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, construction trades, all other |
90 |
$11.75 |
$24,440 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
90 |
$17.00 |
$35,350 |
| 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 |
