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 | 186,510 | $18.09 | $37,630 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 28,840 | $13.91 | $28,930 |
| Production occupations | 22,640 | $14.93 | $31,050 |
| Sales and related occupations | 20,120 | $15.32 | $31,870 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 16,490 | $9.03 | $18,790 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 14,570 | $14.31 | $29,770 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 10,460 | $20.73 | $43,120 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 10,210 | $29.73 | $61,840 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 9,520 | $27.64 | $57,480 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 7,910 | $21.55 | $44,810 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 7,510 | $19.30 | $40,140 |
| Management occupations | 7,180 | $41.12 | $85,540 |
| Retail salespersons | 6,940 | $11.37 | $23,640 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 6,280 | $11.09 | $23,070 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 4,770 | $11.44 | $23,790 |
| Cashiers | 4,680 | $8.75 | $18,190 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 4,590 | $11.92 | $24,790 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 4,430 | $8.24 | $17,130 |
| Team assemblers | 4,360 | $11.53 | $23,980 |
| Office clerks, general | 3,740 | $12.11 | $25,190 |
| Registered nurses | 3,540 | $22.29 | $46,370 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 3,510 | $10.63 | $22,110 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 3,440 | $31.50 | $65,510 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 3,380 | $10.26 | $21,340 |
| Protective service occupations | 3,320 | $17.64 | $36,680 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 3,100 | $8.52 | $17,720 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 3,040 | $33.07 | $68,790 |
| Customer service representatives | 2,900 | Not available | Not available |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 2,690 | $18.94 | $39,400 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 2,650 | $31.02 | $64,520 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 2,550 | $16.64 | $34,620 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 2,440 | $10.26 | $21,340 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 2,390 | $14.48 | $30,110 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 2,380 | $25.73 | $53,520 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 2,190 | $13.16 | $27,360 |
| Community and social services occupations | 2,180 | $18.47 | $38,410 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 2,040 | Not available | $47,130 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 1,880 | $18.04 | $37,510 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 1,670 | $11.11 | $23,110 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 1,650 | $17.24 | $35,860 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 1,620 | $16.18 | $33,660 |
| Accountants and auditors | 1,510 | $28.78 | $59,850 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,480 | Not available | $43,420 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 1,470 | $11.06 | $23,000 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 1,420 | $17.60 | $36,620 |
| Teacher assistants | 1,390 | Not available | $21,510 |
| General and operations managers | 1,350 | $46.43 | $96,570 |
| Construction laborers | 1,340 | $18.43 | $38,330 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 1,310 | $21.04 | $43,760 |
| Cooks, fast food | 1,290 | $8.20 | $17,050 |
| Electricians | 1,220 | $26.51 | $55,150 |
| Machinists | 1,210 | $18.66 | $38,810 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 1,180 | $10.16 | $21,120 |
| Food preparation workers | 1,180 | $9.25 | $19,250 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 1,180 | $12.98 | $26,990 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 1,160 | $26.12 | $54,330 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 1,150 | $27.76 | $57,730 |
| Managers, all other | 1,140 | $43.57 | $90,630 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,120 | Not available | $50,240 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,070 | $8.89 | $18,490 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 1,040 | $16.62 | $34,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 1,030 | $13.95 | $29,010 |
| Bartenders | 1,010 | $8.49 | $17,660 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 1,000 | $31.23 | $64,950 |
| Security guards | 990 | $11.17 | $23,230 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 970 | $11.30 | $23,500 |
| Legal occupations | 950 | $35.59 | $74,030 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 950 | $14.48 | $30,130 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 940 | $16.87 | $35,090 |
| Tellers | 940 | $11.45 | $23,820 |
| Home health aides | 930 | $10.18 | $21,170 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 930 | $9.65 | $20,080 |
| Carpenters | 860 | $20.83 | $43,320 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 850 | $18.91 | $39,340 |
| Logisticians | 830 | $36.17 | $75,240 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 820 | Not available | $45,620 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 760 | $22.83 | $47,480 |
| Computer support specialists | 730 | $18.45 | $38,380 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 720 | $16.89 | $35,130 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 700 | $13.42 | $27,910 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 690 | $15.44 | $32,110 |
| Dishwashers | 680 | $8.33 | $17,340 |
| Helpers--production workers | 680 | $12.73 | $26,480 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 640 | $15.22 | $31,660 |
| Computer systems analysts | 620 | $37.11 | $77,190 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 620 | $21.10 | $43,890 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 620 | $24.14 | $50,210 |
