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 | 348,550 | $18.36 | $38,180 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 64,910 | $14.42 | $29,990 |
| Sales and related occupations | 36,230 | $15.61 | $32,460 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 27,130 | $8.34 | $17,340 |
| Production occupations | 24,900 | $15.02 | $31,250 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 21,870 | $13.08 | $27,200 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 20,510 | $29.65 | $61,660 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 20,040 | $22.26 | $46,310 |
| Management occupations | 18,450 | $42.55 | $88,510 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 17,310 | $18.47 | $38,410 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 16,880 | $15.88 | $33,040 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 15,520 | $26.89 | $55,930 |
| Retail salespersons | 10,930 | $11.72 | $24,390 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 10,630 | $11.22 | $23,340 |
| Office clerks, general | 10,300 | $12.47 | $25,950 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 10,210 | $10.26 | $21,330 |
| Cashiers | 10,030 | $8.01 | $16,660 |
| Protective service occupations | 9,220 | $15.31 | $31,830 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 7,480 | $29.24 | $60,810 |
| Registered nurses | 7,400 | $27.85 | $57,930 |
| Customer service representatives | 7,240 | $14.00 | $29,120 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 6,700 | $10.18 | $21,160 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 6,650 | $11.05 | $22,980 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 6,360 | $30.04 | $62,480 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 6,040 | $20.28 | $42,180 |
| General and operations managers | 5,220 | $47.02 | $97,800 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 5,210 | $9.34 | $19,440 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 4,990 | $7.22 | $15,020 |
| Community and social services occupations | 4,800 | $18.10 | $37,640 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 4,760 | $14.72 | $30,610 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 4,450 | Not available | $45,960 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 4,430 | $16.56 | $34,440 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 4,350 | $9.78 | $20,330 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 4,290 | $10.67 | $22,190 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 4,140 | $7.41 | $15,410 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 4,090 | $13.90 | $28,910 |
| Team assemblers | 3,860 | $14.99 | $31,190 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 3,720 | $28.44 | $59,150 |
| Legal occupations | 3,620 | $34.25 | $71,230 |
| Food preparation workers | 3,500 | $7.83 | $16,290 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 3,440 | $18.96 | $39,440 |
| Security guards | 3,420 | $11.96 | $24,880 |
| Accountants and auditors | 3,360 | $27.08 | $56,330 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 3,260 | $18.44 | $38,350 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 3,060 | $17.99 | $37,410 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 3,050 | $18.37 | $38,200 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 2,910 | $13.54 | $28,150 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 2,750 | $11.95 | $24,860 |
| Home health aides | 2,670 | $9.21 | $19,160 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 2,600 | Not available | $49,140 |
| Teacher assistants | 2,570 | Not available | $18,070 |
| Cooks, fast food | 2,430 | $7.39 | $15,370 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 2,340 | $9.86 | $20,510 |
| Carpenters | 2,180 | $15.99 | $33,260 |
| Management analysts | 2,180 | $30.30 | $63,030 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 2,140 | $22.87 | $47,560 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 2,120 | $14.20 | $29,530 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 2,070 | $18.41 | $38,290 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 1,980 | $16.24 | $33,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 1,980 | $24.99 | $51,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 1,910 | $13.69 | $28,480 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 1,900 | $25.98 | $54,050 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 1,890 | $19.90 | $41,380 |
| Tellers | 1,880 | $11.34 | $23,590 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 1,860 | Not available | $46,260 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,820 | $8.05 | $16,740 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 1,800 | $12.83 | $26,680 |
| Construction laborers | 1,740 | $11.20 | $23,290 |
| Dishwashers | 1,740 | $8.25 | $17,160 |
| Child care workers | 1,680 | $8.08 | $16,800 |
| Electricians | 1,670 | $17.57 | $36,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 1,620 | $26.46 | $55,030 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 1,620 | $11.17 | $23,240 |
| Lawyers | 1,610 | $51.47 | $107,050 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 1,570 | $14.07 | $29,270 |
