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 | 71,920 | $22.25 | $46,290 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 13,420 | $17.46 | $36,320 |
| Sales and related occupations | 10,540 | $18.95 | $39,420 |
| Production occupations | 5,400 | $17.34 | $36,070 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 5,160 | $11.78 | $24,510 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 4,710 | $25.22 | $52,450 |
| Retail salespersons | 4,540 | $14.01 | $29,140 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 4,040 | $36.92 | $76,800 |
| Management occupations | 3,900 | $51.83 | $107,800 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 3,660 | $15.89 | $33,050 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 2,720 | $22.94 | $47,710 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 2,620 | $14.74 | $30,660 |
| Cashiers | 2,520 | $9.73 | $20,240 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,510 | $22.77 | $47,360 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 2,390 | $14.13 | $29,390 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 2,290 | $31.43 | $65,370 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,900 | $13.13 | $27,300 |
| Customer service representatives | 1,820 | $18.08 | $37,600 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 1,660 | $13.97 | $29,050 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1,610 | $19.31 | $40,160 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 1,590 | $32.92 | $68,480 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,470 | $14.61 | $30,390 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 1,390 | $36.28 | $75,460 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,290 | $10.02 | $20,850 |
| Registered nurses | 1,230 | $33.85 | $70,400 |
| Community and social services occupations | 1,180 | $24.98 | $51,960 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,130 | $13.05 | $27,140 |
| General and operations managers | 1,090 | $62.03 | $129,030 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 1,040 | $16.79 | $34,930 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 1,000 | $12.27 | $25,520 |
| Protective service occupations | 990 | $22.25 | $46,270 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 980 | $13.16 | $27,360 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 980 | $45.71 | $95,080 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 900 | $22.01 | $45,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 880 | $26.34 | $54,780 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 850 | $20.04 | $41,680 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 850 | $13.75 | $28,610 |
| Teacher assistants | 850 | Not available | $25,750 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 720 | Not available | $63,290 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 720 | $19.44 | $40,430 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 710 | $19.68 | $40,940 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 690 | $15.72 | $32,710 |
| Accountants and auditors | 570 | $31.51 | $65,530 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 540 | $14.56 | $30,290 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 540 | Not available | $63,780 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 530 | $15.70 | $32,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 520 | $17.01 | $35,380 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 490 | $11.21 | $23,320 |
| Food preparation workers | 480 | $11.14 | $23,160 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 460 | $15.41 | $32,050 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 450 | Not available | $65,790 |
| Personal and home care aides | 430 | $10.42 | $21,670 |
| Carpenters | 420 | $23.08 | $48,000 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 420 | $29.13 | $60,580 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 420 | $38.42 | $79,920 |
| Electricians | 410 | $28.08 | $58,420 |
| Team assemblers | 410 | $16.36 | $34,030 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 390 | $26.98 | $56,130 |
| Construction laborers | 390 | $17.63 | $36,670 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 380 | $14.92 | $31,020 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 370 | $9.21 | $19,160 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 370 | $15.91 | $33,090 |
| Financial managers | 360 | $47.84 | $99,510 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 360 | $10.41 | $21,650 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 360 | $21.55 | $44,830 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | 350 | $15.34 | $31,900 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 350 | $23.66 | $49,200 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 350 | $23.81 | $49,520 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 350 | $33.02 | $68,670 |
| Electrical engineers | 330 | $38.56 | $80,200 |
| Child care workers | 320 | $10.41 | $21,660 |
| Computer programmers | 320 | $39.15 | $81,440 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 310 | $19.64 | $40,850 |
| Sales managers | 310 | $53.34 | $110,950 |
| Machinists | 300 | $20.25 | $42,110 |
| Cooks, fast food | 290 | $10.60 | $22,050 |
| Mechanical engineers | 290 | $38.69 | $80,470 |
| Medical assistants | 290 | $15.52 | $32,270 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 280 | $40.80 | $84,870 |
| Management analysts | 280 | $38.35 | $79,780 |
| Tellers | 280 | $14.78 | $30,750 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 270 | $17.68 | $36,770 |
| Medical and health services managers | 270 | $48.98 | $101,880 |
| Legal occupations | 260 | $44.21 | $91,960 |
| Security guards | 260 | $14.05 | $29,230 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 250 | $27.01 | $56,180 |
| Computer support specialists | 230 | $22.20 | $46,180 |
| Dental hygienists | 230 | $34.10 | $70,920 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 230 | $26.92 | $56,000 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 230 | $12.46 | $25,920 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 220 | $30.41 | $63,250 |
| Order clerks | 220 | $16.38 | $34,080 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 220 | Not available | Not available |
| Training and development specialists | 220 | $30.77 | $64,000 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 210 | $24.32 | $50,590 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 210 | $14.09 | $29,310 |
| Dishwashers | 210 | $9.47 | $19,690 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 210 | $27.79 | $57,800 |
