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 | 28,720 | $17.14 | $35,650 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 4,540 | $14.12 | $29,380 |
| Production occupations | 4,120 | $15.42 | $32,080 |
| Sales and related occupations | 2,690 | $14.04 | $29,190 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 2,600 | $15.93 | $33,140 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 2,460 | $9.31 | $19,360 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 2,120 | $20.28 | $42,190 |
| Management occupations | 1,550 | $28.59 | $59,470 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 1,400 | $29.65 | $61,670 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,170 | $23.48 | $48,840 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 1,160 | $17.65 | $36,710 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 930 | $18.09 | $37,620 |
| Cashiers | 830 | $8.71 | $18,120 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 780 | $11.93 | $24,810 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 780 | $9.05 | $18,810 |
| Retail salespersons | 760 | $11.01 | $22,890 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 750 | $12.54 | $26,080 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 690 | $12.66 | $26,340 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 690 | $12.45 | $25,900 |
| Protective service occupations | 670 | $20.68 | $43,010 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 620 | $22.18 | $46,140 |
| Community and social services occupations | 600 | $17.24 | $35,870 |
| Office clerks, general | 590 | $11.68 | $24,300 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 550 | $15.49 | $32,230 |
| Registered nurses | 480 | $29.64 | $61,660 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 460 | $11.94 | $24,830 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 410 | $25.96 | $53,990 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 400 | Not available | $48,320 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 400 | $12.64 | $26,300 |
| Customer service representatives | 390 | $14.84 | $30,870 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 380 | $13.39 | $27,850 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 380 | $13.51 | $28,110 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 380 | $8.50 | $17,680 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 370 | $17.81 | $37,040 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 350 | $23.73 | $49,360 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 340 | $9.59 | $19,960 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 330 | $25.60 | $53,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 290 | $16.33 | $33,960 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 270 | Not available | $42,640 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 260 | $15.27 | $31,760 |
| Helpers--production workers | 250 | $11.59 | $24,110 |
| Teacher assistants | 250 | Not available | $21,730 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 220 | $27.21 | $56,610 |
| General and operations managers | 220 | $35.58 | $74,000 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 220 | $15.44 | $32,110 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 210 | $21.90 | $45,540 |
| Construction laborers | 210 | $12.39 | $25,760 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 200 | $15.64 | $32,540 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 190 | $14.05 | $29,230 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 190 | $20.19 | $42,000 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 190 | $12.19 | $25,360 |
| Bartenders | 170 | $8.81 | $18,330 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 170 | $13.18 | $27,410 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 170 | $18.21 | $37,870 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 170 | $19.50 | $40,550 |
| Team assemblers | 170 | $11.96 | $24,870 |
| Production workers, all other | 160 | $13.21 | $27,480 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 160 | $10.67 | $22,190 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 150 | $15.52 | $32,280 |
| Tellers | 150 | $9.78 | $20,340 |
| Accountants and auditors | 140 | $23.81 | $49,530 |
| Food preparation workers | 140 | $9.34 | $19,430 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 140 | $25.21 | $52,440 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 140 | $17.96 | $37,350 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Counter and rental clerks | 130 | $10.38 | $21,590 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 130 | $11.05 | $22,990 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 120 | $10.15 | $21,120 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 120 | $19.02 | $39,560 |
| Electricians | 120 | $24.07 | $50,070 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 120 | $14.94 | $31,070 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 120 | $17.81 | $37,050 |
| Medical assistants | 120 | $11.29 | $23,490 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Carpenters | 110 | $14.84 | $30,860 |
