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 | 36,590 | $16.79 | $34,920 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 5,490 | $13.25 | $27,560 |
| Sales and related occupations | 4,310 | $12.31 | $25,610 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 3,620 | $8.48 | $17,650 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 3,130 | $29.87 | $62,130 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 2,970 | $22.79 | $47,400 |
| Production occupations | 2,890 | $15.07 | $31,350 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 2,120 | $13.02 | $27,080 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 1,770 | $17.47 | $36,350 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,550 | $11.40 | $23,700 |
| Cashiers | 1,540 | $8.58 | $17,840 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,540 | $18.96 | $39,430 |
| Registered nurses | 1,400 | $26.37 | $54,850 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 1,370 | $16.32 | $33,950 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 1,140 | $10.52 | $21,880 |
| Retail salespersons | 1,140 | $9.79 | $20,370 |
| Management occupations | 1,120 | $36.02 | $74,930 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,050 | $7.43 | $15,460 |
| Office clerks, general | 980 | $10.70 | $22,260 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 900 | $20.82 | $43,290 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 850 | $10.91 | $22,690 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 830 | $24.66 | $51,290 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 800 | $11.88 | $24,720 |
| Community and social services occupations | 690 | $18.70 | $38,900 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 690 | Not available | $57,240 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 640 | $13.48 | $28,030 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 620 | $7.39 | $15,380 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 530 | $11.08 | $23,050 |
| Customer service representatives | 520 | $10.99 | $22,850 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 520 | $10.07 | $20,940 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 440 | $15.66 | $32,570 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 440 | $14.79 | $30,760 |
| Food preparation workers | 430 | $8.65 | $17,990 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 420 | $11.69 | $24,320 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 410 | $29.51 | $61,380 |
| General and operations managers | 400 | $35.19 | $73,200 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 390 | $13.64 | $28,370 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 380 | $11.30 | $23,510 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 340 | $14.35 | $29,840 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 330 | Not available | $53,800 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 330 | $15.85 | $32,960 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 320 | $9.19 | $19,110 |
| Construction laborers | 310 | $15.22 | $31,660 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 310 | $19.38 | $40,300 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 310 | $18.33 | $38,130 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 300 | $8.46 | $17,600 |
| Home health aides | 300 | $8.97 | $18,650 |
| Electricians | 280 | $20.66 | $42,970 |
| Carpenters | 270 | $15.84 | $32,940 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 250 | $14.14 | $29,410 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 250 | $26.71 | $55,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 250 | $13.29 | $27,640 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 240 | $22.53 | $46,860 |
| Team assemblers | 240 | $11.61 | $24,150 |
| Security guards | 230 | $10.86 | $22,580 |
| Bartenders | 200 | $8.03 | $16,710 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 200 | $11.02 | $22,920 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 200 | $19.96 | $41,510 |
| Bus drivers, school | 190 | $11.65 | $24,220 |
| Data entry keyers | 180 | $9.35 | $19,440 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 180 | $18.00 | $37,450 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 180 | $23.16 | $48,160 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 170 | $26.46 | $55,040 |
| Teacher assistants | 170 | Not available | $27,030 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 160 | $8.89 | $18,500 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 160 | $19.72 | $41,020 |
| Machinists | 160 | $20.58 | $42,800 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 160 | $22.78 | $47,380 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 150 | $9.82 | $20,420 |
| Driver/sales workers | 150 | $11.99 | $24,940 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 150 | $25.11 | $52,220 |
| Medical secretaries | 150 | $13.58 | $28,250 |
| Accountants and auditors | 140 | $23.61 | $49,100 |
| Child care workers | 140 | $8.65 | $17,990 |
| Residential advisors | 140 | $16.66 | $34,660 |
| Tellers | 140 | $10.57 | $21,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 130 | $22.56 | $46,930 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 130 | $18.12 | $37,680 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 130 | $12.55 | $26,110 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Bill and account collectors | 120 | $13.13 | $27,310 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 120 | $22.26 | $46,300 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 120 | $10.74 | $22,350 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 120 | $9.40 | $19,560 |
| Personal and home care aides | 120 | $7.39 | $15,370 |
| Pharmacists | 120 | $47.84 | $99,520 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 110 | $12.31 | $25,590 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 110 | $15.08 | $31,370 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 110 | $29.90 | $62,190 |
| Dishwashers | 110 | $7.88 | $16,400 |
| Legal occupations | 110 | $22.80 | $47,430 |
| Cooks, fast food | 100 | $8.77 | $18,250 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 100 | Not available | $87,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 100 | $24.03 | $49,990 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 100 | $10.50 | $21,840 |
| Physical therapists | 100 | $34.94 | $72,680 |
| Sewing machine operators | 100 | $8.68 | $18,050 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 100 | $14.24 | $29,620 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 100 | $13.86 | $28,840 |