| Computer programmers | 600 | $29.88 | $62,140 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 600 | $14.47 | $30,100 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 580 | $8.25 | $17,160 |
| Financial managers | 580 | $38.81 | $80,720 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 580 | $22.23 | $46,230 |
| Mechanical engineers | 570 | $34.18 | $71,100 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 560 | $10.64 | $22,140 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 550 | $9.77 | $20,330 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 550 | $10.04 | $20,880 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 550 | $11.22 | $23,340 |
| Medical secretaries | 550 | $14.03 | $29,190 |
| Coaches and scouts | 540 | Not available | $23,770 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 540 | $25.83 | $53,730 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 540 | $32.47 | $67,530 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 530 | $17.04 | $35,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 530 | $28.07 | $58,370 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 530 | Not available | $47,500 |
| Insurance sales agents | 520 | $24.37 | $50,690 |
| Personal and home care aides | 520 | $8.73 | $18,160 |
| Management analysts | 510 | $35.99 | $74,870 |
| Sales managers | 510 | $43.27 | $90,000 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 500 | $11.50 | $23,910 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 500 | $11.32 | $23,550 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 490 | $15.53 | $32,310 |
| Engineers, all other | 480 | $39.97 | $83,140 |
| Child care workers | 470 | $8.42 | $17,510 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 460 | $20.22 | $42,060 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 450 | Not available | Not available |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 440 | $23.07 | $47,990 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 440 | $26.76 | $55,650 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 430 | $28.17 | $58,600 |
| Bus drivers, school | 420 | $15.16 | $31,530 |
| Legal secretaries | 420 | $18.00 | $37,430 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 420 | $18.10 | $37,640 |
| Parts salespersons | 420 | $13.63 | $28,350 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 410 | $45.26 | $94,130 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 400 | $13.63 | $28,360 |
| Production workers, all other | 400 | $11.23 | $23,350 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 400 | $10.61 | $22,070 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 390 | $12.92 | $26,880 |
| Dental assistants | 380 | $14.69 | $30,560 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 380 | $8.51 | $17,700 |
| Lawyers | 380 | $52.62 | $109,450 |
| Loan officers | 380 | $27.86 | $57,950 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 380 | Not available | $46,560 |
| All other information and record clerks | 370 | $14.37 | $29,880 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 370 | $14.89 | $30,960 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 370 | $8.66 | $18,020 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 360 | $16.22 | $33,730 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 360 | $23.95 | $49,810 |
| Cost estimators | 360 | $27.10 | $56,370 |
| Fire fighters | 360 | $17.30 | $35,990 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 360 | $16.15 | $33,600 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 360 | $15.40 | $32,040 |
| Social and human service assistants | 360 | $12.81 | $26,630 |
| Administrative services managers | 350 | $29.12 | $60,570 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 350 | $37.06 | $77,090 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 350 | $8.44 | $17,560 |
| Bill and account collectors | 340 | $14.36 | $29,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 340 | $29.97 | $62,340 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 340 | $34.83 | $72,450 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 340 | $22.41 | $46,610 |
| Recreation workers | 340 | $11.18 | $23,250 |
| Chief executives | 330 | $68.09 | $141,630 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 330 | $44.15 | $91,840 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 330 | $22.00 | $45,750 |
| Industrial engineers | 320 | $35.26 | $73,340 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 310 | $13.95 | $29,010 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 310 | $29.02 | $60,360 |
| Pharmacists | 310 | $49.74 | $103,460 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 310 | $81.35 | $169,210 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 300 | Not available | $87,340 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 300 | $14.02 | $29,170 |
| Driver/sales workers | 290 | $12.70 | $26,410 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 290 | $12.02 | $24,990 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 290 | $9.03 | $18,790 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 290 | $20.30 | $42,230 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 280 | $26.95 | $56,060 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 280 | $12.82 | $26,670 |
| Printing machine operators | 280 | $17.22 | $35,820 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 280 | $21.91 | $45,570 |
| Telemarketers | 280 | $10.66 | $22,170 |
| Civil engineers | 270 | $35.79 | $74,440 |
| Graphic designers | 270 | $18.08 | $37,620 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 270 | $16.42 | $34,150 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 260 | $20.90 | $43,460 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 260 | $9.45 | $19,660 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 260 | $25.06 | $52,120 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 250 | $18.28 | $38,030 |