| Computer systems analysts | 1,520 | $29.59 | $61,550 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 1,490 | $17.67 | $36,760 |
| Bill and account collectors | 1,390 | $13.85 | $28,810 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 1,380 | $33.41 | $69,490 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 1,380 | $14.04 | $29,210 |
| Insurance sales agents | 1,380 | $24.85 | $51,690 |
| Financial managers | 1,370 | $43.89 | $91,290 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 1,350 | $16.89 | $35,130 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 1,290 | $9.71 | $20,200 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 1,240 | $16.40 | $34,110 |
| Data entry keyers | 1,220 | $11.78 | $24,500 |
| Chief executives | 1,200 | $79.66 | $165,700 |
| Computer programmers | 1,200 | $30.42 | $63,270 |
| Computer support specialists | 1,200 | $20.06 | $41,720 |
| Construction managers | 1,170 | $36.56 | $76,040 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,150 | Not available | $47,180 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 1,130 | $15.00 | $31,200 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 1,130 | $19.68 | $40,940 |
| Bus drivers, school | 1,110 | $8.05 | $16,750 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 1,110 | $16.34 | $33,980 |
| Helpers--production workers | 1,100 | $10.21 | $21,240 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 1,090 | $9.65 | $20,060 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 1,070 | $11.00 | $22,890 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 1,020 | $32.20 | $66,970 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 1,000 | $25.14 | $52,280 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 1,000 | $7.61 | $15,830 |
| Sales managers | 990 | $44.61 | $92,800 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 970 | $12.05 | $25,070 |
| Medical assistants | 960 | $14.10 | $29,330 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 950 | $8.89 | $18,490 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 930 | $16.25 | $33,790 |
| Administrative services managers | 920 | $31.37 | $65,250 |
| Bartenders | 920 | $7.36 | $15,310 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 920 | $43.46 | $90,390 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 890 | $14.72 | $30,610 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 880 | $21.84 | $45,420 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 860 | $8.13 | $16,910 |
| Pharmacists | 860 | $48.89 | $101,690 |
| Civil engineers | 850 | $31.53 | $65,590 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 850 | $11.36 | $23,640 |
| Social and human service assistants | 850 | $12.53 | $26,060 |
| Personal and home care aides | 840 | $8.71 | $18,120 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 830 | $7.27 | $15,130 |
| Legal secretaries | 810 | $17.51 | $36,420 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 810 | Not available | Not available |
| Chemical plant and system operators | 800 | $21.55 | $44,830 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 800 | $23.24 | $48,340 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 800 | $67.99 | $141,410 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 790 | $9.99 | $20,780 |
| Industrial engineers | 790 | $35.36 | $73,550 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 790 | $35.00 | $72,800 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 770 | $21.58 | $44,890 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 750 | $14.77 | $30,710 |
| Medical and health services managers | 740 | $36.57 | $76,060 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 740 | $17.80 | $37,030 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 730 | $23.57 | $49,020 |
| File clerks | 720 | $10.37 | $21,570 |
| Driver/sales workers | 690 | $11.78 | $24,510 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 690 | $15.95 | $33,190 |
| Parts salespersons | 690 | $14.84 | $30,870 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 680 | $15.44 | $32,120 |
| Cooks, short order | 670 | $7.78 | $16,190 |
| Dental assistants | 670 | $15.12 | $31,440 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 670 | $14.36 | $29,860 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 670 | $13.30 | $27,660 |
| Loan officers | 670 | $29.60 | $61,580 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 670 | $28.22 | $58,700 |
| Slaughterers and meat packers | 670 | $8.35 | $17,370 |
| Machinists | 660 | $16.63 | $34,590 |
| Managers, all other | 660 | $31.69 | $65,910 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 650 | $13.77 | $28,630 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 630 | $23.58 | $49,050 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 630 | $22.25 | $46,270 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 620 | $13.46 | $28,010 |
| Training and development specialists | 620 | $22.54 | $46,890 |
| Mechanical engineers | 610 | $35.00 | $72,800 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 610 | $15.74 | $32,740 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 610 | $21.82 | $45,380 |
