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 | 390,010 | $19.66 | $40,900 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 62,990 | $15.07 | $31,340 |
| Sales and related occupations | 40,130 | $15.48 | $32,200 |
| Production occupations | 38,060 | $16.40 | $34,120 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 35,630 | $8.98 | $18,680 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 27,840 | $14.80 | $30,790 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 25,730 | $23.92 | $49,760 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 25,150 | $30.93 | $64,340 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 17,220 | $30.39 | $63,210 |
| Management occupations | 13,880 | $47.17 | $98,110 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 13,810 | $19.34 | $40,220 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 13,790 | $12.38 | $25,740 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 12,470 | $33.71 | $70,120 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 11,810 | $20.52 | $42,670 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 11,560 | $11.81 | $24,560 |
| Retail salespersons | 11,270 | $11.82 | $24,580 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 10,840 | $7.95 | $16,550 |
| Cashiers | 10,550 | $8.75 | $18,200 |
| Registered nurses | 10,440 | $27.84 | $57,910 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 10,390 | $35.38 | $73,600 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 7,620 | $10.85 | $22,560 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 7,340 | $12.06 | $25,090 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 7,270 | $7.96 | $16,570 |
| Protective service occupations | 6,870 | $17.57 | $36,540 |
| Office clerks, general | 6,730 | $13.10 | $27,240 |
| Customer service representatives | 6,710 | $15.47 | $32,180 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 6,090 | $11.94 | $24,830 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 6,070 | $11.71 | $24,360 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 5,500 | $19.61 | $40,790 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 5,300 | $11.11 | $23,110 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 4,990 | $18.82 | $39,150 |
| Team assemblers | 4,910 | $12.52 | $26,050 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 4,850 | Not available | $53,830 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 4,750 | $15.40 | $32,030 |
| Community and social services occupations | 4,580 | $20.40 | $42,430 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 4,450 | $28.51 | $59,290 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 4,250 | $15.20 | $31,610 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 3,520 | Not available | $52,020 |
| Machinists | 3,480 | $17.30 | $35,980 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 3,330 | $16.61 | $34,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 3,280 | $22.78 | $47,380 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 3,260 | $18.83 | $39,170 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 3,190 | $9.08 | $18,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 3,140 | $18.68 | $38,850 |
| Home health aides | 3,140 | $10.23 | $21,290 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 3,120 | $32.12 | $66,800 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 3,100 | $32.93 | $68,480 |
| Telemarketers | 2,980 | $10.39 | $21,610 |
| Accountants and auditors | 2,910 | $30.85 | $64,160 |
| General and operations managers | 2,860 | $52.98 | $110,210 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 2,740 | $11.22 | $23,340 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 2,710 | $19.82 | $41,220 |
| Food preparation workers | 2,650 | $9.09 | $18,910 |
| Medical secretaries | 2,650 | $13.49 | $28,060 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 2,610 | $9.72 | $20,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 2,460 | $27.02 | $56,190 |
| Teacher assistants | 2,340 | Not available | $27,390 |
| Security guards | 2,330 | $11.49 | $23,890 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 2,320 | $37.61 | $78,230 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 2,320 | $11.47 | $23,850 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 2,210 | $14.56 | $30,280 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 2,210 | $14.42 | $29,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 2,160 | $14.66 | $30,480 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 2,120 | $9.07 | $18,860 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 1,980 | $43.28 | $90,020 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 1,960 | $16.77 | $34,890 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 1,950 | $17.03 | $35,420 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,850 | Not available | $50,150 |
| Computer support specialists | 1,840 | $19.74 | $41,060 |
| Electricians | 1,830 | $22.88 | $47,590 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 1,820 | Not available | Not available |
| Bartenders | 1,740 | $8.63 | $17,960 |
| Medical assistants | 1,720 | $13.16 | $27,380 |
| Tellers | 1,720 | $11.81 | $24,570 |
| Management analysts | 1,670 | $35.91 | $74,690 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 1,660 | $14.67 | $30,510 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 1,620 | $15.34 | $31,910 |