| Legal occupations | 110 | $47.18 | $98,120 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 100 | $17.15 | $35,670 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 100 | $9.35 | $19,450 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 100 | $14.71 | $30,590 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 100 | $18.18 | $37,810 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 100 | $12.80 | $26,630 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 100 | Not available | $44,450 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 90 | $9.46 | $19,680 |
| Dishwashers | 90 | $8.24 | $17,130 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 90 | $26.18 | $54,460 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 90 | $8.77 | $18,230 |
| Medical secretaries | 90 | $12.32 | $25,620 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 80 | $12.79 | $26,600 |
| Chief executives | 80 | $48.53 | $100,950 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 80 | $8.39 | $17,450 |
| Lawyers | 80 | $48.56 | $100,990 |
| Loan officers | 80 | $22.64 | $47,090 |
| Medical and health services managers | 80 | $39.74 | $82,660 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 80 | $11.09 | $23,070 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Personal and home care aides | 80 | $8.73 | $18,150 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 80 | $12.34 | $25,660 |
| Social workers, all other | 80 | $23.96 | $49,840 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 70 | $18.62 | $38,730 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 70 | Not available | $87,940 |
| Insurance sales agents | 70 | $16.47 | $34,250 |
| Legal secretaries | 70 | $15.93 | $33,130 |
| Legislators | 70 | Not available | $27,630 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 70 | $80.70 | $167,850 |
| Bus drivers, school | 60 | $13.54 | $28,170 |
| Computer programmers | 60 | $16.57 | $34,460 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 60 | $12.07 | $25,110 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 60 | $22.80 | $47,430 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 60 | $29.52 | $61,410 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 60 | $21.31 | $44,310 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 60 | $14.62 | $30,410 |
| Management analysts | 60 | $33.63 | $69,960 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 60 | $15.89 | $33,060 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 60 | $10.36 | $21,550 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 60 | $23.11 | $48,070 |
| Tool and die makers | 60 | $20.20 | $42,010 |
| Computer support specialists | 50 | $18.15 | $37,750 |
| Financial managers | 50 | $28.93 | $60,170 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 50 | $9.13 | $18,990 |
| Food service managers | 50 | $17.81 | $37,050 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 50 | $14.22 | $29,590 |
| Librarians | 50 | $14.56 | $30,290 |
| Pharmacists | 50 | $50.55 | $105,140 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 50 | $25.84 | $53,740 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 40 | $8.48 | $17,640 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 40 | $12.48 | $25,970 |
| Dental assistants | 40 | $14.50 | $30,150 |
| Dental hygienists | 40 | $26.30 | $54,710 |
| Engineers, all other | 40 | $34.42 | $71,590 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 40 | $40.10 | $83,420 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 40 | $11.95 | $24,860 |
| Mechanical engineers | 40 | $29.04 | $60,400 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 40 | $27.37 | $56,940 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 40 | $23.75 | $49,410 |
| Security guards | 40 | $12.00 | $24,950 |
| Administrative services managers | 30 | $19.66 | $40,890 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 30 | $15.46 | $32,160 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 30 | $16.08 | $33,450 |
| Industrial engineers | 30 | $27.82 | $57,860 |
| New accounts clerks | 30 | $14.70 | $30,590 |
| Parts salespersons | 30 | $13.81 | $28,720 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 30 | $15.64 | $32,540 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | Not available | $9.17 | $19,070 |
| Coaches and scouts | Not available | Not available | $17,550 |
| Driver/sales workers | Not available | $8.64 | $17,970 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | Not available | $13.04 | $27,130 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $17.72 | $36,860 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | Not available | $13.36 | $27,780 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | Not available | $17.09 | $35,550 |
| Human resources managers, all other | Not available | $43.61 | $90,700 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | Not available | $19.29 | $40,130 |
| Library technicians | Not available | $8.83 | $18,360 |
| Machinists | Not available | $15.07 | $31,350 |
| Managers, all other | Not available | $18.72 | $38,930 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | Not available | $20.46 | $42,550 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | Not available | $14.64 | $30,450 |
| Printing machine operators | Not available | $14.22 | $29,570 |
| Recreation workers | Not available | $10.31 | $21,450 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | Not available | $12.46 | $25,910 |
| Social and human service assistants | Not available | $15.61 | $32,480 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | Not available | $16.15 | $33,580 |
