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 | 32,920 | $19.25 | $40,030 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 4,600 | Not available | Not available |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 4,580 | $14.43 | $30,010 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 3,900 | $9.99 | $20,780 |
| Sales and related occupations | 2,570 | $14.51 | $30,180 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 2,050 | $12.24 | $25,460 |
| Production occupations | 1,950 | $18.27 | $38,010 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 1,850 | $39.47 | $82,110 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,440 | $11.29 | $23,480 |
| Management occupations | 1,320 | $42.44 | $88,270 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 1,240 | $32.49 | $67,590 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 1,130 | $13.31 | $27,690 |
| Retail salespersons | 1,120 | $11.19 | $23,270 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,060 | $9.29 | $19,330 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,050 | $25.46 | $52,950 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 1,020 | $24.25 | $50,440 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,000 | $13.02 | $27,080 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 970 | $20.61 | $42,870 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 940 | $12.10 | $25,180 |
| Community and social services occupations | 790 | $16.06 | $33,410 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 770 | $18.16 | $37,780 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 750 | $19.44 | $40,440 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 710 | $31.60 | $65,730 |
| Registered nurses | 710 | $35.30 | $73,410 |
| Office clerks, general | 680 | $13.74 | $28,570 |
| Cashiers | 600 | $9.70 | $20,170 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 540 | $10.25 | $21,320 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 480 | $11.56 | $24,040 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 460 | Not available | $50,270 |
| Food preparation workers | 430 | $9.45 | $19,660 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 410 | $14.87 | $30,930 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 390 | $29.16 | $60,660 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 380 | $10.45 | $21,740 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 380 | $15.14 | $31,500 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 370 | $22.48 | $46,750 |
| Protective service occupations | 360 | $21.44 | $44,590 |
| Teacher assistants | 360 | Not available | $26,770 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | 350 | Not available | Not available |
| Medical secretaries | 330 | $15.50 | $32,230 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 320 | $10.51 | $21,850 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 290 | $17.43 | $36,260 |
| General and operations managers | 290 | $43.48 | $90,440 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 270 | $10.69 | $22,230 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 260 | $23.21 | $48,280 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 260 | $19.25 | $40,040 |
| Personal and home care aides | 260 | $9.52 | $19,800 |
| Order clerks | 250 | $9.54 | $19,840 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 240 | $11.61 | $24,140 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 230 | $17.24 | $35,870 |
| Child care workers | 220 | $10.55 | $21,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 220 | $18.76 | $39,010 |
| Home health aides | 220 | $9.97 | $20,730 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 220 | $13.13 | $27,310 |
| Medical assistants | 220 | $15.24 | $31,700 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 210 | $23.34 | $48,540 |
| Civil engineers | 200 | $31.40 | $65,310 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 200 | Not available | $46,470 |
| Carpenters | 180 | $20.22 | $42,070 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 180 | $10.88 | $22,640 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 180 | $15.48 | $32,190 |
| Accountants and auditors | 170 | $28.30 | $58,870 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 170 | $10.94 | $22,750 |
| Customer service representatives | 170 | $14.35 | $29,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 170 | $16.05 | $33,380 |
| Dishwashers | 160 | $8.88 | $18,460 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 150 | $32.71 | $68,030 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 140 | $39.64 | $82,440 |
| Zoologists and wildlife biologists | 140 | $24.33 | $50,600 |
| Construction laborers | 130 | $13.23 | $27,520 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 130 | $11.35 | $23,600 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 130 | $13.65 | $28,400 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 130 | $15.49 | $32,230 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 130 | $9.36 | $19,460 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 130 | $12.22 | $25,420 |
| Tellers | 120 | $11.06 | $23,010 |
| Logging equipment operators | 110 | $20.89 | $43,460 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 110 | $10.11 | $21,030 |
| Service station attendants | 110 | $9.11 | $18,950 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 110 | $13.23 | $27,510 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 100 | $13.04 | $27,120 |
| Computer programmers | 100 | $35.37 | $73,570 |
| Dental hygienists | 100 | $36.14 | $75,160 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Recreation workers | 100 | $10.77 | $22,400 |
| All other information and record clerks | 90 | $14.36 | $29,860 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 90 | $20.05 | $41,700 |
| Computer support specialists | 90 | $21.63 | $44,980 |
| Electricians | 90 | $28.85 | $60,010 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 90 | $13.62 | $28,330 |
| Loan officers | 90 | $22.62 | $47,050 |
| Logging workers, all other | 90 | $16.15 | $33,590 |
| Medical and health services managers | 90 | $46.74 | $97,220 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 90 | $14.45 | $30,050 |
| Musicians and singers | 90 | $26.42 | Not available |
| Pharmacists | 90 | $50.34 | $104,720 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 90 | $26.50 | $55,120 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 90 | $27.33 | $56,850 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 90 | $13.18 | $27,420 |
| Dental assistants | 80 | $17.84 | $37,100 |
| Financial managers | 80 | $43.56 | $90,610 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 80 | $25.83 | $53,730 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 80 | $15.74 | $32,750 |