| Cooks, fast food | 1,590 | $8.68 | $18,050 |
| Fire fighters | 1,590 | $16.79 | $34,930 |
| Construction laborers | 1,530 | $17.47 | $36,330 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 1,530 | $31.97 | $66,490 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 1,480 | $14.15 | $29,430 |
| Child care workers | 1,420 | $9.45 | $19,660 |
| Computer systems analysts | 1,390 | $35.89 | $74,650 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 1,390 | $12.47 | $25,940 |
| Helpers--production workers | 1,360 | $11.84 | $24,630 |
| Carpenters | 1,350 | $19.89 | $41,380 |
| Driver/sales workers | 1,340 | $10.30 | $21,420 |
| All other information and record clerks | 1,330 | $16.47 | $34,250 |
| Mechanical engineers | 1,320 | $34.09 | $70,910 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 1,280 | $18.42 | $38,310 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 1,270 | $27.08 | $56,320 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 1,240 | $12.20 | $25,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 1,220 | $28.88 | $60,070 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 1,200 | $37.58 | $78,170 |
| Recreation workers | 1,200 | $12.39 | $25,780 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 1,190 | $11.07 | $23,020 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 1,170 | $26.15 | $54,400 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 1,160 | $8.31 | $17,280 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 1,160 | $25.29 | $52,610 |
| Library technicians | 1,150 | $15.05 | $31,300 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 1,140 | Not available | Not available |
| Counter and rental clerks | 1,130 | $11.87 | $24,700 |
| Librarians | 1,130 | $31.92 | $66,390 |
| Industrial engineers | 1,120 | $36.86 | $76,670 |
| Personal and home care aides | 1,110 | $9.95 | $20,700 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 1,040 | $13.60 | $28,290 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 1,040 | $18.20 | $37,860 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 1,040 | $27.03 | $56,230 |
| Computer programmers | 1,030 | $30.22 | $62,860 |
| Financial managers | 1,030 | $45.77 | $95,210 |
| Engineers, all other | 1,020 | $46.12 | $95,930 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 1,010 | $46.34 | $96,390 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 1,000 | $23.13 | $48,110 |
| Dishwashers | 990 | $8.47 | $17,610 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 990 | $12.94 | $26,910 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 980 | $8.09 | $16,830 |
| Production workers, all other | 980 | Not available | Not available |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 960 | Not available | $47,420 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 940 | $23.89 | $49,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 930 | $28.18 | $58,610 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 920 | $12.48 | $25,960 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 910 | Not available | $97,870 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 890 | $54.66 | $113,680 |
| Cost estimators | 870 | $30.36 | $63,150 |
| Insurance sales agents | 860 | $26.98 | $56,130 |
| Tool and die makers | 860 | $20.90 | $43,460 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 850 | $18.53 | $38,540 |
| Data entry keyers | 830 | $12.06 | $25,090 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 830 | Not available | $54,320 |
| Sales managers | 820 | $52.53 | $109,270 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 800 | $33.01 | $68,650 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 800 | $23.03 | $47,910 |
| Medical and health services managers | 790 | $39.73 | $82,630 |
| Social and human service assistants | 790 | $14.77 | $30,710 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 780 | $17.16 | $35,680 |
| Printing machine operators | 770 | $15.50 | $32,250 |
| Coaches and scouts | 760 | Not available | $21,250 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 760 | $20.99 | $43,670 |
| Chief executives | 740 | $68.79 | $143,080 |
| Dental assistants | 730 | $16.47 | $34,260 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 730 | $32.94 | $68,510 |
| Lawyers | 730 | $57.63 | $119,860 |
| Graphic designers | 720 | $20.33 | $42,290 |
| Cooks, short order | 710 | $9.82 | $20,420 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 710 | $29.76 | $61,910 |
| Bill and account collectors | 700 | $15.35 | $31,930 |
| Market research analysts | 700 | $27.45 | $57,100 |
| Pharmacists | 700 | $50.00 | $104,000 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 690 | $9.48 | $19,710 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 690 | $9.28 | $19,300 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 690 | $13.77 | $28,630 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other | 690 | $14.89 | $30,970 |
| Order clerks | 690 | $15.82 | $32,910 |
| Aerospace engineers | 680 | $47.48 | $98,770 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 680 | $28.48 | $59,240 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 680 | $32.86 | $68,350 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 670 | $103.67 | $215,630 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 670 | $17.14 | $35,640 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 660 | $15.59 | $32,430 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 660 | $8.18 | $17,010 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 660 | $15.88 | $33,030 |
