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 |
179,950 |
$16.42 |
$34,150 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
30,580 |
$12.85 |
$26,730 |
| Sales and related occupations |
18,650 |
$13.48 |
$28,050 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
18,290 |
$7.91 |
$16,450 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
11,080 |
$19.39 |
$40,330 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
10,800 |
$17.96 |
$37,350 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
10,240 |
$14.37 |
$29,890 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
9,570 |
$27.26 |
$56,710 |
| Production occupations |
9,550 |
$15.74 |
$32,740 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
6,900 |
$10.37 |
$21,570 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
6,350 |
$7.20 |
$14,980 |
| Management occupations |
6,350 |
$37.73 |
$78,490 |
| Retail salespersons |
6,170 |
$10.57 |
$21,990 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
5,860 |
$9.59 |
$19,940 |
| Cashiers |
5,460 |
$7.88 |
$16,390 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
5,430 |
$27.43 |
$57,050 |
| Customer service representatives |
5,050 |
$10.73 |
$22,320 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
4,280 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Protective service occupations |
4,240 |
$16.80 |
$34,930 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
3,880 |
$7.25 |
$15,070 |
| Office clerks, general |
3,620 |
$10.26 |
$21,340 |
| Home health aides |
3,440 |
$8.75 |
$18,210 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
3,320 |
$12.07 |
$25,100 |
| Registered nurses |
3,060 |
$26.53 |
$55,180 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
2,950 |
$35.66 |
$74,160 |
| Construction laborers |
2,550 |
$10.69 |
$22,240 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,490 |
$8.79 |
$18,270 |
| General and operations managers |
2,460 |
$43.56 |
$90,610 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
2,420 |
$14.57 |
$30,300 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
2,410 |
$9.43 |
$19,610 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
2,020 |
Not available |
$42,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
2,000 |
$17.77 |
$36,970 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,980 |
$11.42 |
$23,750 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1,960 |
$32.12 |
$66,800 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
1,840 |
$16.58 |
$34,490 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,810 |
$20.45 |
$42,540 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,790 |
$8.34 |
$17,340 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
1,780 |
$15.15 |
$31,520 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,700 |
$24.33 |
$50,620 |
| Electricians |
1,680 |
$18.59 |
$38,670 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
1,660 |
$26.68 |
$55,500 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,590 |
$10.03 |
$20,870 |
| Personal and home care aides |
1,580 |
$7.13 |
$14,830 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
1,580 |
$10.32 |
$21,460 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,530 |
$7.97 |
$16,570 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,530 |
$17.09 |
$35,540 |
| Teacher assistants |
1,530 |
Not available |
$18,510 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
1,530 |
$17.59 |
$36,580 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
1,490 |
$30.19 |
$62,800 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,490 |
Not available |
$45,120 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
1,470 |
$28.14 |
$58,530 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,420 |
$11.98 |
$24,920 |
| Security guards |
1,420 |
$10.65 |
$22,140 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,280 |
$9.90 |
$20,580 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
1,250 |
$24.06 |
$50,040 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
1,180 |
$15.91 |
$33,090 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,180 |
Not available |
$44,130 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
1,170 |
$14.88 |
$30,950 |
| Legal occupations |
1,150 |
$34.01 |
$70,750 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
1,150 |
$18.87 |
$39,240 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,140 |
$12.61 |
$26,240 |
| Tellers |
1,050 |
$10.33 |
$21,500 |
| Cooks, fast food |
980 |
$7.88 |
$16,390 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
970 |
$10.24 |
$21,300 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
970 |
$23.50 |
$48,870 |
| Accountants and auditors |
940 |
$26.26 |
$54,630 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
940 |
Not available |
$26,650 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
930 |
$14.99 |
$31,170 |
| Driver/sales workers |
910 |
$12.13 |
$25,240 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
830 |
$19.23 |
$40,000 |
| Medical assistants |
810 |
$10.96 |
$22,800 |
| Bartenders |
770 |
$7.79 |
$16,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
760 |
$26.86 |
$55,860 |
| Child care workers |
750 |
$8.28 |
$17,220 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
730 |
$10.80 |
$22,450 |
| Dishwashers |
730 |
$6.97 |
$14,500 |
| Roustabouts, oil and gas |
720 |
$14.95 |
$31,100 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
660 |
$13.73 |
$28,560 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
640 |
$19.18 |
$39,890 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
620 |
$12.34 |
$25,660 |
| Medical secretaries |
610 |
$11.81 |
$24,570 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
580 |
$7.38 |
