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 | 74,450 | $16.24 | $33,790 |
| Production occupations | 20,810 | $12.84 | $26,710 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 12,210 | $14.36 | $29,870 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 9,260 | $13.10 | $27,250 |
| Sales and related occupations | 6,110 | $14.90 | $30,980 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 4,410 | $16.65 | $34,620 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 4,050 | $8.36 | $17,380 |
| Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders | 3,900 | $12.12 | $25,210 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 3,590 | $20.15 | $41,910 |
| Management occupations | 3,130 | $44.83 | $93,240 |
| Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders | 2,340 | $12.69 | $26,390 |
| Customer service representatives | 2,320 | $14.88 | $30,950 |
| Retail salespersons | 2,310 | $11.40 | $23,710 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 2,270 | $12.90 | $26,840 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 2,090 | $27.63 | $57,460 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 2,040 | $10.79 | $22,450 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,640 | $7.29 | $15,170 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 1,590 | $12.47 | $25,940 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 1,580 | $17.31 | $36,010 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 1,560 | $29.30 | $60,940 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 1,450 | $21.57 | $44,860 |
| Helpers--production workers | 1,420 | $10.00 | $20,800 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 1,400 | $15.01 | $31,220 |
| Team assemblers | 1,360 | $11.65 | $24,240 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 1,290 | $13.35 | $27,760 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,250 | $28.68 | $59,650 |
| General and operations managers | 1,230 | $44.25 | $92,040 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 1,220 | $15.37 | $31,960 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,220 | $11.73 | $24,390 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 1,150 | $10.85 | $22,560 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 1,130 | $13.81 | $28,730 |
| Cashiers | 1,080 | $8.02 | $16,680 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 1,040 | $27.95 | $58,130 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 1,030 | $11.22 | $23,340 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 1,010 | Not available | $51,100 |
| Teacher assistants | 910 | Not available | $16,610 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 890 | $22.12 | $46,010 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 890 | $13.94 | $28,990 |
| Production workers, all other | 880 | $9.77 | $20,330 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 810 | $14.26 | $29,660 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 800 | $18.68 | $38,860 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 770 | $15.19 | $31,590 |
| Protective service occupations | 760 | $15.66 | $32,570 |
| Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders | 760 | $13.03 | $27,090 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 730 | $11.45 | $23,820 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 720 | $16.88 | $35,100 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 670 | $11.62 | $24,180 |
| Registered nurses | 670 | $25.03 | $52,050 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 660 | $12.17 | $25,310 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 640 | $10.05 | $20,910 |
| Sewing machine operators | 610 | $12.06 | $25,090 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 600 | $7.50 | $15,600 |
| Computer systems analysts | 590 | $30.68 | $63,820 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 580 | $11.08 | $23,060 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 540 | $10.29 | $21,400 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 520 | $9.94 | $20,670 |
| Community and social services occupations | 470 | $17.58 | $36,570 |
| Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other | 460 | $14.14 | $29,410 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 450 | $11.49 | $23,900 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 410 | Not available | $51,650 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 400 | $21.83 | $45,410 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 400 | $14.04 | $29,210 |
| Cooks, fast food | 400 | $7.65 | $15,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 390 | $14.76 | $30,710 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 390 | $16.58 | $34,490 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 380 | $29.92 | $62,240 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 360 | $14.09 | $29,310 |
| Parts salespersons | 360 | $10.13 | $21,060 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 350 | $24.11 | $50,150 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 340 | $16.54 | $34,410 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 340 | $9.60 | $19,960 |
| Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers | 330 | $15.00 | $31,210 |
| Accountants and auditors | 320 | $33.16 | $68,980 |
| Construction laborers | 320 | $11.71 | $24,350 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 300 | $14.22 | $29,580 |
| Printing machine operators | 300 | $15.25 | $31,730 |
| Chief executives | 290 | $69.50 | $144,550 |
| Order clerks | 280 | $14.07 | $29,270 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 270 | $14.04 | $29,210 |
| Bus drivers, school | 260 | $7.34 | $15,270 |
| Computer programmers | 250 | $24.74 | $51,460 |
| Sales managers | 250 | $48.20 | $100,250 |
| Carpenters | 240 | $14.74 | $30,660 |
| Computer support specialists | 240 | $16.68 | $34,690 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 230 | $11.81 | $24,570 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 220 | $15.13 | $31,470 |
| Machinists | 220 | $16.42 | $34,160 |
| Tellers | 220 | $11.78 | $24,510 |
| Administrative services managers | 210 | $36.14 | $75,170 |
| Bill and account collectors | 210 | $13.60 | $28,280 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 210 | $12.38 | $25,750 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 210 | $8.91 | $18,540 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 210 | $12.07 | $25,110 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 200 | $20.24 | $42,100 |
| Industrial production managers | 200 | $37.58 | $78,170 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 190 | Not available | $47,800 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 180 | $49.42 | $102,780 |
| Dishwashers | 180 | $7.37 | $15,320 |
| Bindery workers | 170 | $11.25 | $23,400 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 170 | $48.42 | $100,700 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 170 | $8.13 | $16,920 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 170 | $17.23 | $35,840 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 170 | Not available | $49,630 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 170 | $24.42 | $50,790 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 160 | $8.29 | $17,250 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 160 | $17.24 | $35,850 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 160 | $19.29 | $40,120 |
