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 | 43,310 | $19.04 | $39,600 |
| Production occupations | 8,800 | $14.40 | $29,950 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 5,540 | $14.57 | $30,300 |
| Sales and related occupations | 4,090 | $15.35 | $31,940 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 3,560 | $14.64 | $30,440 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 2,950 | $9.10 | $18,940 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 2,530 | $30.83 | $64,140 |
| Management occupations | 2,240 | $47.29 | $98,360 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 2,210 | $19.66 | $40,900 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 2,030 | $33.38 | $69,430 |
| Team assemblers | 1,830 | $14.03 | $29,180 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 1,650 | $18.31 | $38,090 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 1,550 | Not available | Not available |
| Retail salespersons | 1,400 | $10.76 | $22,390 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,270 | $27.15 | $56,480 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,160 | $11.32 | $23,550 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 1,150 | $18.22 | $37,890 |
| Cashiers | 1,050 | $8.12 | $16,900 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 1,020 | $10.63 | $22,100 |
| Office clerks, general | 990 | $11.56 | $24,050 |
| Mechanical engineers | 940 | $33.58 | $69,850 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 920 | $32.25 | $67,080 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 880 | $11.33 | $23,570 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 780 | $12.58 | $26,160 |
| Registered nurses | 650 | $28.00 | $58,240 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 640 | $14.33 | $29,810 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 630 | $8.20 | $17,060 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 630 | $8.33 | $17,330 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 560 | $15.27 | $31,760 |
| Helpers--production workers | 560 | $11.98 | $24,920 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 540 | $14.10 | $29,340 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 520 | $31.17 | $64,830 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 500 | $12.45 | $25,900 |
| General and operations managers | 500 | $48.71 | $101,320 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 490 | $16.05 | $33,390 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 480 | $24.72 | $51,410 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 470 | $16.71 | $34,760 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 470 | $12.02 | $24,990 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 460 | $9.92 | $20,640 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 450 | $14.00 | $29,120 |
| Protective service occupations | 450 | $20.08 | $41,760 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 430 | $11.16 | $23,210 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 420 | $10.63 | $22,100 |
| Teacher assistants | 420 | Not available | $20,190 |
| Home health aides | 410 | $9.41 | $19,580 |
| Production workers, all other | 410 | $12.27 | $25,530 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 360 | $21.52 | $44,770 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 360 | $8.23 | $17,120 |
| Customer service representatives | 340 | $15.20 | $31,620 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers | 340 | $15.21 | $31,630 |
| Machinists | 340 | $15.28 | $31,780 |
| Carpenters | 320 | $17.65 | $36,720 |
| Chief executives | 320 | $72.22 | $150,230 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 320 | $24.20 | $50,330 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 310 | $17.56 | $36,520 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 310 | $15.16 | $31,530 |
| Accountants and auditors | 300 | $29.34 | $61,020 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 290 | $33.74 | $70,180 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 280 | $18.25 | $37,950 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 280 | $13.33 | $27,720 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 270 | $10.25 | $21,320 |
| Industrial engineers | 260 | $32.49 | $67,580 |
| Community and social services occupations | 250 | $17.47 | $36,330 |
| Engineers, all other | 250 | $38.08 | $79,200 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 250 | $15.31 | $31,840 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 250 | $11.07 | $23,020 |
| Engineering managers | 240 | $45.36 | $94,340 |
| Food preparation workers | 240 | $8.30 | $17,260 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 230 | $11.37 | $23,650 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 220 | $19.55 | $40,660 |
| Computer systems analysts | 210 | $35.31 | $73,440 |
| Construction laborers | 200 | $17.63 | $36,670 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 200 | $16.16 | $33,600 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 190 | $10.30 | $21,430 |
| Electricians | 190 | $20.17 | $41,950 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 180 | $12.45 | $25,890 |
| Mechanical drafters | 180 | $24.33 | $50,610 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 170 | $15.98 | $33,230 |
| Financial managers | 160 | $49.99 | $103,980 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 160 | $11.92 | $24,780 |
| Legal occupations | 160 | $28.73 | $59,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 150 | $25.98 | $54,040 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 140 | $14.51 | $30,190 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 140 | $28.36 | $58,980 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 140 | $17.98 | $37,410 |
| Child care workers | 130 | $7.84 | $16,310 |
| Computer support specialists | 130 | $20.30 | $42,230 |
| Driver/sales workers | 130 | $8.98 | $18,670 |
| Industrial production managers | 130 | $38.07 | $79,180 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 130 | $11.15 | $23,190 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 130 | $23.00 | $47,840 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 130 | $25.35 | $52,730 |
| Computer programmers | 120 | $34.86 | $72,520 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 120 | $10.19 | $21,190 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 120 | $8.44 | $17,550 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 120 | $14.99 | $31,180 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 120 | $8.60 | $17,900 |
| Medical secretaries | 120 | $13.78 | $28,670 |