| Legal occupations | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Managers, all other | 80 | $33.11 | $68,870 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 80 | $26.98 | $56,110 |
| Clergy | 70 | $21.77 | $45,280 |
| Cooks, fast food | 70 | $8.78 | $18,270 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 70 | $49.55 | $103,060 |
| Marketing managers | 70 | $44.97 | $93,540 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 70 | $9.07 | $18,860 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 70 | $15.06 | $31,330 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 70 | $35.79 | $74,450 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 70 | $10.06 | $20,920 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 70 | Not available | $48,920 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 60 | $9.60 | $19,970 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 60 | $45.97 | $95,620 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 60 | $9.76 | $20,310 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 60 | $26.00 | $54,090 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 60 | $26.67 | $55,470 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 60 | $17.33 | $36,050 |
| Food service managers | 60 | $22.63 | $47,070 |
| Forest and conservation technicians | 60 | $20.90 | $43,470 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 60 | $19.24 | $40,010 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 60 | $12.67 | $26,350 |
| Librarians | 60 | $27.83 | $57,890 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 60 | $13.00 | $27,050 |
| Natural sciences managers | 60 | $55.40 | $115,230 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 60 | $17.55 | $36,500 |
| Bartenders | 50 | $10.90 | $22,670 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 50 | $14.12 | $29,360 |
| Computer hardware engineers | 50 | $50.45 | $104,940 |
| Computer systems analysts | 50 | $32.46 | $67,510 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 50 | $24.88 | $51,760 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 50 | $17.19 | $35,750 |
| Directors, religious activities and education | 50 | $15.06 | $31,320 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Engineering managers | 50 | $63.20 | $131,450 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 50 | $21.68 | $45,090 |
| Graphic designers | 50 | $18.82 | $39,140 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 50 | $9.28 | $19,310 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 50 | $22.89 | $47,600 |
| Mechanical engineers | 50 | $38.09 | $79,220 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 50 | $28.33 | $58,920 |
| Music directors and composers | 50 | $28.39 | $59,060 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 50 | $14.23 | $29,600 |
| Physical therapists | 50 | $33.84 | $70,390 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 50 | $21.51 | $44,740 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 50 | $20.25 | $42,120 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 50 | $15.90 | $33,070 |
| Social and community service managers | 50 | $24.63 | $51,240 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 50 | Not available | $55,760 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 50 | $17.55 | $36,500 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 50 | $14.56 | $30,280 |
| Administrative services managers | 40 | $27.75 | $57,720 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 40 | $23.93 | $49,770 |
| Coaches and scouts | 40 | Not available | $62,390 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 40 | $40.22 | $83,670 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 40 | Not available | $78,290 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 40 | $34.92 | $72,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 40 | $31.59 | $65,710 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 40 | $20.60 | $42,850 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 40 | $12.18 | $25,340 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 40 | Not available | $32,840 |
| Lawyers | 40 | $43.31 | $90,070 |
| Legal secretaries | 40 | $14.48 | $30,120 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 40 | $21.83 | $45,410 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 40 | $13.10 | $27,240 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 40 | $17.63 | $36,670 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 40 | $17.98 | $37,390 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 40 | $18.76 | $39,020 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Security guards | 40 | $12.77 | $26,560 |
| Training and development specialists | 40 | $27.11 | $56,400 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 30 | $20.97 | $43,630 |
| Construction managers | 30 | $42.86 | $89,140 |
| Data entry keyers | 30 | $11.15 | $23,190 |
| Dentists, general | 30 | $84.90 | $176,590 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 30 | $19.38 | $40,310 |
| Helpers--production workers | 30 | $12.51 | $26,020 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| New accounts clerks | 30 | $13.06 | $27,160 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 30 | $43.13 | $89,720 |
| Soil and plant scientists | 30 | $39.16 | $81,440 |
| Surveyors | 30 | $27.66 | $57,540 |
| Tax preparers | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Biological technicians | Not available | $16.89 | $35,130 |
| Chemical engineers | Not available | $56.15 | $116,790 |
| Computer specialists, all other | Not available | $26.01 | $54,110 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | Not available | $19.11 | $39,740 |
| Cost estimators | Not available | $22.70 | $47,210 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | Not available | $9.23 | $19,200 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | Not available | Not available | $46,880 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | Not available | $9.85 | $20,480 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | Not available | $14.89 | $30,970 |
| Mental health counselors | Not available | $21.05 | $43,790 |
| Parts salespersons | Not available | $14.13 | $29,380 |
| Personal financial advisors | Not available | $51.73 | $107,600 |
| Psychiatrists | Not available | $82.69 | $172,000 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | Not available | $22.37 | $46,520 |
| Social and human service assistants | Not available | $11.20 | $23,300 |
| Urban and regional planners | Not available | $34.48 | $71,710 |
| Veterinarians | Not available | $39.59 | $82,340 |