| Computer operators | 600 | $15.46 | $32,150 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 600 | $27.92 | $58,080 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 600 | $16.22 | $33,740 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 590 | $40.40 | $84,040 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 590 | $19.20 | $39,940 |
| Public relations specialists | 590 | $20.58 | $42,800 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 590 | $19.44 | $40,430 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 570 | $18.78 | $39,050 |
| Medical secretaries | 570 | $13.12 | $27,290 |
| Procurement clerks | 570 | $15.86 | $32,990 |
| Cost estimators | 560 | $24.67 | $51,310 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 560 | $15.94 | $33,150 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 560 | Not available | $74,970 |
| Industrial production managers | 560 | $41.90 | $87,160 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 560 | $15.50 | $32,240 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 560 | $30.74 | $63,930 |
| Database administrators | 550 | $28.62 | $59,540 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 550 | $16.78 | $34,910 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 550 | $8.53 | $17,740 |
| Helpers--electricians | 540 | $11.10 | $23,090 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 540 | $18.91 | $39,340 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 530 | $19.48 | $40,520 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 530 | Not available | Not available |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 520 | $9.36 | $19,470 |
| Real estate sales agents | 520 | $18.52 | $38,520 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 510 | $35.91 | $74,690 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 510 | $9.97 | $20,730 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 510 | $11.91 | $24,780 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 510 | $22.12 | $46,010 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 500 | $14.44 | $30,040 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 500 | $24.21 | $50,370 |
| Recreation workers | 500 | $10.38 | $21,580 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 500 | $13.20 | $27,460 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 490 | $10.98 | $22,830 |
| All other information and record clerks | 470 | $16.53 | $34,390 |
| Dental hygienists | 470 | $26.41 | $54,940 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 470 | $13.33 | $27,730 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 460 | $18.05 | $37,540 |
| Electrical engineers | 460 | $39.97 | $83,150 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 460 | $19.44 | $40,440 |
| Food service managers | 460 | $23.45 | $48,780 |
| Advertising sales agents | 450 | $21.99 | $45,740 |
| Librarians | 450 | $25.34 | $52,700 |
| Marketing managers | 450 | $41.54 | $86,400 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 440 | $16.19 | $33,670 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 440 | $18.16 | $37,770 |
| Instructional coordinators | 440 | $30.46 | $63,360 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 420 | $11.34 | $23,590 |
| Engineering managers | 410 | $51.02 | $106,110 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 410 | $31.47 | $65,460 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 410 | $20.69 | $43,040 |
| Personal financial advisors | 410 | $36.33 | $75,560 |
| Sewing machine operators | 410 | $9.15 | $19,040 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 400 | $10.98 | $22,850 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 400 | $15.39 | $32,000 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 400 | $17.02 | $35,390 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 400 | $20.15 | $41,910 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 390 | $8.19 | $17,030 |
| Coaches and scouts | 390 | Not available | $48,130 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 390 | $15.73 | $32,730 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 380 | $23.07 | $47,990 |
| Fire fighters | 380 | $17.97 | $37,380 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 380 | $15.37 | $31,970 |
| Surgical technologists | 380 | $17.47 | $36,350 |
| Environmental engineers | 370 | $27.16 | $56,480 |
| Loan counselors | 370 | $17.00 | $35,370 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 370 | $13.95 | $29,030 |
| Printing machine operators | 370 | $15.65 | $32,560 |
| Respiratory therapists | 370 | $22.77 | $47,360 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 360 | Not available | $80,130 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 360 | $26.83 | $55,800 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 350 | $14.92 | $31,040 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 340 | $14.48 | $30,110 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 340 | $20.87 | $43,410 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 340 | Not available | $46,550 |
