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 | 36,200 | $15.73 | $32,710 |
| Production occupations | 6,800 | $14.17 | $29,460 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 5,320 | $13.28 | $27,620 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 3,560 | $8.34 | $17,350 |
| Sales and related occupations | 3,420 | $14.43 | $30,010 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 2,640 | $17.35 | $36,090 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 2,620 | $13.74 | $28,580 |
| Management occupations | 1,830 | $31.99 | $66,530 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 1,810 | $29.74 | $61,860 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 1,450 | $16.93 | $35,210 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 1,260 | $16.77 | $34,890 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,200 | $10.42 | $21,680 |
| Cashiers | 1,170 | $7.93 | $16,500 |
| Retail salespersons | 1,010 | $11.32 | $23,550 |
| Production workers, all other | 990 | $12.83 | $26,680 |
| Team assemblers | 970 | $13.86 | $28,830 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 960 | $9.41 | $19,580 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 940 | $7.10 | $14,760 |
| Office clerks, general | 890 | $11.33 | $23,570 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 820 | $20.89 | $43,440 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 760 | $8.43 | $17,530 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 690 | $11.20 | $23,290 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 660 | $18.25 | $37,960 |
| Protective service occupations | 610 | $17.82 | $37,060 |
| Registered nurses | 600 | $27.01 | $56,180 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 540 | Not available | $43,290 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 530 | $16.97 | $35,290 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 510 | $11.73 | $24,400 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 480 | $10.64 | $22,130 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 440 | $8.05 | $16,740 |
| Teacher assistants | 440 | Not available | $17,330 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 430 | $13.67 | $28,440 |
| Customer service representatives | 430 | $12.17 | $25,310 |
| General and operations managers | 430 | $38.49 | $80,060 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 400 | $21.62 | $44,960 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 400 | $9.38 | $19,510 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 390 | $16.56 | $34,450 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 380 | $15.83 | $32,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 350 | $19.27 | $40,090 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 330 | $10.74 | $22,340 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 320 | $11.78 | $24,500 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 300 | $8.90 | $18,520 |
| Financial managers | 300 | $27.41 | $57,020 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 300 | Not available | $45,340 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 290 | $29.45 | $61,250 |
| Food preparation workers | 290 | $7.82 | $16,260 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 290 | $8.53 | $17,730 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 290 | $10.06 | $20,930 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 280 | $15.13 | $31,480 |
| Community and social services occupations | 270 | $18.73 | $38,960 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 260 | $13.80 | $28,700 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 260 | $11.74 | $24,420 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | 260 | $28.40 | $59,070 |
| Sewing machine operators | 250 | $9.42 | $19,600 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 230 | $14.35 | $29,850 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 230 | Not available | $43,640 |
| Construction laborers | 220 | $12.64 | $26,280 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 220 | $10.78 | $22,420 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 220 | $33.07 | $68,790 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 220 | $12.98 | $27,000 |
| Cooks, fast food | 210 | $7.90 | $16,430 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 210 | $9.87 | $20,520 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 210 | $19.59 | $40,750 |
| Tellers | 210 | $11.55 | $24,030 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 200 | $21.53 | $44,780 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 190 | $10.85 | $22,560 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 180 | $13.16 | $27,370 |
| Loan officers | 180 | $17.89 | $37,220 |
| Accountants and auditors | 170 | $24.46 | $50,870 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 170 | $14.11 | $29,350 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 170 | $12.61 | $26,230 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 160 | $11.47 | $23,860 |
| Electricians | 150 | $29.33 | $61,000 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 150 | $11.05 | $22,990 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 150 | $14.62 | $30,410 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 150 | $12.59 | $26,200 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 140 | $21.89 | $45,540 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 140 | $22.60 | $47,010 |
| Helpers--production workers | 130 | $12.19 | $25,350 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 130 | $16.94 | $35,230 |
| Machinists | 130 | $18.61 | $38,710 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Dishwashers | 120 | $7.94 | $16,520 |
| Medical assistants | 120 | $12.93 | $26,890 |
| Chief executives | 110 | $60.57 | $125,980 |
| Food service managers | 110 | $20.41 | $42,450 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 110 | $7.91 | $16,440 |
| Insurance sales agents | 110 | $26.96 | $56,090 |
| Legal occupations | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Parts salespersons | 110 | $13.56 | $28,200 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 110 | $12.32 | $25,620 |