$15,360 |
| Machinists |
580 |
$19.21 |
$39,960 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
570 |
$24.91 |
$51,800 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
570 |
$17.46 |
$36,310 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
570 |
$10.95 |
$22,780 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
570 |
$13.35 |
$27,770 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
560 |
$15.45 |
$32,140 |
| Construction managers |
540 |
$24.32 |
$50,590 |
| Lawyers |
540 |
$51.96 |
$108,080 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
510 |
Not available |
Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
500 |
$25.97 |
$54,020 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
500 |
$54.20 |
$112,730 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
500 |
$11.33 |
$23,570 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
500 |
$14.52 |
$30,190 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
490 |
$7.79 |
$16,200 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
480 |
$21.79 |
$45,320 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
480 |
$22.72 |
$47,270 |
| Food preparation workers |
470 |
$8.92 |
$18,560 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
470 |
$13.15 |
$27,350 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
460 |
$11.28 |
$23,470 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
460 |
$23.30 |
$48,470 |
| Sheet metal workers |
450 |
$23.54 |
$48,960 |
| Bus drivers, school |
440 |
$9.37 |
$19,480 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
440 |
$9.08 |
$18,890 |
| Helpers--electricians |
440 |
$11.77 |
$24,480 |
| Helpers--production workers |
420 |
$10.58 |
$22,010 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
420 |
$19.69 |
$40,960 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
420 |
$14.39 |
$29,940 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
410 |
$7.59 |
$15,790 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
410 |
$16.42 |
$34,150 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
400 |
$10.73 |
$22,310 |
| Petroleum engineers |
370 |
$63.50 |
$132,080 |
| Team assemblers |
370 |
$11.52 |
$23,960 |
| Dental assistants |
360 |
$13.95 |
$29,010 |
| Management analysts |
360 |
$29.92 |
$62,230 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
350 |
$15.34 |
$31,910 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
350 |
Not available |
$63,480 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
350 |
$12.38 |
$25,740 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
350 |
$17.64 |
$36,700 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
340 |
Not available |
Not available |
| File clerks |
330 |
$9.86 |
$20,510 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
330 |
$12.94 |
$26,920 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
330 |
$20.78 |
$43,230 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
330 |
$33.86 |
$70,440 |
| Data entry keyers |
320 |
$9.65 |
$20,080 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
320 |
$11.73 |
$24,400 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
320 |
$24.59 |
$51,150 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
310 |
$9.39 |
$19,530 |
| Medical and health services managers |
310 |
$36.06 |
$75,010 |
| Parts salespersons |
310 |
$12.79 |
$26,600 |
| Pharmacists |
310 |
$50.75 |
$105,560 |
| Recreation workers |
310 |
$10.56 |
$21,970 |
| Financial managers |
300 |
$37.54 |
$78,080 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
300 |
$23.12 |
$48,080 |
| Administrative services managers |
290 |
$36.90 |
$76,740 |
| All other information and record clerks |
290 |
$14.72 |
$30,630 |
| Computer support specialists |
290 |
$18.54 |
$38,570 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other |
290 |
$9.58 |
$19,920 |
| Insurance sales agents |
290 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
290 |
$22.19 |
$46,150 |
| Bill and account collectors |
280 |
$11.96 |
$24,890 |
| Civil engineers |
280 |
$41.87 |
$87,080 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
280 |
$15.58 |
$32,410 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
280 |
$28.22 |
$58,710 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
280 |
Not available |
$45,150 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
280 |
$80.58 |
$167,620 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
270 |
$12.32 |
$25,620 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
270 |
$13.42 |
$27,920 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
270 |
$7.67 |
$15,950 |
| Legal secretaries |
270 |
$16.74 |
$34,830 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
260 |
$13.41 |
$27,900 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical |
260 |
$15.44 |
$32,120 |
| Rotary drill operators, oil and gas |
260 |
$26.82 |
$55,780 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
250 |
$29.31 |
$60,970 |
| Food service managers |
250 |
$25.92 |
$53,920 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
250 |
$13.57 |
$28,220 |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers |
250 |
$19.59 |
$40,740 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
240 |
$12.83 |
$26,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
240 |
$22.78 |
$47,370 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
240 |
$10.86 |
$22,580 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
240 |
$12.16 |
$25,290 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
240 |
Not available |
$43,140 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
230 |
$14.79 |
$30,750 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
230 |
$15.58 |
$32,400 |
| Physical therapists |
