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 | 91,190 | $19.53 | $40,610 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 14,840 | $13.29 | $27,650 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 11,010 | $34.04 | $70,800 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 8,600 | $8.44 | $17,550 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 8,370 | $35.59 | $74,020 |
| Sales and related occupations | 8,190 | $12.73 | $26,490 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 4,770 | $15.40 | $32,040 |
| Production occupations | 4,680 | $12.68 | $26,380 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 4,520 | $12.50 | $26,000 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 3,840 | $19.99 | $41,580 |
| Management occupations | 3,340 | $40.23 | $83,690 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 3,050 | $16.02 | $33,320 |
| Retail salespersons | 3,000 | $10.37 | $21,570 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 2,880 | $7.53 | $15,660 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 2,750 | $9.49 | $19,740 |
| Cashiers | 2,630 | $7.82 | $16,260 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 2,320 | $17.38 | $36,160 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 2,260 | $12.59 | $26,180 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 2,170 | $25.40 | $52,820 |
| Office clerks, general | 2,170 | $9.59 | $19,950 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 2,110 | $26.02 | $54,130 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 2,040 | $10.63 | $22,120 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,800 | $17.98 | $37,400 |
| Registered nurses | 1,670 | $29.39 | $61,120 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,580 | $8.28 | $17,210 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 1,560 | $26.97 | $56,090 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,500 | $9.56 | $19,890 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,150 | $9.03 | $18,780 |
| General and operations managers | 1,130 | $45.80 | $95,260 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 1,120 | $17.37 | $36,130 |
| Customer service representatives | 1,070 | $10.32 | $21,470 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 1,010 | Not available | $42,160 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 950 | $13.55 | $28,190 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 950 | $9.34 | $19,430 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 920 | $12.91 | $26,850 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 880 | $20.26 | $42,150 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 880 | $13.04 | $27,120 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 880 | $21.33 | $44,360 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 790 | $8.54 | $17,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 790 | $17.56 | $36,530 |
| Community and social services occupations | 750 | $18.81 | $39,120 |
| Construction laborers | 720 | $10.57 | $21,990 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 710 | $18.36 | $38,190 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 710 | $10.13 | $21,070 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 690 | $7.75 | $16,130 |
| Civil engineers | 680 | $29.30 | $60,940 |
| Accountants and auditors | 670 | $25.93 | $53,930 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 650 | Not available | $43,140 |
| Teacher assistants | 650 | Not available | $18,240 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 640 | $9.85 | $20,490 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 640 | $74.19 | $154,320 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 610 | $9.62 | $20,010 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 590 | $10.09 | $20,990 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 520 | $28.67 | $59,630 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 490 | Not available | $41,410 |
| Electricians | 480 | $15.24 | $31,690 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 470 | $22.89 | $47,610 |
| Team assemblers | 450 | $10.14 | $21,080 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 440 | $7.75 | $16,120 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 440 | $13.64 | $28,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 410 | $24.08 | $50,090 |
| Food preparation workers | 410 | $7.54 | $15,690 |
| Bartenders | 380 | $8.16 | $16,970 |
| Driver/sales workers | 380 | $9.48 | $19,720 |
| Roustabouts, oil and gas | 380 | $11.79 | $24,510 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 370 | $18.35 | $38,170 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 370 | $28.25 | $58,760 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 370 | $9.92 | $20,630 |
| Computer support specialists | 360 | $15.93 | $33,130 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 360 | $7.81 | $16,250 |
| Tellers | 360 | $10.49 | $21,810 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 340 | $20.71 | $43,070 |
| Rotary drill operators, oil and gas | 340 | $25.32 | $52,660 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 340 | $10.24 | $21,310 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 330 | $12.68 | $26,380 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 330 | $11.18 | $23,260 |
| Legal occupations | 320 | $28.49 | $59,260 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 300 | $14.57 | $30,310 |