| Engineering managers | 650 | $52.58 | $109,370 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 650 | $14.53 | $30,220 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 650 | $15.40 | $32,040 |
| Industrial production managers | 640 | $44.86 | $93,320 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 640 | $22.12 | $46,010 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 630 | $15.61 | $32,460 |
| Food service managers | 630 | $22.96 | $47,750 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 630 | $24.71 | $51,410 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 630 | $11.25 | $23,400 |
| Legal secretaries | 620 | $17.21 | $35,790 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 610 | $19.88 | $41,350 |
| Editors | 610 | $21.65 | $45,040 |
| Managers, all other | 610 | $46.61 | $96,960 |
| Training and development specialists | 610 | $27.59 | $57,390 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 600 | $16.02 | $33,320 |
| Instructional coordinators | 600 | $30.25 | $62,920 |
| Civil engineers | 590 | $35.12 | $73,040 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 590 | $12.06 | $25,080 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 580 | $26.92 | $55,980 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 580 | Not available | $57,600 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 570 | $18.21 | $37,870 |
| Logisticians | 570 | $38.93 | $80,980 |
| Loan officers | 560 | $24.87 | $51,740 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 560 | $8.49 | $17,660 |
| Bus drivers, school | 550 | $12.59 | $26,180 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 540 | $9.36 | $19,470 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 540 | $16.05 | $33,390 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 540 | $14.75 | $30,670 |
| Parts salespersons | 530 | $14.65 | $30,470 |
| Respiratory therapists | 530 | $23.62 | $49,120 |
| Administrative services managers | 520 | $42.83 | $89,090 |
| Electrical engineers | 520 | $38.58 | $80,240 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 510 | $12.88 | $26,800 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 500 | $13.11 | $27,280 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 500 | $9.58 | $19,920 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 500 | Not available | $52,780 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 500 | $16.25 | $33,790 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 480 | $24.32 | $50,580 |
| Physical therapists | 480 | $35.36 | $73,550 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 480 | $19.26 | $40,050 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 470 | $14.19 | $29,510 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 470 | Not available | Not available |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 460 | $20.58 | $42,810 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 460 | $21.59 | $44,900 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 460 | $16.23 | $33,760 |
| Bakers | 450 | $11.31 | $23,530 |
| Dental hygienists | 450 | $28.23 | $58,710 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 450 | $13.62 | $28,320 |
| Materials engineers | 450 | $46.87 | $97,490 |
| Public relations specialists | 450 | $25.38 | $52,780 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 450 | $20.68 | $43,020 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 440 | $19.12 | $39,760 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 440 | $25.84 | $53,760 |
| Construction managers | 430 | $43.34 | $90,140 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | 430 | Not available | $93,360 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 430 | $18.57 | $38,620 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 420 | $27.62 | $57,450 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 420 | $25.76 | $53,580 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 410 | $19.08 | $39,690 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 410 | $23.28 | $48,410 |
| File clerks | 410 | $12.21 | $25,390 |
| Financial analysts | 410 | $31.27 | $65,030 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 410 | $24.72 | $51,420 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 410 | $22.68 | $47,170 |
| Roofers | 410 | $17.43 | $36,260 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 400 | Not available | $52,880 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 400 | $22.48 | $46,750 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 400 | $16.48 | $34,270 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 400 | $17.92 | $37,270 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 390 | $16.86 | $35,060 |
| Family and general practitioners | 390 | $63.63 | $132,360 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 390 | $18.20 | $37,850 |
| Surgical technologists | 390 | $19.60 | $40,760 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 380 | $10.49 | $21,820 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 380 | $17.24 | $35,850 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 380 | $8.15 | $16,950 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 370 | $23.70 | $49,300 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 370 | $17.40 | $36,190 |