| New accounts clerks | 340 | $14.85 | $30,880 |
| Real estate brokers | 340 | $25.37 | $52,760 |
| Sheet metal workers | 340 | $14.67 | $30,520 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 340 | $16.13 | $33,560 |
| Financial analysts | 330 | $27.07 | $56,300 |
| Health educators | 330 | $19.88 | $41,360 |
| Physical therapists | 330 | $35.89 | $74,650 |
| Couriers and messengers | 320 | $9.70 | $20,180 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 320 | $8.00 | $16,640 |
| Graphic designers | 320 | $19.00 | $39,520 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 320 | $11.35 | $23,600 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 320 | Not available | $45,860 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 320 | $14.36 | $29,860 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 310 | $14.83 | $30,850 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 310 | $15.18 | $31,570 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 310 | $25.48 | $52,990 |
| Insurance underwriters | 310 | $20.62 | $42,890 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 310 | $17.26 | $35,900 |
| Education administrators, all other | 300 | $26.43 | $54,980 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 300 | $22.13 | $46,020 |
| Family and general practitioners | 300 | $84.88 | $176,550 |
| Roofers | 300 | $13.76 | $28,620 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 300 | $7.49 | $15,590 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 290 | $14.60 | $30,380 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 290 | $33.51 | $69,700 |
| Pest control workers | 290 | $14.53 | $30,220 |
| Social workers, all other | 290 | $20.69 | $43,040 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 290 | $29.94 | $62,270 |
| Telemarketers | 290 | $11.94 | $24,830 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 280 | $12.89 | $26,810 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 280 | $16.07 | $33,430 |
| Public relations managers | 280 | $33.14 | $68,930 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 280 | $46.39 | $96,490 |
| Social and community service managers | 280 | $24.08 | $50,090 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 270 | $26.42 | $54,950 |
| Pipelayers | 270 | $16.36 | $34,020 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 260 | $13.68 | $28,460 |
| Home appliance repairers | 260 | $13.73 | $28,550 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical | 260 | $15.16 | $31,520 |
| Library technicians | 260 | $13.44 | $27,950 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 260 | $8.23 | $17,120 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 260 | $12.73 | $26,490 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 260 | $9.54 | $19,850 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 250 | Not available | $60,400 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 250 | $25.92 | $53,920 |
| Food batchmakers | 250 | $11.85 | $24,650 |
| Order clerks | 250 | $13.75 | $28,600 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 250 | $16.53 | $34,380 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 240 | $23.70 | $49,290 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 240 | $35.02 | $72,850 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 240 | $12.03 | $25,030 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 230 | $25.96 | $54,000 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 230 | $20.01 | $41,620 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 230 | $19.99 | $41,570 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 230 | $10.54 | $21,920 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 230 | $10.90 | $22,680 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 220 | $37.54 | $78,080 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 220 | $12.85 | $26,730 |
| Court reporters | 220 | $18.56 | $38,590 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 220 | $13.27 | $27,600 |
| Occupational therapists | 220 | $35.86 | $74,590 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 220 | $35.96 | $74,800 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 220 | $26.58 | $55,280 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 210 | $20.51 | $42,650 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 210 | $23.65 | $49,190 |
| Logisticians | 210 | $29.48 | $61,320 |
| Market research analysts | 210 | $27.37 | $56,920 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 210 | $14.68 | $30,530 |
| Operations research analysts | 210 | $29.68 | $61,730 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 210 | $11.85 | $24,640 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 210 | $9.30 | $19,340 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 210 | Not available | $47,900 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 200 | $20.54 | $42,720 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 200 | $30.93 | $64,330 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 200 | $31.79 | $66,120 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 200 | $26.17 | $54,440 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 200 | Not available | $63,520 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 200 | $17.00 | $35,360 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 200 | $20.58 | $42,810 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 200 | $13.72 | $28,540 |