230 |
$40.72 |
$84,700 |
| Public relations specialists |
230 |
$21.44 |
$44,590 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
230 |
$25.27 |
$52,560 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
230 |
Not available |
$45,670 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
220 |
$35.67 |
$74,180 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
220 |
$16.80 |
$34,950 |
| Mental health counselors |
220 |
$16.15 |
$33,590 |
| Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining |
220 |
$17.81 |
$37,040 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
220 |
$8.80 |
$18,310 |
| Telemarketers |
220 |
$8.83 |
$18,370 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
220 |
$8.91 |
$18,530 |
| Cost estimators |
210 |
$23.65 |
$49,190 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
210 |
$13.70 |
$28,500 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
210 |
$23.52 |
$48,920 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
200 |
$17.04 |
$35,440 |
| Computer systems analysts |
200 |
$32.36 |
$67,310 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
200 |
$17.62 |
$36,660 |
| Engineers, all other |
200 |
$44.50 |
$92,550 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
200 |
$10.03 |
$20,850 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
200 |
$22.85 |
$47,540 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
200 |
$23.55 |
$48,990 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
190 |
$7.44 |
$15,480 |
| Real estate sales agents |
190 |
$14.79 |
$30,770 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
190 |
Not available |
$43,110 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
180 |
$18.18 |
$37,810 |
| Dental hygienists |
180 |
$26.29 |
$54,680 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
180 |
$20.01 |
$41,630 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
180 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Instructional coordinators |
180 |
$24.83 |
$51,640 |
| Managers, all other |
180 |
$30.56 |
$63,570 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
180 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Computer programmers |
170 |
$26.67 |
$55,470 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
170 |
$14.84 |
$30,870 |
| Industrial engineers |
170 |
$36.43 |
$75,770 |
| Librarians |
170 |
$23.18 |
$48,220 |
| Logisticians |
170 |
$35.02 |
$72,850 |
| Respiratory therapists |
170 |
$23.99 |
$49,890 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
170 |
Not available |
$42,650 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
170 |
$31.79 |
$66,120 |
| Training and development specialists |
170 |
$21.30 |
$44,310 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
160 |
$11.48 |
$23,870 |
| Chief executives |
160 |
$68.43 |
$142,330 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
160 |
$24.50 |
$50,950 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
160 |
$29.78 |
$61,950 |
| Financial analysts |
160 |
$27.82 |
$57,860 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
160 |
$50.39 |
$104,810 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
160 |
$15.03 |
$31,270 |
| Sales managers |
160 |
$48.98 |
$101,870 |
| Social and community service managers |
160 |
$21.83 |
$45,410 |
| Derrick operators, oil and gas |
150 |
$19.31 |
$40,160 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
150 |
$27.90 |
$58,020 |
| Parking lot attendants |
150 |
$8.91 |
$18,540 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
150 |
$13.17 |
$27,400 |
| Surgical technologists |
150 |
$17.71 |
$36,840 |
| Cooks, short order |
140 |
$7.41 |
$15,420 |
| Loan counselors |
140 |
$16.70 |
$34,740 |
| Loan officers |
140 |
$31.63 |
$65,780 |
| Mechanical engineers |
140 |
$42.93 |
$89,300 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
140 |
$14.13 |
$29,390 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
140 |
$12.87 |
$26,780 |
| Social and human service assistants |
140 |
$10.37 |
$21,570 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
140 |
$9.11 |
$18,950 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
130 |
$10.70 |
$22,260 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
130 |
$13.28 |
$27,610 |
| Electrical engineers |
130 |
$37.51 |
$78,010 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
130 |
$11.08 |
$23,060 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
130 |
$20.90 |
$43,460 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
130 |
$38.21 |
$79,480 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
130 |
$24.90 |
$51,790 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
120 |
$17.27 |
$35,930 |
| Avionics technicians |
120 |
$25.02 |
$52,040 |
| Couriers and messengers |
120 |
$10.32 |
$21,460 |
| Crossing guards |
120 |
$8.77 |
$18,250 |
| Personal financial advisors |
120 |
$41.94 |
$87,240 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
110 |
$37.86 |
$78,740 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
110 |
$18.32 |
$38,110 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
110 |
$12.92 |
$26,880 |
| Crane and tower operators |
110 |
$16.31 |
$33,920 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
110 |
$38.26 |
$79,580 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
110 |
$8.62 |
$17,920 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
110 |
$15.11 |
$31,420 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
110 |
$14.30 |
$29,740 |
| Market research analysts |
110 |
$24.11 |
$50,150 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
110 |
$21.08 |
$43,860 |
| Riggers |
110 |
$14.24 |
$29,610 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
110 |
$15.43 |