| Data entry keyers | 250 | $11.16 | $23,220 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 250 | $11.66 | $24,240 |
| Market research analysts | 250 | $25.04 | $52,080 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other | 250 | $18.89 | $39,290 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 250 | $30.61 | $63,670 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 250 | $9.82 | $20,430 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 240 | $23.61 | $49,100 |
| File clerks | 240 | $10.69 | $22,240 |
| Training and development specialists | 240 | $22.43 | $46,650 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 230 | $9.00 | $18,710 |
| Bakers | 230 | $11.16 | $23,210 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 230 | $26.45 | $55,010 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 230 | $16.27 | $33,850 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 230 | $11.47 | $23,860 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 230 | $14.01 | $29,140 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 230 | $14.89 | $30,970 |
| Order clerks | 230 | $16.39 | $34,100 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 230 | $16.25 | $33,800 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 220 | $22.82 | $47,470 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 220 | $17.61 | $36,630 |
| Dental hygienists | 220 | $30.18 | $62,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 220 | $20.63 | $42,910 |
| Food service managers | 220 | $22.31 | $46,400 |
| Medical and health services managers | 220 | $33.30 | $69,260 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 220 | $18.64 | $38,770 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 220 | Not available | Not available |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 220 | $27.03 | $56,210 |
| Editors | 210 | $20.51 | $42,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 210 | $17.68 | $36,770 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | 210 | $9.07 | $18,860 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 210 | $21.01 | $43,710 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 200 | $17.56 | $36,530 |
| Couriers and messengers | 200 | $10.78 | $22,410 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 200 | $13.08 | $27,210 |
| Family and general practitioners | 200 | $98.08 | $204,000 |
| Industrial production managers | 200 | $46.05 | $95,780 |
| Public relations specialists | 200 | $23.61 | $49,120 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 200 | Not available | $46,110 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 200 | $23.62 | $49,140 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 190 | $14.30 | $29,750 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 190 | $16.87 | $35,090 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 190 | $28.54 | $59,360 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 180 | $13.72 | $28,540 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 180 | $36.02 | $74,920 |
| Cooks, short order | 180 | $9.48 | $19,710 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 180 | $17.45 | $36,290 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 180 | $28.29 | $58,840 |
| Photographers | 180 | $12.69 | $26,400 |
| Umpires, referees, and other sports officials | 180 | Not available | $22,600 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 170 | $28.66 | $59,600 |
| Librarians | 170 | $24.98 | $51,950 |
| Library technicians | 170 | $12.46 | $25,910 |
| Marketing managers | 170 | $43.11 | $89,660 |
| Advertising sales agents | 160 | $17.57 | $36,550 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 160 | $14.12 | $29,370 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 160 | $24.36 | $50,660 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 160 | $13.91 | $28,940 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 160 | $31.14 | $64,780 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 160 | $33.85 | $70,420 |
| New accounts clerks | 160 | $14.33 | $29,800 |
| Physical therapists | 160 | $39.62 | $82,410 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 160 | $15.43 | $32,080 |
| Tool and die makers | 160 | $23.91 | $49,740 |
| Construction managers | 150 | $40.50 | $84,250 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 150 | $8.87 | $18,450 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 150 | $16.02 | $33,320 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 150 | $9.16 | $19,050 |
| Respiratory therapists | 150 | $23.27 | $48,390 |
| Social and community service managers | 150 | $23.97 | $49,850 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 150 | Not available | $47,650 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 150 | $18.88 | $39,260 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 140 | $21.30 | $44,310 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 140 | $17.10 | $35,570 |
| Floral designers | 140 | $10.68 | $22,220 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 140 | Not available | $49,410 |
| Procurement clerks | 140 | $17.21 | $35,790 |
| Roofers | 140 | $16.87 | $35,090 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 140 | $11.63 | $24,190 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 140 | $9.18 | $19,090 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 130 | $15.47 | $32,170 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Engineering managers | 130 | $58.00 | $120,630 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 130 | $10.17 | $21,150 |
| Legislators | 130 | Not available | $23,910 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 130 | $15.55 | $32,350 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 120 | $31.11 | $64,700 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 120 | $23.25 | $48,360 |
| Electrical engineers | 120 | $45.04 | $93,690 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 120 | $12.90 | $26,820 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 120 | $22.35 | $46,490 |