| Medical assistants | 290 | $11.64 | $24,210 |
| Security guards | 290 | $11.65 | $24,240 |
| Child care workers | 280 | $7.26 | $15,090 |
| Dishwashers | 280 | $7.63 | $15,870 |
| Computer systems analysts | 270 | $31.46 | $65,440 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 270 | $16.72 | $34,790 |
| Construction managers | 260 | $28.05 | $58,340 |
| Carpenters | 250 | $14.23 | $29,600 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 250 | $15.56 | $32,370 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 240 | $8.33 | $17,330 |
| Administrative services managers | 230 | $25.70 | $53,460 |
| Bus drivers, school | 230 | $8.95 | $18,610 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 230 | $24.69 | $51,360 |
| Fire fighters | 220 | $21.77 | $45,290 |
| Medical secretaries | 220 | $13.41 | $27,890 |
| Public relations specialists | 220 | $30.35 | $63,130 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 210 | $12.07 | $25,110 |
| Computer programmers | 210 | $25.46 | $52,960 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 210 | $30.06 | $62,530 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 210 | $13.38 | $27,830 |
| Cooks, fast food | 200 | $7.36 | $15,320 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 200 | $7.31 | $15,210 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 200 | $13.34 | $27,740 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 190 | $7.40 | $15,390 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 190 | Not available | Not available |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 180 | $8.69 | $18,080 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 180 | $10.00 | $20,800 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 180 | $27.87 | $57,970 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 180 | $14.35 | $29,840 |
| Food service managers | 170 | $34.30 | $71,340 |
| Helpers--production workers | 170 | $12.24 | $25,470 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 170 | Not available | $30,080 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 160 | $7.91 | $16,450 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 160 | Not available | $40,930 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 150 | $11.87 | $24,700 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 150 | $18.00 | $37,450 |
| Mechanical engineers | 150 | $27.22 | $56,620 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 150 | $14.66 | $30,490 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 140 | $8.51 | $17,700 |
| Cost estimators | 140 | $19.40 | $40,350 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 140 | Not available | $67,030 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 140 | $24.38 | $50,720 |
| Parts salespersons | 140 | $12.47 | $25,930 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 140 | $14.54 | $30,250 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 140 | Not available | $41,580 |
| Dental assistants | 130 | $14.24 | $29,620 |
| Loan officers | 130 | $37.32 | $77,630 |
| Machinists | 130 | $14.60 | $30,360 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 130 | $22.66 | $47,130 |
| Real estate sales agents | 130 | $17.40 | $36,200 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 130 | $18.46 | $38,390 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 130 | $10.85 | $22,570 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 120 | $40.25 | $83,710 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 120 | $23.53 | $48,940 |
| Electrical engineers | 120 | $20.38 | $42,390 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 120 | $13.14 | $27,330 |
| Financial managers | 120 | $46.54 | $96,800 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 120 | $10.86 | $22,590 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 120 | $12.05 | $25,060 |
| Instructional coordinators | 120 | $23.58 | $49,060 |
| Lawyers | 120 | $43.15 | $89,750 |
| Librarians | 120 | $21.74 | $45,210 |
| Medical and health services managers | 120 | $39.19 | $81,520 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 120 | $17.95 | $37,340 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 120 | $21.11 | $43,910 |
| Animal scientists | 110 | $25.93 | $53,940 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 110 | $13.52 | $28,120 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 110 | $17.28 | $35,950 |
| Chemists | 110 | $27.15 | $56,470 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 110 | $16.22 | $33,740 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 110 | $16.60 | $34,520 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 110 | $16.02 | $33,320 |
| Biological technicians | 100 | $16.29 | $33,890 |
| Biomedical engineers | 100 | $19.92 | $41,440 |
| Chemical engineers | 100 | $22.36 | $46,510 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 100 | $12.92 | $26,870 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 100 | $12.53 | $26,060 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 100 | $12.20 | $25,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 100 | $24.13 | $50,190 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 100 | $16.36 | $34,020 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 100 | $8.14 | $16,930 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 100 | $15.09 | $31,390 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 100 | $14.69 | $30,560 |