$32,100 |
| Advertising sales agents |
100 |
$18.26 |
$37,990 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
100 |
$48.91 |
$101,720 |
| Counselors, all other |
100 |
$26.39 |
$54,880 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
100 |
$15.51 |
$32,270 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
100 |
$40.27 |
$83,770 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons |
100 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
100 |
$11.52 |
$23,970 |
| Occupational therapists |
100 |
$24.19 |
$50,310 |
| Physical therapist aides |
100 |
$9.82 |
$20,430 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
100 |
$30.88 |
$64,240 |
| Procurement clerks |
100 |
$15.94 |
$33,160 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
100 |
$37.10 |
$77,160 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
100 |
$11.38 |
$23,670 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
90 |
$16.88 |
$35,120 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
90 |
$8.84 |
$18,400 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
90 |
$23.84 |
$49,580 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
90 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
90 |
$17.54 |
$36,490 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
90 |
$22.96 |
$47,750 |
| Industrial production managers |
90 |
$53.03 |
$110,290 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
90 |
$21.60 |
$44,920 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
90 |
$15.27 |
$31,770 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
90 |
$12.55 |
$26,100 |
| Postal service clerks |
90 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Psychiatric aides |
90 |
$11.69 |
$24,310 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
90 |
$13.91 |
$28,930 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
90 |
$14.67 |
$30,510 |
| Surveyors |
90 |
$30.25 |
$62,910 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
80 |
$11.83 |
$24,610 |
| Chemical technicians |
80 |
$17.77 |
$36,960 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
80 |
$24.47 |
$50,900 |
| Coaches and scouts |
80 |
Not available |
$49,090 |
| Court reporters |
80 |
$20.31 |
$42,250 |
| Engineering managers |
80 |
$62.71 |
$130,440 |
| Floral designers |
80 |
$10.31 |
$21,450 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
80 |
$27.46 |
$57,110 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
80 |
$26.05 |
$54,180 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
80 |
$13.64 |
$28,370 |
| Pest control workers |
80 |
$12.94 |
$26,900 |
| Physician assistants |
80 |
$32.69 |
$68,000 |
| Pipelayers |
80 |
$12.66 |
$26,330 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
80 |
$12.63 |
$26,280 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians |
80 |
$17.32 |
$36,030 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
80 |
$11.73 |
$24,400 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
70 |
$25.66 |
$53,370 |
| Commercial pilots |
70 |
Not available |
$56,830 |
| Database administrators |
70 |
$24.35 |
$50,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
70 |
$16.59 |
$34,500 |
| Funeral attendants |
70 |
$8.00 |
$16,640 |
| Health educators |
70 |
$19.77 |
$41,110 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
70 |
$9.47 |
$19,700 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
70 |
$14.56 |
$30,290 |
| New accounts clerks |
70 |
$13.79 |
$28,690 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
70 |
$10.76 |
$22,380 |
| Order clerks |
70 |
$9.60 |
$19,970 |
| Photographers |
70 |
$13.41 |
$27,900 |
| Printing machine operators |
70 |
$14.96 |
$31,120 |
| Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers |
70 |
$19.32 |
$40,180 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers |
70 |
$15.49 |
$32,220 |
| Sewing machine operators |
70 |
$8.79 |
$18,290 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
70 |
$8.18 |
$17,020 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
60 |
$12.00 |
$24,970 |
| Computer operators |
60 |
$14.77 |
$30,720 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
60 |
$35.34 |
$73,510 |
| Credit analysts |
60 |
$26.34 |
$54,790 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
60 |
$10.84 |
$22,550 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
60 |
$27.19 |
$56,560 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
60 |
$47.89 |
$99,610 |
| Family and general practitioners |
60 |
$79.74 |
$165,860 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
60 |
$14.77 |
$30,730 |
| Lodging managers |
60 |
$20.43 |
$42,490 |
| Mechanical drafters |
60 |
$18.55 |
$38,580 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
60 |
$20.12 |
$41,840 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
60 |
$25.78 |
$53,620 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
60 |
$10.30 |
$21,420 |
| Pharmacy aides |
60 |
$10.80 |
$22,450 |
| Surgeons |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
60 |
$12.50 |
$26,000 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
60 |
$15.80 |
$32,860 |
| Athletic trainers |
50 |
Not available |
$46,560 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
50 |
$17.15 |
$35,680 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
50 |
$12.46 |
$25,920 |
| Dentists, general |
50 |
$83.11 |
$172,860 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
50 |
$29.41 |
$61,170 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
50 |
$14.46 |
$30,070 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
50 |
$12.59 |
$26,180 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
50 |
$21.82 |
$45,390 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
50 |