| Medical secretaries | 200 | $15.96 | $33,200 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 200 | $21.33 | $44,370 |
| Bartenders | 190 | $12.55 | $26,100 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 190 | $18.59 | $38,670 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 190 | $11.04 | $22,970 |
| Physical therapists | 190 | $34.88 | $72,550 |
| Engineering managers | 180 | $58.34 | $121,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 180 | $34.87 | $72,520 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 180 | $10.80 | $22,470 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 180 | $24.34 | $50,620 |
| Administrative services managers | 170 | $38.65 | $80,390 |
| Data entry keyers | 170 | $16.69 | $34,710 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 170 | $23.11 | $48,060 |
| Social and human service assistants | 170 | $25.86 | $53,780 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 160 | $22.29 | $46,370 |
| Chief executives | 160 | $94.16 | $195,840 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 160 | $15.91 | $33,100 |
| Dental assistants | 160 | $17.46 | $36,310 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 160 | $29.48 | $61,330 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 150 | $14.82 | $30,820 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 150 | $11.89 | $24,740 |
| Managers, all other | 150 | $45.31 | $94,240 |
| Computer systems analysts | 140 | $37.83 | $78,690 |
| Industrial production managers | 140 | $42.55 | $88,500 |
| Lawyers | 140 | $61.30 | $127,500 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 140 | $36.24 | $75,380 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 140 | $16.07 | $33,430 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 140 | $22.26 | $46,310 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 130 | $10.88 | $22,640 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 130 | $51.77 | $107,670 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 130 | $22.94 | $47,720 |
| Mental health counselors | 130 | $15.38 | $31,980 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 130 | $25.44 | $52,920 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 120 | $19.19 | $39,920 |
| File clerks | 120 | $12.56 | $26,110 |
| Graphic designers | 120 | $24.35 | $50,650 |
| Insurance sales agents | 120 | $27.90 | $58,030 |
| Loan officers | 120 | $28.26 | $58,770 |
| Pharmacists | 120 | $53.45 | $111,190 |
| Recreation workers | 120 | $14.43 | $30,000 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 120 | $17.89 | $37,210 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 110 | $13.24 | $27,540 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 110 | $49.02 | $101,950 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 110 | $8.83 | $18,370 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 110 | Not available | $106,460 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 110 | $20.24 | $42,100 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 110 | $21.40 | $44,520 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 110 | $37.26 | $77,500 |
| Helpers--production workers | 110 | $12.66 | $26,330 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 110 | $9.70 | $20,170 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 110 | $16.02 | $33,310 |
| Marketing managers | 110 | $49.36 | $102,670 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 110 | $12.50 | $25,990 |
| Coaches and scouts | 100 | Not available | $25,510 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 100 | $33.94 | $70,590 |
| Industrial engineers | 100 | $37.14 | $77,250 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 100 | $18.40 | $38,270 |
| Librarians | 100 | $30.08 | $62,570 |
| Market research analysts | 100 | $29.15 | $60,640 |
| Mechanical drafters | 100 | $23.82 | $49,550 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 100 | $23.46 | $48,790 |
| Parts salespersons | 100 | $19.29 | $40,130 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 100 | $49.51 | $102,990 |
| Service station attendants | 100 | $10.55 | $21,930 |
| Social and community service managers | 100 | $28.90 | $60,110 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 100 | $14.98 | $31,150 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 90 | $25.11 | $52,220 |
| Cooks, short order | 90 | $12.31 | $25,600 |
| Cost estimators | 90 | $31.08 | $64,650 |
| Driver/sales workers | 90 | $16.39 | $34,090 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 90 | $34.45 | $71,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 90 | $22.11 | $46,000 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 90 | $17.77 | $36,970 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 90 | $14.14 | $29,410 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 90 | $77.49 | $161,180 |
| Sales engineers | 90 | $34.74 | $72,270 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 90 | $14.97 | $31,140 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians | 80 | $21.33 | $44,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 80 | $27.79 | $57,800 |
| Food service managers | 80 | $21.19 | $44,070 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 80 | $26.08 | $54,250 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 80 | $17.78 | $36,980 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 80 | $34.78 | $72,330 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers | 80 | $19.68 | $40,930 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 80 | $27.25 | $56,670 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 80 | Not available | $65,420 |
| Surgeons | 80 | $104.12 | $216,570 |
| Telemarketers | 80 | $11.04 | $22,950 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 80 | $22.65 | $47,100 |
| Bakers | 70 | $14.78 | $30,740 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 70 | $19.19 | $39,920 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 70 | $21.95 | $45,670 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 70 | $18.42 | $38,320 |
| Dentists, general | 70 | $74.96 | $155,920 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 70 | Not available | $53,170 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 70 | $18.71 | $38,910 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 70 | $18.52 | $38,510 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 70 | $29.86 | $62,120 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 70 | $10.70 | $22,260 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 70 | $19.48 | $40,520 |
| Physician assistants | 70 | $42.31 | $88,000 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 70 | $10.33 | $21,490 |
| Purchasing managers | 70 | $44.98 | $93,560 |