| Bakers | 100 | $12.09 | $25,140 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 100 | $13.83 | $28,760 |
| Child care workers | 100 | $8.17 | $17,000 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 100 | $24.19 | $50,320 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 100 | $12.79 | $26,600 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 100 | $24.06 | $50,050 |
| Recreation workers | 100 | $7.50 | $15,600 |
| Administrative services managers | 90 | $18.14 | $37,730 |
| Carpenters | 90 | $16.11 | $33,520 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 90 | $8.83 | $18,370 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 90 | $19.71 | $41,000 |
| Home health aides | 90 | $9.07 | $18,860 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 90 | $16.67 | $34,680 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 80 | $21.84 | $45,430 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 80 | $10.42 | $21,680 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 80 | $15.06 | $31,330 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 80 | $7.03 | $14,620 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 80 | Not available | $72,820 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 80 | Not available | $41,370 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 80 | $17.34 | $36,060 |
| Medical secretaries | 80 | $13.17 | $27,390 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 70 | $7.53 | $15,670 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 70 | $13.90 | $28,910 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 70 | $16.83 | $35,000 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 70 | $10.12 | $21,040 |
| Driver/sales workers | 70 | $14.32 | $29,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 70 | $16.02 | $33,310 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Pharmacists | 70 | $59.13 | $122,980 |
| Photographers | 70 | $11.07 | $23,030 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 70 | $13.76 | $28,620 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 70 | $18.44 | $38,350 |
| Sales managers | 70 | $40.83 | $84,920 |
| Security guards | 70 | $9.61 | $19,980 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 70 | Not available | $41,900 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 70 | $14.74 | $30,670 |
| Bartenders | 60 | $8.66 | $18,020 |
| Dental hygienists | 60 | $25.02 | $52,040 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 60 | $10.83 | $22,530 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 60 | $7.32 | $15,220 |
| Legislators | 60 | Not available | $14,600 |
| Medical and health services managers | 60 | $35.27 | $73,360 |
| Order clerks | 60 | $13.06 | $27,170 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 60 | $14.43 | $30,010 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 60 | Not available | $42,280 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 60 | $9.15 | $19,040 |
| Bus drivers, school | 50 | $9.64 | $20,040 |
| Chemical technicians | 50 | $25.80 | $53,670 |
| Computer systems analysts | 50 | $22.80 | $47,430 |
| Dental assistants | 50 | $14.41 | $29,970 |
| Industrial production managers | 50 | $37.43 | $77,850 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 50 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 50 | $26.57 | $55,260 |
| Tool and die makers | 50 | $17.84 | $37,110 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 50 | $14.89 | $30,970 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 40 | $13.85 | $28,810 |
| Coaches and scouts | 40 | Not available | $36,160 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 40 | $23.90 | $49,700 |
| Computer programmers | 40 | $19.56 | $40,680 |
| Computer support specialists | 40 | $15.52 | $32,290 |
| Crossing guards | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Financial specialists, all other | 40 | $21.36 | $44,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 40 | $16.69 | $34,720 |
| Graphic designers | 40 | $14.42 | $30,000 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 40 | $8.29 | $17,250 |
| Librarians | 40 | $21.10 | $43,880 |
| Managers, all other | 40 | $29.02 | $60,350 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 40 | $15.57 | $32,380 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 40 | $11.59 | $24,100 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 40 | Not available | $42,590 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 30 | $21.08 | $43,850 |
| File clerks | 30 | $9.28 | $19,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 30 | $42.51 | $88,420 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 30 | $14.96 | $31,120 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 30 | $14.42 | $30,000 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 30 | $16.42 | $34,150 |
| Purchasing managers | 30 | $28.28 | $58,820 |
| Training and development specialists | 30 | $18.87 | $39,250 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 30 | $20.72 | $43,100 |
| Bill and account collectors | Not available | $12.80 | $26,620 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | Not available | $15.05 | $31,300 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $12.33 | $25,640 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | Not available | $10.75 | $22,370 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | Not available | $15.93 | $33,140 |
| Industrial engineers | Not available | $32.62 | $67,850 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | Not available | $17.84 | $37,100 |
| Personal and home care aides | Not available | $9.07 | $18,860 |
| Personal care and service occupations | Not available | $8.22 | $17,100 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | Not available | $8.66 | $18,010 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | Not available | $10.87 | $22,600 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | Not available | $34.63 | $72,030 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | Not available | $14.32 | $29,790 |
| Tour guides and escorts | Not available | $7.95 | $16,530 |