| Graphic designers | 160 | $28.72 | $59,740 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 150 | $8.77 | $18,240 |
| Management analysts | 150 | $38.95 | $81,010 |
| Security guards | 150 | $12.20 | $25,370 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 140 | $12.59 | $26,180 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand | 140 | $8.75 | $18,200 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 140 | $11.23 | $23,350 |
| Electricians | 140 | $18.79 | $39,080 |
| Fire fighters | 140 | $14.42 | $30,000 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 140 | $7.65 | $15,920 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 140 | $15.05 | $31,310 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 140 | $16.61 | $34,540 |
| Food preparation workers | 130 | $8.59 | $17,870 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Social and human service assistants | 130 | $11.43 | $23,780 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 120 | $16.14 | $33,570 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 120 | $8.22 | $17,090 |
| Data entry keyers | 120 | $12.35 | $25,680 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 120 | Not available | $82,500 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 120 | $14.72 | $30,630 |
| Insurance sales agents | 120 | $23.68 | $49,240 |
| Medical assistants | 120 | $13.05 | $27,140 |
| Medical secretaries | 120 | $13.32 | $27,710 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 120 | $18.61 | $38,710 |
| Financial managers | 110 | $41.12 | $85,520 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 110 | $23.51 | $48,900 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 110 | $16.08 | $33,440 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 110 | $12.27 | $25,510 |
| Mechanical engineers | 100 | $36.62 | $76,160 |
| Medical and health services managers | 100 | $36.59 | $76,120 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 100 | $14.64 | $30,440 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 100 | $12.81 | $26,640 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 100 | $12.59 | $26,180 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 100 | $13.14 | $27,330 |
| Managers, all other | 90 | $53.66 | $111,620 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 90 | $13.87 | $28,840 |
| Pharmacists | 90 | $47.33 | $98,450 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 90 | $12.10 | $25,160 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 90 | $11.67 | $24,270 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 90 | $22.29 | $46,370 |
| Recreation workers | 90 | $11.55 | $24,030 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 90 | $35.24 | $73,290 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 90 | $15.47 | $32,170 |
| Training and development specialists | 90 | $17.94 | $37,310 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 80 | $24.56 | $51,080 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 80 | $11.95 | $24,870 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 80 | $8.53 | $17,740 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 80 | $16.38 | $34,070 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 80 | Not available | $51,470 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 70 | $16.86 | $35,080 |
| Child care workers | 70 | $8.63 | $17,950 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 70 | $30.02 | $62,440 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 70 | $14.37 | $29,880 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 70 | $12.11 | $25,190 |
| Lawyers | 70 | $29.46 | $61,280 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 70 | $25.10 | $52,200 |
| Cooks, short order | 60 | $8.58 | $17,840 |
| Dental assistants | 60 | $15.67 | $32,590 |
| Dental hygienists | 60 | $27.61 | $57,420 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 60 | $13.70 | $28,500 |
| File clerks | 60 | $10.62 | $22,100 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 60 | $19.72 | $41,020 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 60 | $8.27 | $17,200 |
| Industrial engineers | 60 | $34.04 | $70,790 |
| Legal secretaries | 60 | $14.81 | $30,810 |
| Loan officers | 60 | $32.87 | $68,360 |
| Market research analysts | 60 | $25.43 | $52,900 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 60 | $11.30 | $23,510 |
| Procurement clerks | 60 | $13.76 | $28,620 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 50 | $14.46 | $30,070 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 50 | $14.88 | $30,950 |
| Librarians | 50 | $28.78 | $59,860 |
| Marketing managers | 50 | $48.83 | $101,570 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 50 | $14.10 | $29,330 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 50 | $18.87 | $39,260 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 50 | $16.35 | $34,010 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 50 | $19.88 | $41,340 |
| Surgical technologists | 50 | $15.02 | $31,240 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 50 | $29.47 | $61,300 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 40 | $11.53 | $23,980 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 40 | $20.81 | $43,290 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 40 | $13.80 | $28,710 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 40 | $32.78 | $68,190 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 40 | $23.53 | $48,940 |
| Instructional coordinators | 40 | $31.68 | $65,890 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 40 | $27.07 | $56,310 |
| Personal and home care aides | 40 | $8.98 | $18,680 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 40 | $18.71 | $38,910 |
| Respiratory therapists | 40 | $19.26 | $40,050 |
| All other information and record clerks | 30 | $15.16 | $31,540 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 30 | $14.74 | $30,660 |
| Bartenders | Not available | $8.44 | $17,550 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | Not available | $12.99 | $27,010 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | Not available | $12.43 | $25,860 |
| Chefs and head cooks | Not available | $15.74 | $32,750 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | Not available | $11.35 | $23,600 |
| Cost estimators | Not available | $22.97 | $47,770 |
| Driver/sales workers | Not available | $12.11 | $25,180 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | Not available | $12.31 | $25,610 |
| Food service managers | Not available | $35.18 | $73,180 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders | Not available | $13.60 | $28,280 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | Not available | $13.27 | $27,600 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | Not available | $15.64 | $32,530 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | Not available | $16.29 | $33,880 |
| Legal occupations | Not available | $25.07 | $52,140 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | Not available | $21.93 | $45,610 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | Not available | $11.16 | $23,210 |
| Pediatricians, general | Not available | $70.08 | $145,760 |
| Sewers, hand | Not available | $7.64 | $15,880 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | Not available | $18.61 | $38,710 |
| Tire repairers and changers | Not available | $12.72 | $26,460 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | Not available | $32.31 | $67,210 |