| Sewing machine operators | 70 | $12.10 | $25,170 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 70 | $15.03 | $31,260 |
| Word processors and typists | 70 | $17.09 | $35,550 |
| Advertising sales agents | 60 | $40.52 | $84,280 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 60 | $19.24 | $40,020 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 60 | $33.18 | $69,010 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 60 | $21.89 | $45,530 |
| Construction managers | 60 | $44.93 | $93,450 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 60 | $17.63 | $36,670 |
| Helpers--electricians | 60 | $18.90 | $39,310 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 60 | $18.73 | $38,960 |
| Library technicians | 60 | $17.09 | $35,550 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 60 | $10.70 | $22,250 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 60 | $24.74 | $51,460 |
| Printing machine operators | 60 | $16.79 | $34,920 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 60 | Not available | $62,670 |
| Tool and die makers | 60 | $27.94 | $58,110 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 50 | $22.83 | $47,500 |
| Civil engineers | 50 | $36.90 | $76,750 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 50 | $37.10 | $77,170 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 50 | $13.08 | $27,200 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 50 | $34.70 | $72,170 |
| Engineers, all other | 50 | $43.19 | $89,840 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 50 | $20.23 | $42,070 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 50 | $26.18 | $54,450 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 50 | $36.50 | $75,920 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 50 | $17.26 | $35,900 |
| Instructional coordinators | 50 | $36.35 | $75,620 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 50 | $17.30 | $35,990 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 50 | $15.39 | $32,010 |
| Occupational therapists | 50 | $34.63 | $72,040 |
| Pediatricians, general | 50 | $67.43 | $140,260 |
| Postal service clerks | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Speech-language pathologists | 50 | $36.64 | $76,220 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 40 | $22.59 | $46,990 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 40 | $37.47 | $77,940 |
| Computer operators | 40 | $23.79 | $49,480 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 40 | $31.03 | $64,540 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 40 | $21.57 | $44,860 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 40 | $24.69 | $51,350 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 40 | $12.21 | $25,390 |
| Floral designers | 40 | $13.93 | $28,980 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 40 | $28.17 | $58,580 |
| Interior designers | 40 | $19.83 | $41,240 |
| Internists, general | 40 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Legal secretaries | 40 | $21.57 | $44,860 |
| Logisticians | 40 | $30.45 | $63,340 |
| Personal financial advisors | 40 | $50.99 | $106,060 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $15.33 | $31,890 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Procurement clerks | 40 | $17.62 | $36,650 |
| Public relations specialists | 40 | $32.34 | $67,270 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 40 | Not available | $68,590 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 40 | $16.31 | $33,930 |
| Surveyors | 40 | $30.14 | $62,700 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 40 | $10.68 | $22,210 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 40 | $36.98 | $76,920 |
| Travel agents | 40 | $19.51 | $40,570 |
| Veterinarians | 40 | $61.37 | $127,640 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 40 | $20.44 | $42,520 |
| Couriers and messengers | 30 | $12.81 | $26,640 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 30 | $20.41 | $42,450 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 30 | $48.07 | $99,980 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 30 | $15.84 | $32,960 |
| Lodging managers | 30 | $26.34 | $54,790 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 30 | $20.50 | $42,630 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 30 | $21.17 | $44,020 |
| Pharmacy aides | 30 | $13.84 | $28,790 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 30 | $19.30 | $40,150 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | 30 | $10.59 | $22,020 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | Not available | $12.55 | $26,100 |
| Bill and account collectors | Not available | $18.61 | $38,720 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | Not available | $18.64 | $38,770 |
| Chemists | Not available | $35.96 | $74,790 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | Not available | $33.98 | $70,680 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | Not available | $21.17 | $44,040 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | Not available | $27.94 | $58,120 |
| Cooks, restaurant | Not available | $11.98 | $24,930 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | Not available | $30.57 | $63,580 |
| Financial analysts | Not available | $34.48 | $71,730 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | Not available | $16.30 | $33,910 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | Not available | $14.38 | $29,920 |
| Home health aides | Not available | $15.38 | $31,990 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | Not available | $27.52 | $57,240 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | Not available | $24.03 | $49,980 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $20.01 | $41,630 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $14.73 | $30,650 |
| Motorboat mechanics | Not available | $23.34 | $48,550 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | Not available | $17.57 | $36,540 |
| Parking lot attendants | Not available | $11.88 | $24,700 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | Not available | $13.92 | $28,960 |
| Production workers, all other | Not available | $12.28 | $25,540 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | Not available | $18.68 | $38,850 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | Not available | $24.73 | $51,450 |
| Sheet metal workers | Not available | $19.52 | $40,610 |
| Skin care specialists | Not available | $15.85 | $32,960 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | Not available | Not available | $63,620 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | Not available | Not available | $61,870 |