| Mechanical drafters | 360 | $19.49 | $40,530 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 340 | $9.41 | $19,570 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 340 | $18.96 | $39,430 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 340 | $19.49 | $40,540 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 340 | $14.29 | $29,720 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 340 | $22.86 | $47,560 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 330 | $14.54 | $30,250 |
| Couriers and messengers | 330 | $11.32 | $23,550 |
| Database administrators | 330 | $32.60 | $67,800 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | 330 | $13.10 | $27,260 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 330 | $36.61 | $76,160 |
| Advertising sales agents | 320 | $23.43 | $48,720 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 320 | $24.92 | $51,840 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 320 | $14.78 | $30,740 |
| Word processors and typists | 320 | $14.61 | $30,390 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 310 | $19.10 | $39,730 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 310 | $20.60 | $42,840 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 310 | $17.57 | $36,540 |
| Sheet metal workers | 310 | $21.75 | $45,240 |
| Slaughterers and meat packers | 310 | $11.86 | $24,660 |
| Social and community service managers | 310 | $28.16 | $58,580 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 310 | $35.51 | $73,870 |
| Floral designers | 300 | $9.88 | $20,540 |
| Occupational therapists | 300 | $35.87 | $74,610 |
| Procurement clerks | 300 | $16.63 | $34,580 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 300 | $16.69 | $34,710 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 290 | $24.27 | $50,490 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 290 | Not available | $55,270 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 290 | $15.74 | $32,750 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 290 | $15.58 | $32,410 |
| Mental health counselors | 290 | $22.38 | $46,550 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 280 | $14.35 | $29,850 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 280 | $17.47 | $36,340 |
| Sales engineers | 280 | $38.55 | $80,180 |
| Social workers, all other | 280 | $21.55 | $44,820 |
| Technical writers | 280 | $20.85 | $43,360 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 280 | $16.58 | $34,490 |
| Travel agents | 280 | $12.05 | $25,070 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 280 | $21.73 | $45,200 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 270 | Not available | $56,250 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 270 | Not available | $55,900 |
| New accounts clerks | 270 | $14.08 | $29,280 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 270 | $19.52 | $40,600 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 270 | $17.69 | $36,790 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 270 | $11.81 | $24,560 |
| Budget analysts | 260 | $36.74 | $76,420 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 260 | $11.65 | $24,240 |
| Job printers | 260 | $16.56 | $34,450 |
| Marketing managers | 260 | $54.00 | $112,330 |
| Parking lot attendants | 260 | $9.06 | $18,840 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 260 | $19.57 | $40,700 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 250 | Not available | $58,740 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 250 | $15.42 | $32,070 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers | 250 | $17.28 | $35,930 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 250 | $11.23 | $23,360 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 250 | $14.11 | $29,340 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 250 | $15.97 | $33,230 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 250 | $9.90 | $20,580 |
| Dentists, general | 240 | $73.02 | $151,880 |
| Engineering teachers, postsecondary | 240 | Not available | $72,490 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 240 | $12.33 | $25,650 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 240 | $15.97 | $33,210 |
| Pharmacy aides | 240 | $11.04 | $22,970 |
| Real estate sales agents | 240 | $27.02 | $56,210 |
| Computer operators | 230 | $15.38 | $31,990 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 230 | $22.10 | $45,980 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 230 | Not available | $53,380 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 230 | $23.63 | $49,140 |
| Private detectives and investigators | 230 | $16.73 | $34,800 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 230 | $14.91 | $31,020 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 230 | $42.69 | $88,790 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 230 | Not available | $64,340 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 220 | Not available | $48,270 |
| Postal service clerks | 220 | Not available | Not available |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 210 | $32.66 | $67,930 |
| Chemists | 210 | $36.16 | $75,220 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 210 | $44.10 | $91,730 |