| Pharmacists | 100 | $54.86 | $114,120 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 100 | $26.60 | $55,330 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 100 | $12.68 | $26,370 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 100 | Not available | $45,170 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 90 | $11.87 | $24,700 |
| Chemical technicians | 90 | $14.41 | $29,970 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 90 | $22.28 | $46,350 |
| Database administrators | 90 | $30.02 | $62,440 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 90 | $12.25 | $25,480 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 90 | $25.09 | $52,190 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 90 | $14.11 | $29,350 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 90 | $11.66 | $24,260 |
| Mental health counselors | 90 | $12.94 | $26,920 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 90 | $12.41 | $25,820 |
| Sales managers | 90 | $53.89 | $112,080 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 90 | $12.44 | $25,870 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 90 | $10.97 | $22,810 |
| All other information and record clerks | 80 | $12.65 | $26,310 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 80 | $12.34 | $25,660 |
| Dental hygienists | 80 | $32.02 | $66,590 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 80 | $18.96 | $39,440 |
| Graphic designers | 80 | $14.95 | $31,100 |
| Management analysts | 80 | $22.69 | $47,190 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Printing machine operators | 80 | $11.75 | $24,430 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 80 | $12.50 | $26,000 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 80 | Not available | $40,050 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 80 | Not available | $41,140 |
| Surgical technologists | 80 | $16.95 | $35,260 |
| Telemarketers | 80 | $7.56 | $15,720 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 70 | $21.35 | $44,420 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 70 | $17.25 | $35,870 |
| Coaches and scouts | 70 | Not available | $36,180 |
| Counselors, all other | 70 | $21.90 | $45,540 |
| Couriers and messengers | 70 | $11.25 | $23,400 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 70 | $18.79 | $39,080 |
| File clerks | 70 | $9.95 | $20,700 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 70 | $11.24 | $23,380 |
| Insurance sales agents | 70 | $25.69 | $53,440 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 70 | $11.27 | $23,440 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | 70 | $13.24 | $27,540 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 70 | $7.21 | $15,000 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 70 | $10.30 | $21,430 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 70 | $27.44 | $57,070 |
| Audio-visual collections specialists | 60 | $20.80 | $43,260 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 60 | $17.12 | $35,620 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 60 | $21.18 | $44,060 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 60 | $41.53 | $86,380 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 60 | $23.05 | $47,940 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 60 | $14.02 | $29,160 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 60 | $23.18 | $48,220 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 60 | $17.43 | $36,250 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 60 | $26.58 | $55,290 |
| Financial analysts | 60 | $30.20 | $62,810 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 60 | $8.59 | $17,860 |
| Legislators | 60 | Not available | $24,890 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 60 | $15.39 | $32,010 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 60 | $16.09 | $33,470 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 60 | $25.67 | $53,390 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 60 | $8.51 | $17,700 |
| Pest control workers | 60 | $12.20 | $25,370 |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers | 60 | $24.31 | $50,570 |
| Recreation workers | 60 | $9.40 | $19,560 |
| Residential advisors | 60 | $7.48 | $15,560 |
| Training and development specialists | 60 | $19.63 | $40,840 |
| Veterinarians | 60 | $40.36 | $83,960 |
| Bakers | 50 | $13.94 | $28,990 |
| Bill and account collectors | 50 | $12.73 | $26,480 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 50 | $24.41 | $50,770 |
| Editors | 50 | $23.14 | $48,130 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | 50 | $8.51 | $17,700 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 50 | $13.25 | $27,550 |
| Lodging managers | 50 | $19.03 | $39,570 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 50 | $11.91 | $24,780 |
| New accounts clerks | 50 | $14.68 | $30,540 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 50 | $12.88 | $26,790 |
| Physical therapist aides | 50 | $9.27 | $19,280 |
| Physical therapists | 50 | $36.02 | $74,920 |
| Respiratory therapists | 50 | $23.93 | $49,780 |
| Service station attendants | 50 | $10.57 | $21,990 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 50 | $16.98 | $35,310 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 50 | $10.76 | $22,390 |
