13.05 | $27,150 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 40 | $13.03 | $27,100 |
| Residential advisors | 40 | $8.34 | $17,350 |
| Social and community service managers | 40 | $20.96 | $43,600 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 40 | $13.01 | $27,060 |
| Advertising sales agents | 30 | $14.39 | $29,940 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 30 | $16.43 | $34,170 |
| Dentists, general | 30 | $71.84 | $149,420 |
| Electrical engineers | 30 | $35.97 | $74,820 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 30 | $13.83 | $28,760 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 30 | $17.38 | $36,150 |
| New accounts clerks | 30 | $14.05 | $29,220 |
| Physical therapists | 30 | $40.44 | $84,110 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 30 | $16.11 | $33,510 |
| Respiratory therapists | 30 | $20.46 | $42,560 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 30 | $24.57 | $51,100 |
| Coaches and scouts | Not available | Not available | $20,730 |
| Construction managers | Not available | $28.31 | $58,890 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | Not available | $13.45 | $27,980 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $12.78 | $26,580 |
| Family and general practitioners | Not available | $79.45 | $165,250 |
| Funeral attendants | Not available | $8.21 | $17,080 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | Not available | $14.53 | $30,210 |
| Helpers--carpenters | Not available | $10.46 | $21,760 |
| Helpers--electricians | Not available | $11.94 | $24,830 |
| Home health aides | Not available | $9.58 | $19,930 |
| Library assistants, clerical | Not available | $9.08 | $18,890 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | Not available | $10.41 | $21,650 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | Not available | $22.59 | $46,990 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | Not available | $11.73 | $24,400 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | Not available | $11.16 | $23,210 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | Not available | $9.84 | $20,470 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | Not available | $13.84 | $28,780 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | Not available | $23.39 | $48,660 |
| Pipelayers | Not available | $17.11 | $35,600 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $18.01 | $37,460 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | Not available | $14.37 | $29,890 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | Not available | $34.63 | $72,030 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | Not available | $26.68 | $55,490 |