| Cooks, short order | 90 | $9.06 | $18,850 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 90 | $11.57 | $24,060 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 90 | $9.73 | $20,240 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 90 | $16.15 | $33,600 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 90 | Not available | $52,480 |
| Medical assistants | 90 | $10.23 | $21,270 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 90 | $21.72 | $45,170 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 80 | $8.05 | $16,740 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 80 | $25.22 | $52,450 |
| Helpers--electricians | 80 | $12.49 | $25,970 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 80 | $14.29 | $29,730 |
| Printing machine operators | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Respiratory therapists | 80 | $20.85 | $43,370 |
| Social and human service assistants | 80 | $12.24 | $25,460 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 70 | $14.64 | $30,450 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 70 | $7.47 | $15,550 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Recreation workers | 70 | $11.99 | $24,950 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 60 | $9.37 | $19,490 |
| Computer support specialists | 60 | $18.18 | $37,820 |
| Dental assistants | 60 | $13.99 | $29,090 |
| Dental hygienists | 60 | $26.85 | $55,850 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 60 | $20.10 | $41,810 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 60 | $8.70 | $18,090 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 60 | $13.26 | $27,590 |
| Legal secretaries | 60 | $15.94 | $33,150 |
| Library technicians | 60 | $14.24 | $29,630 |
| Loan officers | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Medical and health services managers | 60 | $30.96 | $64,400 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 60 | $13.25 | $27,570 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 60 | $26.97 | $56,100 |
| Occupational therapists | 60 | $34.67 | $72,110 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 60 | $10.45 | $21,740 |
| Parts salespersons | 60 | $12.46 | $25,910 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 60 | $27.32 | $56,830 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 60 | $37.55 | $78,100 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 60 | $22.89 | $47,610 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 50 | $13.73 | $28,560 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 50 | $12.44 | $25,880 |
| Coaches and scouts | 50 | Not available | $33,340 |
| Computer programmers | 50 | $30.37 | $63,180 |
| Cost estimators | 50 | $19.02 | $39,560 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 50 | $10.92 | $22,710 |
| Financial managers | 50 | $31.90 | $66,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 50 | $17.03 | $35,420 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 50 | $14.88 | $30,960 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 50 | $8.40 | $17,480 |
| Librarians | 50 | $31.39 | $65,280 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 50 | $18.09 | $37,630 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 50 | $18.11 | $37,660 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 50 | $23.98 | $49,870 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 50 | $10.04 | $20,880 |
| Surgical technologists | 50 | $18.27 | $38,010 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 50 | $7.95 | $16,540 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 40 | $46.07 | $95,830 |
| File clerks | 40 | $9.44 | $19,620 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 40 | $18.47 | $38,410 |
| Graphic designers | 40 | $16.80 | $34,940 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 40 | $12.39 | $25,770 |
| Lawyers | 40 | $37.02 | $77,000 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 40 | $8.84 | $18,400 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 40 | $18.68 | $38,850 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 40 | $13.16 | $27,360 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 40 | $14.46 | $30,070 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 40 | $15.33 | $31,880 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 40 | $13.50 | $28,070 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 40 | $20.36 | $42,350 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 40 | $10.09 | $20,980 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 40 | $9.57 | $19,900 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 40 | $28.20 | $58,650 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 40 | $17.70 | $36,820 |
| Administrative services managers | 30 | $27.69 | $57,600 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 30 | $18.52 | $38,520 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 30 | $17.19 | $35,750 |
| Construction managers | 30 | $34.20 | $71,130 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 30 | $17.60 | $36,600 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 30 | $30.13 | $62,670 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 30 | $20.62 | $42,900 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 30 | $14.85 | $30,890 |
| Insurance sales agents | 30 | $39.54 | $82,240 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 30 | $15.44 | $32,110 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 30 | $22.14 | $46,050 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 30 | $18.52 | $38,510 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 30 | $39.78 | $82,730 |
| Training and development specialists | 30 | $22.33 | $46,440 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $17.14 | $35,640 |
| Helpers--production workers | Not available | $13.46 | $28,000 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | Not available | $22.09 | $45,950 |
| Managers, all other | Not available | $41.06 | $85,410 |
| Millwrights | Not available | $24.15 | $50,240 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | Not available | $14.20 | $29,540 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | Not available | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | Not available | $14.73 | $30,630 |
| Sales managers | Not available | $36.71 | $76,360 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | Not available | Not available | $45,410 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | Not available | $14.98 | $31,170 |
| Tax preparers | Not available | $11.85 | $24,660 |