| Budget analysts | 110 | $30.92 | $64,310 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 110 | $16.57 | $34,460 |
| Chemical technicians | 110 | $21.50 | $44,730 |
| Foundry mold and coremakers | 110 | $15.65 | $32,550 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | 110 | $17.69 | $36,800 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 110 | $9.25 | $19,240 |
| Instructional coordinators | 110 | $26.08 | $54,260 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall | 110 | $19.06 | $39,650 |
| Massage therapists | 110 | $13.48 | $28,030 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 110 | $11.66 | $24,260 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 110 | $18.39 | $38,250 |
| Parking lot attendants | 110 | $8.53 | $17,750 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 110 | $21.10 | $43,890 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 110 | $16.44 | $34,190 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 110 | $34.65 | $72,070 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 110 | Not available | $47,760 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 110 | $13.68 | $28,450 |
| Word processors and typists | 110 | $13.34 | $27,750 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 100 | $14.30 | $29,750 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 100 | $16.53 | $34,390 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 100 | $37.56 | $78,130 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 100 | $15.39 | $32,000 |
| Millwrights | 100 | $21.87 | $45,480 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 100 | $11.19 | $23,280 |
| Personal financial advisors | 100 | $30.22 | $62,860 |
| Social workers, all other | 100 | $21.87 | $45,500 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 90 | $21.47 | $44,650 |
| Computer operators | 90 | $18.43 | $38,330 |
| Crane and tower operators | 90 | $24.40 | $50,750 |
| Database administrators | 90 | $31.29 | $65,080 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 90 | $16.86 | $35,080 |
| Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other | 90 | $10.14 | Not available |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 90 | $13.76 | $28,620 |
| Mechanical drafters | 90 | $24.61 | $51,180 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 90 | $30.99 | $64,460 |
| Technical writers | 90 | $29.40 | $61,160 |
| Travel agents | 90 | $12.92 | $26,880 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $69,580 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 80 | $31.78 | $66,100 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 80 | $18.00 | $37,430 |
| Glaziers | 80 | $19.81 | $41,210 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 80 | $21.98 | $45,730 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 80 | $27.68 | $57,580 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 80 | $19.90 | $41,380 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 80 | $17.44 | $36,270 |
| Mental health counselors | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 80 | $15.21 | $31,630 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers | 80 | $23.26 | $48,370 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | 80 | $16.65 | $34,640 |
| Postal service clerks | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Real estate sales agents | 80 | $23.06 | $47,970 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 80 | $23.76 | $49,410 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Broadcast technicians | 70 | $16.67 | $34,670 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 70 | $14.61 | $30,390 |
| Credit analysts | 70 | $22.56 | $46,920 |
| Dentists, general | 70 | $75.33 | $156,680 |
| Education administrators, all other | 70 | $34.51 | $71,790 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 70 | $35.95 | $74,780 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 70 | $12.95 | $26,940 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 70 | $11.78 | $24,500 |
| Materials engineers | 70 | $39.67 | $82,510 |
| Motorcycle mechanics | 70 | $14.48 | $30,110 |
| Patternmakers, metal and plastic | 70 | $21.00 | $43,670 |
| Pest control workers | 70 | $14.61 | $30,380 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 70 | $13.17 | $27,390 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 70 | $17.64 | $36,690 |
| Surgical technologists | 70 | $18.29 | $38,040 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 70 | $20.48 | $42,600 |
| Surveyors | 70 | $22.31 | $46,410 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 70 | $12.78 | $26,590 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 60 | $15.77 | $32,790 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 60 | $23.42 | $48,710 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $67,240 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 60 | $32.60 | $67,800 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 60 | $15.68 | $32,620 |
| Home appliance repairers | 60 | $18.83 | $39,160 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 60 | $18.98 | $39,470 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents | 60 | $28.82 | $59,950 |
| Public relations managers | 60 | $31.05 | $64,590 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products | 60 | $20.74 | $43,140 |
| Surgeons | 60 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 50 | $40.51 | $84,270 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 50 | $45.09 | $93,780 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $46,000 |
| Bindery workers | 50 | $14.19 | $29,520 |
| Biological scientists, all other | 50 | $35.17 | $73,150 |
| Brokerage clerks | 50 | $16.14 | $33,560 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 50 | $23.43 | $48,730 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 50 | $29.33 | $61,000 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 50 | $25.19 | $52,390 |
