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 | 54,280 | $16.44 | $34,200 |
| Production occupations | 9,890 | $13.95 | $29,010 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 7,090 | $13.40 | $27,870 |
| Sales and related occupations | 5,820 | $13.18 | $27,420 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 5,350 | $14.28 | $29,700 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 4,170 | $7.96 | $16,560 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 3,380 | $16.72 | $34,780 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 3,100 | $19.73 | $41,040 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 2,970 | $29.37 | $61,080 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,880 | $19.57 | $40,710 |
| Management occupations | 2,010 | $39.95 | $83,110 |
| Team assemblers | 1,910 | $11.03 | $22,950 |
| Cashiers | 1,900 | $7.56 | $15,720 |
| Retail salespersons | 1,770 | $10.36 | $21,540 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 1,560 | $17.00 | $35,350 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 1,470 | $9.69 | $20,160 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,170 | $10.64 | $22,130 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,150 | $25.02 | $52,040 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,040 | $6.84 | $14,230 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 1,020 | $10.31 | $21,440 |
| Registered nurses | 1,010 | $25.30 | $52,610 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 940 | $12.80 | $26,610 |
| General and operations managers | 900 | $41.68 | $86,700 |
| Protective service occupations | 870 | $17.26 | $35,900 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 850 | $10.37 | $21,580 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 810 | $30.59 | $63,620 |
| Office clerks, general | 780 | $9.92 | $20,630 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 760 | Not available | $47,700 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 720 | $15.67 | $32,590 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 690 | $9.08 | $18,890 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 690 | $26.68 | $55,500 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 690 | $7.15 | $14,860 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 660 | $13.26 | $27,580 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 620 | $18.46 | $38,400 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 600 | $19.69 | $40,960 |
| Helpers--production workers | 580 | $10.41 | $21,650 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 560 | Not available | $33,200 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 520 | Not available | $47,540 |
| Cooks, fast food | 510 | $7.13 | $14,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 510 | $23.21 | $48,280 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 510 | $14.65 | $30,470 |
| Customer service representatives | 500 | $13.29 | $27,630 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 500 | $11.07 | $23,030 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 490 | $15.21 | $31,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 470 | $11.54 | $24,010 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 460 | $10.11 | $21,040 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 450 | $23.02 | $47,870 |
| Food preparation workers | 440 | $7.83 | $16,290 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 430 | $13.31 | $27,690 |
| Community and social services occupations | 410 | $19.31 | $40,170 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 400 | $9.49 | $19,740 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 390 | $17.06 | $35,490 |
| Machinists | 380 | $13.23 | $27,520 |
| Construction laborers | 370 | $11.04 | $22,970 |
| Carpenters | 360 | $16.82 | $34,990 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 350 | $7.83 | $16,280 |
| Teacher assistants | 350 | Not available | $19,330 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 340 | $10.08 | $20,970 |
| Accountants and auditors | 330 | $22.55 | $46,900 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 330 | $29.11 | $60,560 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical | 330 | $18.11 | $37,670 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 330 | $17.48 | $36,350 |
| Tellers | 330 | $10.25 | $21,330 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 320 | Not available | $45,910 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 300 | $13.48 | $28,040 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 290 | $14.70 | $30,570 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 270 | $17.09 | $35,540 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 260 | $14.16 | $29,450 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 260 | $9.28 | $19,310 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 260 | $10.68 | $22,220 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 260 | $11.05 | $22,980 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 250 | $26.46 | $55,040 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 250 | $12.84 | $26,710 |
| Electricians | 250 | $18.90 | $39,320 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 240 | $14.02 | $29,170 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 240 | $25.11 | $52,230 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 240 | $18.83 | $39,160 |
