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 |
More than $70 |
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 |