$40.26 |
$83,750 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates |
50 |
$27.35 |
$56,900 |
| Legislators |
50 |
Not available |
$16,050 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
50 |
$13.91 |
$28,940 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
50 |
$13.07 |
$27,190 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
50 |
$11.53 |
$23,980 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
50 |
$8.51 |
$17,710 |
| Producers and directors |
50 |
$15.24 |
$31,690 |
| Radio and television announcers |
50 |
$13.39 |
$27,850 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
50 |
$18.64 |
$38,770 |
| Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters |
50 |
$8.35 |
$17,370 |
| Veterinarians |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Animal control workers |
40 |
$12.84 |
$26,710 |
| Chiropractors |
40 |
$34.34 |
$71,430 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
40 |
$38.24 |
$79,540 |
| Editors |
40 |
$17.24 |
$35,860 |
| Environmental engineers |
40 |
$26.14 |
$54,380 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
40 |
$27.41 |
$57,010 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
40 |
$18.03 |
$37,500 |
| Food batchmakers |
40 |
$7.43 |
$15,450 |
| Graphic designers |
40 |
$16.49 |
$34,300 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
40 |
$16.01 |
$33,310 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers |
40 |
$15.52 |
$32,270 |
| Marketing managers |
40 |
$50.83 |
$105,730 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
40 |
$9.44 |
$19,630 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
40 |
$25.05 |
$52,100 |
| Optometrists |
40 |
$62.63 |
$130,260 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
40 |
$9.43 |
$19,610 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
40 |
$15.28 |
$31,780 |
| Private detectives and investigators |
40 |
$25.16 |
$52,320 |
| Roofers |
40 |
$13.75 |
$28,600 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
40 |
$27.12 |
$56,410 |
| Tour guides and escorts |
40 |
$14.89 |
$30,960 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
30 |
$11.43 |
$23,770 |
| Bakers |
30 |
$9.01 |
$18,740 |
| Clergy |
30 |
$16.73 |
$34,790 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
30 |
$17.29 |
$35,950 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
30 |
$29.46 |
$61,270 |
| Library technicians |
30 |
$11.92 |
$24,790 |
| Motorcycle mechanics |
30 |
$14.15 |
$29,440 |
| Soil and plant scientists |
30 |
$37.97 |
$78,980 |
| Travel agents |
30 |
$12.27 |
$25,530 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
30 |
$10.41 |
$21,650 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
Not available |
$11.52 |
$23,960 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
Not available |
$17.55 |
$36,500 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers |
Not available |
$11.62 |
$24,170 |
| Boilermakers |
Not available |
$22.70 |
$47,220 |
| Carpenters |
Not available |
$13.05 |
$27,150 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders |
Not available |
$23.30 |
$48,470 |
| Community and social services occupations |
Not available |
$15.92 |
$33,120 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
Not available |
$16.03 |
$33,330 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$12.10 |
$25,160 |
| Education administrators, all other |
Not available |
$28.66 |
$59,620 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
Not available |
$15.58 |
$32,400 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
Not available |
$10.09 |
$20,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
Not available |
$15.69 |
$32,630 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
Not available |
$12.44 |
$25,870 |
| Gaming and sports book writers and runners |
Not available |
$13.20 |
$27,460 |
| Geological and petroleum technicians |
Not available |
$20.18 |
$41,970 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
Not available |
$22.33 |
$46,460 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
Not available |
$11.10 |
$23,090 |
| Helpers--extraction workers |
Not available |
$13.09 |
$27,230 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
Not available |
$9.77 |
$20,310 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
Not available |
$12.44 |
$25,880 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
Not available |
$8.27 |
$17,200 |
| Massage therapists |
Not available |
$19.09 |
$39,700 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
Not available |
$13.17 |
$27,380 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
Not available |
$10.53 |
$21,910 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
Not available |
$12.36 |
$25,710 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation |
Not available |
$17.43 |
$36,260 |
| Power plant operators |
Not available |
$28.96 |
$60,240 |
| Production workers, all other |
Not available |
$10.64 |
$22,140 |
| Radiation therapists |
Not available |
$37.26 |
$77,500 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians |
Not available |
$13.22 |
$27,500 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$12.01 |
$24,980 |
| Sailors and marine oilers |
Not available |
$15.23 |
$31,670 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$8.77 |
$18,240 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
Not available |
$14.01 |
$29,140 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
Not available |
$20.86 |
$43,380 |
| Transportation workers, all other |
Not available |
$11.17 |
$23,240 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
Not available |
$6.78 |
$14,100 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
$18.08 |
$37,600 |