| Home health aides | 230 | $8.34 | $17,340 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 230 | $20.17 | $41,940 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 230 | $14.96 | $31,120 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | 220 | $24.18 | $50,300 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 220 | $11.41 | $23,740 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 210 | $14.38 | $29,900 |
| Bus drivers, school | 210 | $6.87 | $14,290 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 190 | $11.23 | $23,360 |
| Construction managers | 190 | $32.70 | $68,020 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 190 | $8.11 | $16,870 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 180 | $9.59 | $19,940 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 170 | $15.86 | $32,990 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 170 | $19.34 | $40,240 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 170 | $14.82 | $30,830 |
| Loan officers | 170 | $27.96 | $58,150 |
| Sheet metal workers | 170 | $16.05 | $33,370 |
| Child care workers | 160 | $7.29 | $15,170 |
| Legal occupations | 160 | $27.33 | $56,840 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 160 | $28.67 | $59,640 |
| Personal and home care aides | 160 | $8.49 | $17,650 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| Tire repairers and changers | 160 | $11.16 | $23,210 |
| Driver/sales workers | 150 | Not available | Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 150 | $23.08 | $48,000 |
| Industrial engineers | 150 | $39.46 | $82,070 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 150 | $13.16 | $27,370 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 140 | $13.89 | $28,890 |
| Pharmacists | 140 | $46.70 | $97,130 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 140 | Not available | Not available |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 140 | $15.33 | $31,880 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 130 | $30.97 | $64,420 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 130 | $11.16 | $23,210 |
| Helpers--electricians | 130 | $10.81 | $22,480 |
| Medical assistants | 130 | $11.20 | $23,300 |
| Production workers, all other | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 130 | $14.49 | $30,140 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 120 | $14.14 | $29,420 |
| Industrial production managers | 120 | $41.46 | $86,240 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 120 | $12.94 | $26,910 |
| Chief executives | 110 | $66.72 | $138,780 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 110 | $12.38 | $25,760 |
| Dental hygienists | 110 | $17.71 | $36,830 |
| Financial managers | 110 | $40.77 | $84,810 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 110 | $19.64 | $40,850 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 110 | $34.00 | $70,730 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 110 | $15.27 | $31,760 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 110 | Not available | $49,200 |
| Mechanical engineers | 110 | $35.81 | $74,480 |
| Millwrights | 110 | $18.13 | $37,720 |
| Order clerks | 110 | $12.02 | $24,990 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 110 | $22.73 | $47,280 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 100 | $13.96 | $29,030 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 100 | $19.78 | $41,140 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 100 | $11.78 | $24,510 |
| Cooks, short order | 100 | $8.88 | $18,460 |
| Dishwashers | 100 | $8.13 | $16,910 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 100 | Not available | $84,280 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 100 | $11.81 | $24,560 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 100 | $7.44 | $15,470 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 100 | $13.10 | $27,250 |
| Residential advisors | 100 | $8.18 | $17,010 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 90 | $10.80 | $22,460 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 90 | $12.56 | $26,130 |
| Parts salespersons | 90 | $15.43 | $32,100 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 90 | $14.00 | $29,130 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 90 | $16.75 | $34,830 |
| Bartenders | 80 | $8.42 | $17,500 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 80 | $10.35 | $21,520 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 80 | $7.54 | $15,670 |
| Medical secretaries | 80 | $12.68 | $26,370 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 80 | $11.02 | $22,920 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 80 | $21.76 | $45,260 |
| Security guards | 80 | $11.61 | $24,140 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 70 | $18.47 | $38,410 |
| Bill and account collectors | 70 | $12.76 | $26,550 |
| Dental assistants | 70 | $12.65 | $26,310 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 70 | $12.75 | $26,530 |
| Food service managers | 70 | $18.65 | $38,800 |
| Insurance sales agents | 70 | $22.67 | $47,160 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 70 | $8.37 | $17,420 |
| Lawyers | 70 | $29.94 | $62,270 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 70 | $14.55 | $30,270 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 70 | $8.49 | $17,660 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 70 | Not available | $51,210 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 60 | $8.27 | $17,200 |
| Cost estimators | 60 | $24.18 | $50,300 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 60 | $19.05 | $39,610 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 60 | $27.23 | $56,630 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 60 | $19.57 | $40,710 |
