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 | 84,170 | $17.60 | $36,610 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 15,010 | $13.73 | $28,560 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 8,690 | $8.89 | $18,500 |
| Sales and related occupations | 8,040 | $13.47 | $28,030 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 7,950 | $26.65 | $55,430 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 7,620 | $25.34 | $52,700 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 4,740 | $12.96 | $26,950 |
| Production occupations | 4,290 | $14.22 | $29,580 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 4,080 | $18.92 | $39,350 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 3,430 | $24.10 | $50,130 |
| Retail salespersons | 3,130 | $11.85 | $24,650 |
| Office clerks, general | 2,970 | $12.40 | $25,790 |
| Registered nurses | 2,900 | $27.46 | $57,120 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,740 | $17.23 | $35,830 |
| Management occupations | 2,600 | $41.02 | $85,320 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 2,560 | $10.43 | $21,690 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 2,480 | $8.10 | $16,840 |
| Cashiers | 2,340 | $8.77 | $18,250 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 2,340 | $8.21 | $17,090 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 2,170 | $11.66 | $24,240 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,960 | $10.71 | $22,270 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 1,740 | $24.66 | $51,290 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 1,540 | $20.69 | $43,040 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 1,470 | $10.38 | $21,590 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 1,350 | $20.53 | $42,690 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 1,200 | $17.00 | $35,370 |
| Community and social services occupations | 1,080 | $17.16 | $35,700 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 1,080 | $9.44 | $19,640 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,070 | $10.91 | $22,690 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 1,010 | $12.90 | $26,840 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 990 | $27.03 | $56,210 |
| Medical secretaries | 950 | $13.47 | $28,010 |
| Protective service occupations | 950 | $15.21 | $31,630 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 910 | $10.63 | $22,110 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 900 | $8.46 | $17,600 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 890 | $14.06 | $29,240 |
| Team assemblers | 880 | $13.25 | $27,550 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 860 | $16.07 | $33,430 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 860 | $16.64 | $34,610 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 790 | $9.55 | $19,870 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 790 | $14.88 | $30,950 |
| Teacher assistants | 770 | Not available | $18,600 |
| Machinists | 750 | $15.01 | $31,230 |
| Carpenters | 740 | $16.95 | $35,260 |
| General and operations managers | 720 | $39.72 | $82,620 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 660 | Not available | $38,430 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 650 | $22.80 | $47,420 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 640 | $23.11 | $48,070 |
| Customer service representatives | 620 | $13.97 | $29,060 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 620 | $14.73 | $30,630 |
| Accountants and auditors | 610 | $24.57 | $51,110 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 600 | $18.67 | $38,830 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 560 | Not available | $38,290 |
| Construction laborers | 540 | $16.10 | $33,490 |
| Legal occupations | 530 | $25.85 | $53,780 |
| Tellers | 530 | $9.91 | $20,600 |
| Computer support specialists | 520 | $18.62 | $38,740 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 520 | $10.13 | $21,060 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 510 | $23.82 | $49,550 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 510 | $16.77 | $34,880 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 490 | $20.45 | $42,540 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 480 | $16.12 | $33,530 |
| Computer programmers | 470 | $28.45 | $59,180 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 470 | $15.83 | $32,920 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 470 | Not available | $27,240 |
| Driver/sales workers | 450 | $10.54 | $21,930 |
| Home health aides | 450 | $11.19 | $23,270 |
| Food preparation workers | 440 | $9.12 | $18,960 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 420 | $11.32 | $23,550 |
| Production workers, all other | 420 | $12.99 | $27,010 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 400 | $24.41 | $50,780 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 400 | $11.04 | $22,960 |
| Bill and account collectors | 380 | $13.89 | $28,890 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 380 | $10.01 | $20,820 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 370 | $11.23 | $23,360 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 360 | $13.53 | $28,150 |
| Bartenders | 350 | $8.93 | $18,570 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 350 | $9.88 | $20,540 |
| Electricians | 340 | $17.98 | $37,410 |
| Personal and home care aides | 340 | $11.45 | $23,820 |
| Public relations specialists | 340 | $20.65 | $42,950 |
| Security guards | 340 | $11.89 | $24,720 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 330 | $7.97 | $16,580 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 330 | $23.72 | $49,340 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 330 | $17.76 | $36,950 |
| Insurance underwriters | 320 | $28.47 | $59,230 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 310 | $23.92 | $49,740 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 310 | $14.15 | $29,430 |
| Dishwashers | 300 | $7.84 | $16,310 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 280 | $19.65 | $40,880 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 280 | Not available | $47,810 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 250 | $25.01 | $52,020 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 250 | $23.91 | $49,730 |
| Dental assistants | 240 | $14.76 | $30,690 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 240 | $8.28 | $17,220 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 240 | $15.04 | $31,280 |
| Cooks, short order | 230 | $8.07 | $16,780 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 230 | $8.87 | $18,450 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 220 | $10.85 | $22,570 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 210 | Not available | $82,140 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 210 | $15.57 | $32,390 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 210 | $8.78 | $18,260 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 210 | Not available | Not available |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 210 | $25.02 | $52,030 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 200 | $13.57 | $28,220 |