| Tool and die makers | 200 | $20.90 | $43,470 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 190 | $11.95 | $24,860 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | 190 | $20.04 | $41,690 |
| Crane and tower operators | 190 | $15.39 | $32,010 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 190 | Not available | $65,220 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 190 | $15.69 | $32,630 |
| Legislators | 190 | Not available | $16,690 |
| Mechanical drafters | 190 | $22.81 | $47,450 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other | 190 | $13.23 | $27,520 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 190 | $14.62 | $30,410 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 190 | $18.10 | $37,650 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 190 | $14.43 | $30,000 |
| Telephone operators | 190 | $12.23 | $25,440 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 190 | $9.63 | $20,020 |
| Credit analysts | 180 | $26.81 | $55,760 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | 180 | $16.98 | $35,320 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 180 | $20.30 | $42,220 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 180 | $15.33 | $31,890 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 180 | $10.03 | $20,860 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 180 | $14.97 | $31,130 |
| Purchasing managers | 180 | $35.31 | $73,440 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 180 | $10.72 | $22,310 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 180 | $15.68 | $32,600 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 170 | $25.34 | $52,700 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 170 | $21.28 | $44,260 |
| Choreographers | 170 | $16.91 | $35,170 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 170 | $14.50 | $30,160 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 170 | $8.58 | $17,850 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 170 | $13.38 | $27,840 |
| Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders | 170 | $13.41 | $27,880 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 160 | $13.47 | $28,020 |
| Chemical engineers | 160 | $38.07 | $79,190 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 160 | $12.83 | $26,690 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 160 | $21.55 | $44,830 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 160 | $47.93 | $99,700 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 160 | $16.10 | $33,500 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 160 | $18.44 | $38,350 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 160 | $18.34 | $38,150 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 160 | $13.52 | $28,130 |
| Photographers | 160 | $13.75 | $28,600 |
| Surveyors | 160 | $23.74 | $49,390 |
| Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders | 160 | $13.97 | $29,060 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 150 | Not available | Not available |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 150 | $10.06 | $20,930 |
| Interior designers | 150 | $29.06 | $60,450 |
| Mental health counselors | 150 | $22.60 | $47,010 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 150 | $24.53 | $51,010 |
| Postal service clerks | 150 | Not available | Not available |
| Veterinarians | 150 | $37.84 | $78,700 |
| Chemical technicians | 140 | $21.98 | $45,720 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 140 | $14.69 | $30,560 |
| Grounds maintenance workers, all other | 140 | $9.05 | $18,820 |
| Law clerks | 140 | $19.54 | $40,650 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | 140 | $13.52 | $28,130 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 140 | $15.82 | $32,910 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 140 | $11.83 | $24,600 |
| Producers and directors | 140 | $15.36 | $31,940 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 140 | $18.32 | $38,100 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 140 | Not available | $43,140 |
| Travel agents | 140 | $13.51 | $28,100 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 130 | $12.48 | $25,950 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 130 | $17.84 | $37,100 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | 130 | $14.92 | $31,030 |
| Material moving workers, all other | 130 | $13.29 | $27,650 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 130 | $20.97 | $43,610 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 130 | $18.48 | $38,430 |
| Bindery workers | 120 | $11.25 | $23,400 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $71,490 |
| Broadcast technicians | 120 | $13.69 | $28,470 |
| Budget analysts | 120 | $28.66 | $59,610 |
| Dentists, general | 120 | $77.26 | $160,700 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 120 | $37.82 | $78,660 |