| Librarians | 60 | $24.05 | $50,010 |
| Personal financial advisors | 60 | $50.41 | $104,850 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 60 | $14.66 | $30,480 |
| Recreation workers | 60 | $12.09 | $25,150 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 60 | Not available | $50,780 |
| Computer support specialists | 50 | $15.13 | $31,470 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 50 | $18.11 | $37,670 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 50 | $13.21 | $27,480 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 50 | $17.96 | $37,360 |
| Engineering managers | 50 | $48.77 | $101,450 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 50 | $23.29 | $48,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 50 | $28.46 | $59,200 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 50 | $26.46 | $55,030 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 50 | $12.90 | $26,830 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 50 | $14.75 | $30,680 |
| Medical and health services managers | 50 | $35.39 | $73,610 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 50 | $20.23 | $42,080 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 50 | $14.06 | $29,250 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 50 | $21.00 | $43,670 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 50 | $18.66 | $38,810 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 50 | $29.18 | $60,700 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 50 | $14.18 | $29,500 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 50 | $20.01 | $41,620 |
| Physical therapists | 50 | $37.20 | $77,370 |
| Sales managers | 50 | $47.63 | $99,070 |
| Social and human service assistants | 50 | $12.65 | $26,310 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 40 | $10.66 | $22,180 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 40 | $15.36 | $31,950 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 40 | $31.24 | $64,990 |
| Civil engineers | 40 | $28.64 | $59,560 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 40 | $42.45 | $88,290 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 40 | $27.23 | $56,640 |
| Electrical engineers | 40 | $40.12 | $83,440 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 40 | $18.26 | $37,970 |
| File clerks | 40 | $8.08 | $16,800 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 40 | $13.83 | $28,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 40 | $16.91 | $35,180 |
| Graphic designers | 40 | $15.90 | $33,080 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 40 | $28.09 | $58,430 |
| Instructional coordinators | 40 | $29.29 | $60,920 |
| Library technicians | 40 | $8.63 | $17,960 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 40 | $11.80 | $24,540 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 40 | $11.65 | $24,240 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 40 | $10.86 | $22,600 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 40 | $9.63 | $20,030 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 40 | $19.97 | $41,540 |
| Brokerage clerks | 30 | $14.62 | $30,400 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 30 | $28.49 | $59,260 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 30 | $14.26 | $29,660 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 30 | $22.14 | $46,040 |
| Computer operators | 30 | $9.92 | $20,630 |
| Computer programmers | 30 | $26.42 | $54,960 |
| Computer systems analysts | 30 | $28.86 | $60,030 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 30 | $13.47 | $28,020 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 30 | $16.21 | $33,720 |
| Engineers, all other | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Floral designers | 30 | $7.53 | $15,660 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 30 | $9.99 | $20,770 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 30 | $13.17 | $27,390 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 30 | $15.87 | $33,010 |
| Legal secretaries | 30 | $14.48 | $30,110 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 30 | $15.01 | $31,220 |
| Public relations specialists | 30 | $18.78 | $39,070 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 30 | $33.14 | $68,940 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 30 | $31.69 | $65,910 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 30 | $14.46 | $30,080 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 30 | $14.24 | $29,610 |
| Chemical plant and system operators | Not available | $24.30 | $50,550 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | Not available | $7.98 | $16,590 |
| Crane and tower operators | Not available | $12.56 | $26,120 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | Not available | $17.55 | $36,500 |
| Job printers | Not available | $14.75 | $30,680 |
| Mechanical drafters | Not available | $16.91 | $35,180 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $12.23 | $25,440 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | Not available | $15.15 | $31,510 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | Not available | $89.22 | $185,570 |
| Sewing machine operators | Not available | $9.23 | $19,190 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | Not available | $13.51 | $28,110 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | Not available | $9.35 | $19,440 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $14.07 | $29,270 |