| Civil engineers | 200 | $31.79 | $66,130 |
| Loan officers | 200 | $24.17 | $50,270 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 190 | $23.68 | $49,260 |
| Child care workers | 190 | $10.77 | $22,400 |
| Insurance sales agents | 190 | $24.80 | $51,580 |
| Lawyers | 190 | $41.43 | $86,170 |
| Library technicians | 190 | $12.53 | $26,050 |
| Respiratory therapists | 190 | $23.47 | $48,820 |
| All other information and record clerks | 180 | $15.70 | $32,650 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 180 | $12.59 | $26,190 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 180 | Not available | Not available |
| Chief executives | 170 | $61.25 | $127,400 |
| Computer systems analysts | 170 | $30.92 | $64,300 |
| Cost estimators | 170 | $24.65 | $51,270 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 170 | $23.30 | $48,470 |
| Management analysts | 170 | $29.57 | $61,500 |
| Managers, all other | 170 | $40.84 | $84,950 |
| Data entry keyers | 160 | $11.44 | $23,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 160 | $23.94 | $49,800 |
| Graphic designers | 160 | $16.90 | $35,160 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 160 | $25.17 | $52,350 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 160 | $9.96 | $20,720 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 150 | Not available | $64,040 |
| Medical and health services managers | 150 | $39.17 | $81,470 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 150 | $9.47 | $19,690 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 150 | $15.99 | $33,260 |
| Pharmacists | 150 | $48.23 | $100,310 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 150 | $15.48 | $32,200 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 150 | Not available | $45,850 |
| Bus drivers, school | 140 | Not available | Not available |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 140 | $8.79 | $18,290 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | 140 | $24.77 | $51,520 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 140 | Not available | $64,650 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 140 | $14.91 | $31,020 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 140 | Not available | $64,790 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 140 | $13.78 | $28,650 |
| Social and human service assistants | 140 | $13.43 | $27,920 |
| Training and development specialists | 140 | $22.93 | $47,700 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 130 | $25.54 | $53,120 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 130 | Not available | $58,870 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 130 | $17.75 | $36,930 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 130 | $14.15 | $29,430 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 130 | $14.55 | $30,260 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 130 | $20.37 | $42,370 |
| Librarians | 130 | $22.61 | $47,020 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 130 | $14.12 | $29,370 |
| Medical assistants | 130 | $12.62 | $26,240 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 130 | $11.74 | $24,430 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 130 | Not available | $42,040 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 120 | $16.64 | $34,620 |
| Family and general practitioners | 120 | $70.04 | $145,670 |
| Financial managers | 120 | $51.66 | $107,460 |
| Sales managers | 120 | $40.58 | $84,400 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 110 | Not available | $71,150 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Medical and public health social workers | 110 | $19.79 | $41,170 |
| New accounts clerks | 110 | $12.29 | $25,560 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | 110 | $7.27 | $15,110 |
| Physical therapists | 110 | $27.77 | $57,770 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 110 | $16.12 | $33,540 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 100 | $17.78 | $36,970 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 100 | $42.74 | $88,900 |
| Couriers and messengers | 100 | $10.73 | $22,320 |
| Editors | 100 | $20.16 | $41,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 100 | $24.19 | $50,310 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 100 | Not available | $39,040 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 100 | $24.77 | $51,530 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 100 | $12.15 | $25,260 |
| Printing machine operators | 100 | $14.42 | $30,000 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 100 | $18.27 | $37,990 |
| Real estate sales agents | 100 | $17.92 | $37,280 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 100 | $26.70 | $55,530 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 100 | $11.17 | $23,230 |
| Tax preparers | 100 | $9.16 | $19,050 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 100 | $12.72 | $26,450 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 100 | $14.76 | $30,700 |
| Word processors and typists | 100 | $12.52 | $26,050 |
| Administrative services managers | 90 | $39.85 | $82,890 |
| Biological technicians | 90 | $16.17 | $33,630 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 90 | $25.40 | $52,820 |
| Coaches and scouts | 90 | Not available | $78,510 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 90 | $22.58 | $46,970 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 90 | $19.85 | $41,290 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 90 | $13.25 | $27,550 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 90 | $10.97 | $22,810 |
| Parts salespersons | 90 | $13.49 | $28,060 |
| Public relations managers | 90 | $43.48 | $90,440 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 90 | $21.66 | $45,050 |
| Surgical technologists | 90 | $18.34 | $38,160 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 80 | $10.89 | $22,650 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 80 | $18.51 | $38,500 |
| Chemists | 80 | $28.92 | $60,150 |
| Computer operators | 80 | $13.11 | $27,270 |
| Construction managers | 80 | $33.81 | $70,320 |
| Dental hygienists | 80 | $29.88 | $62,140 |
| File clerks | 80 | $9.51 | $19,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 80 | $15.54 | $32,320 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 80 | $23.92 | $49,740 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 80 | $8.88 | $18,460 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 80 | $12.45 | $25,890 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 80 | $23.10 | $48,040 |