| Floral designers | 120 | $9.15 | $19,020 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 120 | $13.41 | $27,880 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $72,990 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 120 | $16.82 | $34,980 |
| Multi-media artists and animators | 120 | $16.65 | $34,640 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 120 | $14.26 | $29,670 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 120 | $15.58 | $32,400 |
| Radio and television announcers | 120 | $23.16 | $48,180 |
| Tax preparers | 120 | $14.87 | $30,920 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 120 | Not available | $50,160 |
| Word processors and typists | 120 | $13.60 | $28,290 |
| Chemists | 110 | $27.27 | $56,720 |
| Clergy | 110 | $20.47 | $42,570 |
| Crossing guards | 110 | $11.60 | $24,130 |
| Editors | 110 | $18.80 | $39,100 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 110 | $21.70 | $45,130 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | 110 | $20.72 | $43,090 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons | 110 | $10.49 | $21,820 |
| Insurance appraisers, auto damage | 110 | $23.78 | $49,470 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 110 | $11.22 | $23,340 |
| Recreational therapists | 110 | $13.89 | $28,880 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 110 | $18.11 | $37,670 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists | 100 | $23.05 | $47,940 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Dietetic technicians | 100 | $11.31 | $23,520 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Fallers | 100 | $10.87 | $22,600 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 100 | $29.04 | $60,410 |
| Hydrologists | 100 | $27.03 | $56,220 |
| Internists, general | 100 | $100.09 | $208,180 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 100 | $37.92 | $78,860 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | $63,510 |
| Training and development managers | 100 | $34.97 | $72,750 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 100 | $10.58 | $22,010 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 90 | $23.67 | $49,230 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | 90 | $16.86 | $35,060 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 90 | $17.80 | $37,030 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | 90 | Not available | $56,080 |
| Physician assistants | 90 | $36.98 | $76,920 |
| Statistical assistants | 90 | $16.69 | $34,720 |
| Surgeons | 90 | $104.84 | $218,080 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 90 | $24.25 | $50,450 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 80 | $36.75 | $76,430 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 80 | $24.42 | $50,790 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators | 80 | $13.67 | $28,420 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders | 80 | $17.85 | $37,120 |
| Lodging managers | 80 | $20.26 | $42,140 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 80 | $14.21 | $29,560 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $73,370 |
| Sales engineers | 80 | $34.36 | $71,470 |
| Social work teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $68,570 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 80 | $17.19 | $35,760 |
| Bakers | 70 | $11.22 | $23,340 |
| Computer and information scientists, research | 70 | $55.26 | $114,940 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Funeral attendants | 70 | $8.63 | $17,940 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 70 | $22.16 | $46,100 |
| Materials engineers | 70 | $34.38 | $71,510 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers | 70 | $19.22 | $39,970 |
| Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other | 70 | $15.51 | $32,250 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 70 | $15.83 | $32,930 |
| Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers | 60 | $34.51 | $71,790 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 60 | $22.02 | $45,810 |
| Correspondence clerks | 60 | $12.62 | $26,260 |
| Desktop publishers | 60 | $16.47 | $34,260 |
| Economists | 60 | $30.35 | $63,130 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $55,370 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $78,710 |
| Media and communication equipment workers, all other | 60 | $15.99 | $33,260 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | 60 | $82.46 | $171,510 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 60 | $20.93 | $43,540 |
| Residential advisors | 60 | $12.86 | $26,760 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $71,180 |
| Statisticians | 60 | $23.94 | $49,790 |
| Animal trainers | 50 | $12.13 | $25,240 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture | 50 | $15.29 | $31,810 |
| Chiropractors | 50 | $35.05 | $72,900 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $81,300 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | 50 | $15.64 | $32,540 |
| Curators | 50 | $20.54 | $42,720 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 50 | $19.17 | $39,870 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 50 | $20.24 | $42,110 |