| Crossing guards | 50 | $10.58 | $22,000 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 50 | $24.70 | $51,370 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 50 | $16.29 | $33,880 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | 50 | $13.75 | $28,600 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 50 | $44.23 | $91,990 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 50 | $21.30 | $44,300 |
| Physician assistants | 50 | $35.31 | $73,450 |
| Producers and directors | 50 | $25.87 | $53,800 |
| Tapers | 50 | $26.33 | $54,770 |
| Tour guides and escorts | 50 | $13.05 | $27,150 |
| Veterinarians | 50 | $36.43 | $75,770 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $58,760 |
| Desktop publishers | 40 | $15.67 | $32,590 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 40 | $25.67 | $53,390 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 40 | $31.91 | $66,380 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other | 40 | $9.56 | $19,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 40 | $27.25 | $56,680 |
| Grounds maintenance workers, all other | 40 | $10.10 | $21,000 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 40 | $11.74 | $24,420 |
| Loan counselors | 40 | $19.75 | $41,090 |
| Lodging managers | 40 | $23.73 | $49,350 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 40 | $20.19 | $42,000 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 40 | $17.79 | $37,000 |
| Musicians and singers | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Occupational therapists | 40 | $28.76 | $59,820 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 40 | $15.54 | $32,320 |
| Optometrists | 40 | $46.44 | $96,600 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | 40 | $12.62 | $26,240 |
| Public address system and other announcers | 40 | $11.19 | $23,280 |
| Purchasing managers | 40 | $44.35 | $92,250 |
| Soil and plant scientists | 40 | $28.31 | $58,870 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 40 | $25.86 | $53,800 |
| Training and development managers | 40 | $40.87 | $85,010 |
| Urban and regional planners | 40 | $26.45 | $55,010 |
| Agricultural engineers | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 30 | $12.63 | $26,270 |
| Drafters, all other | 30 | $20.41 | $42,460 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 30 | $21.23 | $44,150 |
| Funeral directors | 30 | $25.62 | $53,290 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | $64,440 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 30 | $13.42 | $27,910 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | 30 | $17.73 | $36,870 |
| Agricultural equipment operators | Not available | $12.20 | $25,370 |
| Carpet installers | Not available | $15.86 | $33,000 |
| Chiropractors | Not available | $30.30 | $63,020 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | Not available | $16.99 | $35,340 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | Not available | $14.03 | $29,180 |
| Cooks, all other | Not available | $8.61 | $17,900 |
| Court reporters | Not available | $20.36 | $42,350 |
| Designers, all other | Not available | $32.74 | $68,090 |
| Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers | Not available | $8.53 | $17,750 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | Not available | $20.27 | $42,160 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | Not available | $20.32 | $42,260 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | Not available | $18.21 | $37,870 |
| Financial analysts | Not available | $39.05 | $81,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers | Not available | $33.44 | $69,550 |
| Funeral attendants | Not available | $10.11 | $21,020 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | Not available | $15.59 | $32,430 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | Not available | $20.67 | $42,980 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $20.00 | $41,600 |
| Insurance underwriters | Not available | $28.75 | $59,800 |
| Interior designers | Not available | $22.05 | $45,870 |
| Internists, general | Not available | $98.20 | $204,260 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | Not available | $57.20 | $118,970 |
| Law clerks | Not available | $15.96 | $33,190 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | Not available | $11.12 | $23,130 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | Not available | $11.58 | $24,090 |
| Medical assistants | Not available | $13.06 | $27,170 |
| Medical equipment preparers | Not available | $13.26 | $27,590 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | Not available | $12.24 | $25,470 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders | Not available | $20.07 | $41,740 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | Not available | $15.40 | $32,030 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $14.69 | $30,550 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | Not available | $29.12 | $60,570 |
| Physical therapist aides | Not available | $12.31 | $25,590 |
| Pipelayers | Not available | $17.13 | $35,630 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | Not available | $18.39 | $38,260 |
| Pourers and casters, metal | Not available | $14.72 | $30,620 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians | Not available | $16.20 | $33,700 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | Not available | $15.46 | $32,160 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | Not available | $22.80 | $47,410 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | Not available | $19.14 | $39,820 |
| Service station attendants | Not available | $13.01 | $27,070 |
| Sewing machine operators | Not available | $13.29 | $27,630 |
| Sheet metal workers | Not available | $22.01 | $45,780 |
| Slaughterers and meat packers | Not available | $11.81 | $24,560 |
| Tire repairers and changers | Not available | $10.52 | $21,880 |