| Advertising sales agents | 40 | $17.90 | $37,230 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 40 | $19.13 | $39,790 |
| Cooks, short order | 40 | $7.44 | $15,480 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $10.87 | $22,610 |
| Dentists, general | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Engineering managers | 40 | $59.78 | $124,350 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 40 | $9.51 | $19,790 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 40 | $9.95 | $20,690 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 40 | $13.11 | $27,260 |
| Industrial production managers | 40 | $46.77 | $97,290 |
| Market research analysts | 40 | $17.49 | $36,370 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 40 | $24.32 | $50,590 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 40 | $12.37 | $25,730 |
| Postal service clerks | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Sewing machine operators | 40 | $9.78 | $20,340 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 40 | $25.37 | $52,770 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 40 | $16.90 | $35,160 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 40 | $20.53 | $42,710 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 40 | $11.08 | $23,050 |
| Budget analysts | 30 | $27.95 | $58,130 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 30 | $25.91 | $53,890 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 30 | $17.03 | $35,420 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 30 | $30.58 | $63,610 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 30 | $18.03 | $37,510 |
| Floral designers | 30 | $10.77 | $22,400 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 30 | $13.23 | $27,520 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 30 | $16.42 | $34,140 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 30 | $12.34 | $25,660 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 30 | $12.55 | $26,100 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | 30 | $11.76 | $24,460 |
| Order clerks | 30 | $10.70 | $22,250 |
| Parking lot attendants | 30 | $7.84 | $16,300 |
| Pipelayers | 30 | $9.14 | $19,010 |
| Procurement clerks | 30 | $15.01 | $31,220 |
| Public relations managers | 30 | $44.65 | $92,880 |
| Surveyors | 30 | $28.72 | $59,740 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 30 | $20.84 | $43,350 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | Not available | $15.86 | $32,990 |
| Chefs and head cooks | Not available | $15.38 | $31,990 |
| Chief executives | Not available | $59.63 | $124,030 |
| Choreographers | Not available | $12.78 | $26,580 |
| Computer operators | Not available | $15.56 | $32,370 |
| Data entry keyers | Not available | $9.50 | $19,760 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | Not available | $22.05 | $45,860 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas | Not available | $17.94 | $37,310 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | Not available | $48.47 | $100,830 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | Not available | $39.27 | $81,690 |
| Family and general practitioners | Not available | $71.17 | $148,030 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | Not available | $18.32 | $38,110 |
| Graduate teaching assistants | Not available | Not available | $33,890 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | Not available | $11.06 | $23,000 |
| Health educators | Not available | $28.56 | $59,410 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | Not available | $16.73 | $34,790 |
| Helpers--electricians | Not available | $10.77 | $22,410 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $11.12 | $23,130 |
| Home health aides | Not available | $8.86 | $18,430 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | Not available | $11.74 | $24,410 |
| Internists, general | Not available | $89.03 | $185,180 |
| Interpreters and translators | Not available | $18.80 | $39,110 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | Not available | $14.70 | $30,570 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | Not available | $10.59 | $22,020 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | Not available | $15.52 | $32,280 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | Not available | $22.99 | $47,810 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | Not available | $16.93 | $35,210 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | Not available | $21.51 | $44,750 |
| Natural sciences managers | Not available | $58.68 | $122,050 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | Not available | $11.85 | $24,640 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | Not available | $14.77 | $30,720 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | Not available | $13.55 | $28,180 |
| Petroleum engineers | Not available | $70.45 | $146,540 |
| Physician assistants | Not available | $37.87 | $78,780 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | Not available | $64.00 | $133,110 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | Not available | $15.92 | $33,120 |
| Surgeons | Not available | $97.97 | $203,770 |
| Tax preparers | Not available | $11.42 | $23,750 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | Not available | $11.82 | $24,580 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | Not available | $19.52 | $40,600 |