| Tellers | 120 | $10.83 | $22,520 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 110 | $17.48 | $36,360 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 110 | $13.91 | $28,930 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 110 | $18.22 | $37,890 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 110 | $31.94 | $66,430 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 110 | $22.00 | $45,760 |
| Tool and die makers | 110 | $19.30 | $40,140 |
| Bartenders | 100 | $8.67 | $18,030 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 100 | $17.81 | $37,040 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 100 | $20.40 | $42,430 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 100 | $43.75 | $90,990 |
| Dishwashers | 100 | $7.73 | $16,070 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 100 | $20.28 | $42,180 |
| Managers, all other | 100 | $42.78 | $88,980 |
| Cost estimators | 90 | $25.27 | $52,560 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 90 | $14.42 | $29,990 |
| Medical assistants | 90 | $14.04 | $29,210 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 90 | $33.79 | $70,290 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 90 | $11.56 | $24,040 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Purchasing managers | 90 | $43.46 | $90,390 |
| Sales managers | 90 | $44.96 | $93,510 |
| Dental assistants | 80 | $13.80 | $28,710 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 80 | $14.81 | $30,800 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 80 | $25.35 | $52,720 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 80 | $94.34 | $196,230 |
| Public relations specialists | 80 | $15.37 | $31,960 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 80 | $15.68 | $32,620 |
| Bakers | 70 | $13.69 | $28,480 |
| Bill and account collectors | 70 | $15.72 | $32,700 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 70 | $30.89 | $64,260 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 70 | $8.22 | $17,110 |
| Lawyers | 70 | $44.39 | $92,330 |
| Medical and health services managers | 70 | $35.62 | $74,090 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 70 | $25.37 | $52,770 |
| Pharmacists | 70 | $47.41 | $98,600 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Dental hygienists | 60 | $23.68 | $49,250 |
| Financial analysts | 60 | $40.74 | $84,750 |
| Food service managers | 60 | $23.30 | $48,470 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 60 | $10.25 | $21,330 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 60 | $19.90 | $41,380 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 60 | $13.95 | $29,010 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 60 | $17.62 | $36,650 |
| Parts salespersons | 60 | $12.86 | $26,740 |
| Personal and home care aides | 60 | $9.62 | $20,000 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 60 | $25.16 | $52,340 |
| Security guards | 60 | $13.65 | $28,390 |
| Administrative services managers | 50 | $33.03 | $68,710 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 50 | $8.66 | $18,020 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 50 | $18.70 | $38,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 50 | $15.98 | $33,240 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 50 | $50.64 | $105,340 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 50 | $15.07 | $31,350 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 50 | $15.20 | $31,610 |
| Loan officers | 50 | $34.43 | $71,610 |
| Management analysts | 50 | $26.14 | $54,370 |
| Marketing managers | 50 | $49.63 | $103,230 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Order clerks | 50 | $14.99 | $31,180 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 50 | $15.99 | $33,250 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 50 | $42.36 | $88,100 |
| Social and human service assistants | 50 | $12.66 | $26,330 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 50 | $15.14 | $31,500 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 40 | $14.81 | $30,800 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 40 | $17.54 | $36,490 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 40 | $19.07 | $39,660 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 40 | $16.17 | $33,630 |
| Civil engineers | 40 | $36.59 | $76,110 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 40 | $16.43 | $34,180 |
| Cooks, short order | 40 | $8.66 | $18,020 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 40 | $26.85 | $55,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 40 | $28.13 | $58,510 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $13.42 | $27,900 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 40 | $13.00 | $27,040 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 40 | $39.28 | $81,710 |
| Insurance sales agents | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 40 | $15.90 | $33,060 |
| Physical therapists | 40 | $37.37 | $77,740 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 40 | $12.14 | $25,250 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Training and development specialists | 40 | $21.81 | $45,360 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 30 | $13.20 | $27,460 |
| Credit analysts | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| File clerks | 30 | $12.82 | $26,670 |
| Legislators | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Library assistants, clerical | 30 | $9.80 | $20,390 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers | 30 | $17.30 | $35,990 |
| Personal financial advisors | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Pharmacy aides | 30 | $10.40 | $21,620 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 30 | $48.99 | $101,890 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 30 | $14.75 | $30,680 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | Not available | $17.34 | $36,080 |
| Cooks, fast food | Not available | $7.36 | $15,320 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | Not available | $8.55 | $17,790 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | Not available | $7.54 | $15,680 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | Not available | $25.35 | $52,720 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | Not available | $15.60 | $32,440 |
| Glaziers | Not available | $14.74 | $30,650 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | Not available | $7.06 | $14,690 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $14.16 | $29,450 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | Not available | $14.64 | $30,450 |