| Photographers | 210 | $15.82 | $32,900 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 210 | $19.44 | $40,430 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 200 | $27.86 | $57,950 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 200 | $24.01 | $49,950 |
| Surgeons | 200 | $95.00 | $197,600 |
| Commercial pilots | 190 | Not available | $61,850 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 190 | $52.18 | $108,530 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 190 | $20.16 | $41,930 |
| Musicians and singers | 190 | $42.05 | Not available |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 190 | $8.97 | $18,660 |
| Physician assistants | 190 | $40.50 | $84,250 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 190 | $13.09 | $27,230 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 180 | $20.89 | $43,440 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 180 | $25.56 | $53,160 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 180 | $28.79 | $59,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 180 | $34.48 | $71,710 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 180 | $17.75 | $36,920 |
| Purchasing managers | 180 | $44.86 | $93,310 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 180 | $20.35 | $42,320 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 170 | $19.78 | $41,140 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 170 | $20.88 | $43,430 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 170 | Not available | $75,570 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 170 | $22.71 | $47,240 |
| Computer and information scientists, research | 170 | $43.77 | $91,030 |
| Food batchmakers | 170 | $10.44 | $21,720 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 170 | $24.87 | $51,720 |
| Tax preparers | 170 | $15.64 | $32,530 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 160 | $24.59 | $51,160 |
| Bindery workers | 160 | $11.95 | $24,860 |
| Clergy | 160 | $21.97 | $45,690 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 160 | $33.64 | $69,960 |
| Personal financial advisors | 160 | $26.19 | $54,470 |
| Surveyors | 160 | $29.15 | $60,640 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 160 | $13.50 | $28,080 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 150 | $21.61 | $44,950 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 150 | Not available | Not available |
| Foundry mold and coremakers | 150 | $14.31 | $29,770 |
| Helpers--electricians | 150 | $10.32 | $21,470 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 150 | $18.46 | $38,400 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 150 | $32.83 | $68,280 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 150 | $20.04 | $41,680 |
| Chemical technicians | 140 | $17.82 | $37,070 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary | 140 | Not available | $61,580 |
| Computer hardware engineers | 140 | $39.97 | $83,150 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 140 | $14.45 | $30,050 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 140 | $10.97 | $22,810 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 140 | $25.11 | $52,230 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 140 | $15.69 | $32,630 |
| Insurance underwriters | 140 | $25.10 | $52,210 |
| Millwrights | 140 | $28.39 | $59,060 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 140 | $20.53 | $42,700 |
| Operations research analysts | 140 | $40.48 | $84,210 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 140 | $11.48 | $23,870 |
| Physicists | 140 | $48.22 | $100,300 |
| Radio and television announcers | 140 | $12.01 | $24,990 |
| Athletic trainers | 130 | Not available | $42,360 |
| Commercial and industrial designers | 130 | $29.88 | $62,140 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 130 | $34.41 | $71,570 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | 130 | $11.16 | $23,220 |
| Environmental engineers | 130 | $39.63 | $82,430 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 130 | $10.28 | $21,380 |
| Funeral attendants | 130 | $11.98 | $24,910 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 130 | $48.07 | $99,980 |
| Museum technicians and conservators | 130 | $16.68 | $34,690 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 130 | Not available | $56,370 |
| Producers and directors | 130 | $29.47 | $61,290 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 130 | $15.42 | $32,080 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 130 | $19.58 | $40,740 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 130 | $10.55 | $21,940 |
| Coil winders, tapers, and finishers | 120 | $14.29 | $29,730 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 120 | $17.84 | $37,110 |
| Desktop publishers | 120 | $13.38 | $27,820 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 120 | $14.84 | $30,880 |
| Internists, general | 120 | $99.35 | $206,650 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 120 | $13.39 | $27,850 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 120 | $31.66 | $65,850 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers | 120 | $22.90 | $47,630 |
| Pest control workers | 120 | $16.32 | $33,940 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $67,610 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $47,450 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 120 | $26.87 | $55,900 |