| Occupational therapists | 80 | $29.16 | $60,650 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 80 | $13.14 | $27,340 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 80 | $13.28 | $27,630 |
| Producers and directors | 80 | $23.51 | $48,890 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 80 | Not available | $41,020 |
| Veterinarians | 80 | $20.64 | $42,940 |
| Bakers | 70 | $9.86 | $20,510 |
| Dentists, general | 70 | $83.58 | $173,840 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 70 | $16.46 | $34,240 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 70 | $24.76 | $51,490 |
| Fire fighters | 70 | $15.70 | $32,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 70 | $21.49 | $44,710 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 70 | $24.83 | $51,650 |
| Food service managers | 70 | $25.66 | $53,370 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 70 | $14.28 | $29,700 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 70 | $16.45 | $34,220 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 70 | $15.54 | $32,330 |
| Social and community service managers | 70 | $19.50 | $40,550 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 70 | Not available | $37,760 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 70 | $15.17 | $31,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 60 | $21.61 | $44,940 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 60 | $17.92 | $37,270 |
| Massage therapists | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 60 | $16.08 | $33,450 |
| Advertising sales agents | 50 | $19.44 | $40,430 |
| Biological scientists, all other | 50 | $29.20 | $60,740 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists | 50 | $20.11 | $41,830 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 50 | $16.12 | $33,540 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 50 | $19.66 | $40,890 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 50 | $25.80 | $53,660 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $69,650 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 50 | $24.66 | $51,290 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 50 | $10.98 | $22,830 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 50 | $8.10 | $16,840 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $67,170 |
| Natural sciences managers | 50 | $52.59 | $109,390 |
| Photographers | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Physician assistants | 50 | $36.78 | $76,500 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 50 | $14.55 | $30,250 |
| Residential advisors | 50 | $11.35 | $23,610 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Social work teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $54,090 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 50 | $10.36 | $21,540 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 40 | $22.19 | $46,150 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 40 | $27.51 | $57,230 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 40 | $28.25 | $58,770 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 40 | $16.47 | $34,260 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 40 | $20.96 | $43,590 |
| Database administrators | 40 | $28.42 | $59,110 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 40 | $24.25 | $50,450 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 40 | $14.34 | $29,820 |
| Electrical engineers | 40 | $33.41 | $69,500 |
| Engineering managers | 40 | $49.02 | $101,950 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 40 | $25.09 | $52,190 |
| Financial analysts | 40 | $22.03 | $45,810 |
| Health educators | 40 | $19.33 | $40,210 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 40 | $18.74 | $38,980 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 40 | $11.39 | $23,680 |
| Industrial production managers | 40 | $45.36 | $94,360 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 40 | $13.96 | $29,040 |
| Market research analysts | 40 | $19.92 | $41,440 |
| Marketing managers | 40 | $48.68 | $101,250 |
| Optometrists | 40 | $30.60 | $63,650 |
| Personal financial advisors | 40 | $49.47 | $102,890 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 40 | $34.54 | $71,850 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 40 | $48.84 | $101,580 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 40 | $23.18 | $48,210 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 40 | $16.80 | $34,950 |
| Surveyors | 40 | $23.23 | $48,330 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 40 | $38.34 | $79,760 |
| Bindery workers | 30 | $14.24 | $29,610 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 30 | $14.76 | $30,700 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 30 | $15.05 | $31,310 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 30 | $11.54 | $24,010 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 30 | $19.78 | $41,140 |
| Instructional coordinators | 30 | $20.49 | $42,620 |
| Logisticians | 30 | $24.44 | $50,830 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 30 | $12.93 | $26,890 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 30 | $10.10 | $21,010 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 30 | $12.96 | $26,950 |
| Recreational therapists | 30 | $16.68 | $34,700 |
| Statisticians | 30 | $29.44 | $61,240 |
| Telemarketers | 30 | $8.04 | $16,720 |
| Writers and authors | 30 | $21.98 | $45,710 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | Not available | $10.71 | $22,280 |
| Cooks, all other | Not available | $12.42 | $25,840 |
| Cooks, fast food | Not available | $9.06 | $18,850 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | Not available | $7.81 | $16,250 |
| Credit analysts | Not available | $19.87 | $41,330 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | Not available | $26.54 | $55,200 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall | Not available | $17.34 | $36,070 |
| Interior designers | Not available | $21.10 | $43,890 |
| Law clerks | Not available | $13.46 | $28,000 |
| Legal secretaries | Not available | $17.19 | $35,760 |
| Mechanical engineers | Not available | $31.71 | $65,950 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | Not available | $8.20 | $17,060 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | Not available | $19.46 | $40,470 |
| Pipelayers | Not available | $19.08 | $39,690 |
| Procurement clerks | Not available | $14.07 | $29,270 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers | Not available | $26.23 | $54,550 |
| Sheet metal workers | Not available | $27.65 | $57,510 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | Not available | $12.29 | $25,550 |
| Surgeons | Not available | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | Not available | $13.87 | $28,840 |
| Tire repairers and changers | Not available | $10.76 | $22,370 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | Not available | $13.06 | $27,160 |