| Emergency management specialists | 50 | $21.26 | $44,220 |
| Engineers, all other | 50 | $34.87 | $72,540 |
| Financial examiners | 50 | $36.14 | $75,180 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers | 50 | $21.96 | $45,670 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 50 | $24.02 | $49,970 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other | 50 | $28.15 | $58,550 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 50 | $28.15 | $58,560 |
| Orthotists and prosthetists | 50 | $26.43 | $54,970 |
| Pediatricians, general | 50 | $66.05 | $137,390 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 50 | $31.30 | $65,090 |
| Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders | 50 | $13.73 | $28,560 |
| Urban and regional planners | 50 | $24.01 | $49,930 |
| Art directors | 40 | $22.56 | $46,930 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 40 | $9.13 | $18,990 |
| Brokerage clerks | 40 | $15.41 | $32,050 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders | 40 | $12.18 | $25,340 |
| Embalmers | 40 | $13.76 | $28,610 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 40 | $23.47 | $48,810 |
| Gas plant operators | 40 | $24.41 | $50,780 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 40 | $29.32 | $60,980 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $13.56 | $28,210 |
| Interpreters and translators | 40 | $13.11 | $27,270 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders | 40 | $14.99 | $31,170 |
| Natural sciences managers | 40 | $41.96 | $87,280 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents | 40 | $32.63 | $67,870 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products | 40 | $27.70 | $57,610 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 40 | $16.11 | $33,520 |
| Technical writers | 40 | $25.37 | $52,760 |
| Writers and authors | 40 | $19.79 | $41,170 |
| Animal control workers | 30 | $13.84 | $28,790 |
| Biological scientists, all other | 30 | $29.70 | $61,790 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay | 30 | $21.24 | $44,170 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 30 | $16.93 | $35,220 |
| Motorcycle mechanics | 30 | $17.95 | $37,350 |
| Production workers, all other | 30 | $18.10 | $37,640 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | 30 | $10.60 | $22,050 |
| Aircraft cargo handling supervisors | Not available | $23.39 | $48,650 |
| Anesthesiologists | Not available | $95.08 | $197,770 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers | Not available | $20.24 | $42,100 |
| Bailiffs | Not available | $11.87 | $24,700 |
| Biological technicians | Not available | $18.09 | $37,620 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | Not available | $11.16 | $23,220 |
| Cargo and freight agents | Not available | $20.04 | $41,690 |
| Chefs and head cooks | Not available | $16.22 | $33,730 |
| Computer hardware engineers | Not available | $27.65 | $57,500 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | Not available | $15.77 | $32,810 |
| Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers | Not available | $14.87 | $30,920 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | Not available | $8.14 | $16,940 |
| Floor sanders and finishers | Not available | $14.22 | $29,580 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | Not available | $7.23 | $15,030 |
| Furniture finishers | Not available | $14.24 | $29,620 |
| Glaziers | Not available | $14.67 | $30,520 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | Not available | $18.47 | $38,420 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | Not available | $17.23 | $35,850 |
| Job printers | Not available | $14.17 | $29,470 |
| Logging equipment operators | Not available | $15.38 | $31,980 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | Not available | $11.87 | $24,690 |
| Massage therapists | Not available | $24.31 | $50,560 |
| Medical equipment repairers | Not available | $16.27 | $33,850 |
| Meeting and convention planners | Not available | $18.71 | $38,920 |
| Millwrights | Not available | $13.16 | $27,380 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | Not available | $10.82 | $22,510 |
| Motorboat mechanics | Not available | $14.79 | $30,770 |
| Optometrists | Not available | $28.17 | $58,600 |
| Parking lot attendants | Not available | $10.07 | $20,940 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | Not available | $13.66 | $28,400 |
| Physical therapist aides | Not available | $9.94 | $20,680 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | Not available | Not available | $50,280 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other | Not available | $19.31 | $40,160 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers | Not available | $19.19 | $39,920 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | Not available | $15.26 | $31,730 |
| Skin care specialists | Not available | $19.32 | $40,190 |
| Tile and marble setters | Not available | $14.81 | $30,810 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | Not available | $10.68 | $22,220 |