| Veterinarians | 120 | $40.26 | $83,740 |
| Art directors | 110 | $37.75 | $78,520 |
| Biological technicians | 110 | $16.66 | $34,650 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | $55,740 |
| Home appliance repairers | 110 | $16.74 | $34,810 |
| Interior designers | 110 | $21.37 | $44,440 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 110 | $23.07 | $47,980 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 110 | $10.24 | $21,300 |
| Physical scientists, all other | 110 | $50.81 | $105,680 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 100 | $16.44 | $34,190 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 100 | $11.83 | $24,610 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 100 | $25.43 | $52,890 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall | 100 | $14.92 | $31,040 |
| Interpreters and translators | 100 | $20.62 | $42,880 |
| Loan counselors | 100 | $18.61 | $38,710 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | $64,490 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 100 | Not available | $51,190 |
| Residential advisors | 100 | $14.76 | $30,690 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 100 | $25.90 | $53,870 |
| Anesthesiologists | 90 | $103.13 | $214,510 |
| Broadcast technicians | 90 | $17.90 | $37,230 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture | 90 | $22.61 | $47,030 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 90 | $21.51 | $44,730 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders | 90 | $11.57 | $24,050 |
| Dietetic technicians | 90 | $18.91 | $39,340 |
| Fence erectors | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 90 | Not available | $59,960 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 90 | $17.00 | $35,350 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 90 | $11.75 | $24,440 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other | 90 | $23.36 | $48,580 |
| Public relations managers | 90 | $38.80 | $80,700 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $70,720 |
| Credit analysts | 80 | $25.25 | $52,530 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | 80 | $23.75 | $49,400 |
| Health educators | 80 | $22.69 | $47,190 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 80 | $14.17 | $29,480 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 80 | $18.09 | $37,620 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners | 80 | $18.93 | $39,370 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 80 | $13.24 | $27,540 |
| Air traffic controllers | 70 | $43.48 | $90,430 |
| Chiropractors | 70 | $36.70 | $76,340 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | 70 | $19.86 | $41,320 |
| Education administrators, all other | 70 | $41.90 | $87,150 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other | 70 | $34.53 | $71,830 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 70 | $25.09 | $52,190 |
| Lodging managers | 70 | $19.26 | $40,050 |
| Massage therapists | 70 | $12.49 | $25,970 |
| Physical therapist aides | 70 | $11.07 | $23,030 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $70,660 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $53,030 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 70 | $23.88 | $49,680 |
| Tile and marble setters | 70 | $16.68 | $34,690 |
| Urban and regional planners | 70 | $28.99 | $60,300 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 60 | $33.39 | $69,440 |
| Avionics technicians | 60 | $19.67 | $40,920 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 60 | $40.54 | $84,330 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | 60 | $14.60 | $30,370 |
| Crane and tower operators | 60 | $21.66 | $45,050 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | 60 | $13.60 | $28,280 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 60 | $37.59 | $78,190 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | 60 | $18.51 | $38,490 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 60 | $22.29 | $46,370 |
| Materials scientists | 60 | $42.03 | $87,430 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | 60 | $86.47 | $179,850 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 60 | $19.42 | $40,390 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | 60 | $11.28 | $23,460 |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $85,760 |
| Recreational therapists | 60 | $21.84 | $45,420 |
| Statisticians | 60 | $30.78 | $64,030 |
| Audio-visual collections specialists | 50 | $24.08 | $50,100 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 50 | $20.28 | $42,190 |
| Directors, religious activities and education | 50 | $19.85 | $41,290 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $76,530 |
| Media and communication equipment workers, all other | 50 | $26.23 | $54,560 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 50 | $20.14 | $41,890 |
| Multi-media artists and animators | 50 | $23.34 | $48,550 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | 50 | $16.17 | $33,630 |
| Patternmakers, metal and plastic | 50 | $19.61 | $40,790 |
| Social science research assistants | 50 | $21.15 | $43,990 |
| Therapists, all other | 50 | $26.08 | $54,240 |
| Training and development managers | 50 | $42.27 | $87,920 |
| Actors | 40 | $10.08 | Not available |
| Aerospace engineering and operations technicians | 40 | $19.02 | $39,560 |
| Athletes and sports competitors | 40 | Not available | $30,880 |
| Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $83,710 |
| Biochemists and biophysicists | 40 | $28.60 | $59,490 |
| Biomedical engineers | 40 | $37.78 | $78,590 |
| Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $49,740 |
| Dentists, all other specialists | 40 | $58.65 | $121,990 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 40 | $20.07 | $41,750 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | 40 | $15.66 | $32,570 |
| Financial examiners | 40 | $28.25 | $58,760 |
| Grounds maintenance workers, all other | 40 | $21.39 | $44,500 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | 40 | $8.52 | $17,720 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | 40 | $13.84 | $28,790 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents | 40 | $31.27 | $65,050 |
| Set and exhibit designers | 40 | $32.32 | $67,220 |
| Social work teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $68,280 |
| Tour guides and escorts | 40 | $9.91 | $20,610 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 40 | $15.12 | $31,450 |
| Bookbinders | 30 | $12.22 | $25,430 |
| Correspondence clerks | 30 | $14.56 | $30,290 |
| Drafters, all other | 30 | $18.49 | $38,450 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 30 | $31.28 | $65,060 |
| Model makers, metal and plastic | 30 | $32.73 | $68,080 |
| Music directors and composers | 30 | $22.01 | $45,770 |
| Natural sciences managers | 30 | $60.64 | $126,130 |
| Psychiatrists | 30 | $83.24 | $173,130 |
| Atmospheric and space scientists | Not available | $40.04 | $83,290 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | Not available | $14.23 | $29,600 |
| Audiologists | Not available | $29.68 | $61,730 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | Not available | $19.44 | $40,430 |
| Chemical engineers | Not available | $36.11 | $75,120 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | Not available | $17.52 | $36,450 |
| Cooks, all other | Not available | $11.48 | $23,880 |
| Court reporters | Not available | $21.83 | $45,410 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | Not available | $15.79 | $32,840 |
| Crossing guards | Not available | $10.88 | $22,630 |
| Designers, all other | Not available | $14.68 | $30,530 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $23.54 | $48,970 |
| Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment | Not available | $20.59 | $42,830 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay | Not available | $25.65 | $53,350 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | Not available | $20.37 | $42,370 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | Not available | $16.34 | $33,990 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | Not available | $17.40 | $36,200 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators | Not available | $11.15 | $23,190 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $16.45 | $34,220 |
| Funeral directors | Not available | $33.14 | $68,940 |
| Glaziers | Not available | $21.73 | $45,190 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $18.77 | $39,040 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $13.28 | $27,620 |
| Law clerks | Not available | $16.34 | $33,980 |
| Law teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $90,600 |
| Legal occupations | Not available | $40.79 | $84,850 |
| Legislators | Not available | Not available | $111,670 |
| Library assistants, clerical | Not available | $13.48 | $28,030 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | Not available | $10.02 | $20,840 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | Not available | $38.79 | $80,690 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | Not available | $11.87 | $24,690 |
| Optometrists | Not available | $53.72 | $111,730 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | Not available | $16.33 | $33,970 |
| Pediatricians, general | Not available | $79.16 | $164,650 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | Not available | $8.67 | $18,040 |
| Psychiatric aides | Not available | $14.52 | $30,210 |
| Public address system and other announcers | Not available | $10.44 | $21,710 |
| Reporters and correspondents | Not available | $20.32 | $42,260 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $18.82 | $39,140 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | Not available | $13.12 | $27,280 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | Not available | $20.20 | $42,020 |
| Service station attendants | Not available | $8.96 | $18,640 |
| Sewing machine operators | Not available | $10.18 | $21,180 |
| Skin care specialists | Not available | $12.79 | $26,600 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | Not available | $11.93 | $24,820 |
| Tapers | Not available | $21.47 | $44,670 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | Not available | $19.68 | $40,930 |
| Transportation inspectors | Not available | $28.74 | $59,780 |
| Transportation workers, all other | Not available | $20.84 | $43,350 |
| Upholsterers | Not available | $17.04 | $35,440 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | Not available | $11.27 | $23,440 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school | Not available | Not available | $39,810 |
| Woodworkers, all other | Not available | $12.73 | $26,470 |
