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 | 56,090 | $21.53 | $44,780 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 7,820 | $14.57 | $30,310 |
| Production occupations | 5,110 | Not available | Not available |
| Sales and related occupations | 4,810 | $14.36 | $29,860 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 4,670 | $9.51 | $19,770 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 4,200 | $17.23 | $35,840 |
| Management occupations | 3,850 | $47.10 | $97,970 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 3,640 | $35.79 | $74,440 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 3,370 | $29.54 | $61,450 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 3,100 | $17.34 | $36,070 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 3,080 | $23.87 | $49,650 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 1,850 | $18.30 | $38,070 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 1,810 | $20.57 | $42,790 |
| Retail salespersons | 1,540 | $11.46 | $23,840 |
| Engineers, all other | 1,460 | $44.44 | $92,430 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 1,450 | $11.16 | $23,220 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,420 | $13.05 | $27,130 |
| Cashiers | 1,390 | $8.78 | $18,260 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,210 | $10.17 | $21,160 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 1,180 | $25.20 | $52,410 |
| Customer service representatives | 930 | $11.78 | $24,490 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 920 | $8.36 | $17,390 |
| Office clerks, general | 910 | $10.97 | $22,810 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 900 | $9.08 | $18,890 |
| Community and social services occupations | 780 | $20.39 | $42,410 |
| Protective service occupations | 730 | $20.45 | $42,530 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 710 | $12.07 | $25,100 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 690 | $12.83 | $26,680 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 690 | $19.81 | $41,190 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 680 | Not available | Not available |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 650 | $13.98 | $29,080 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 640 | $10.93 | $22,730 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 630 | Not available | Not available |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 610 | $12.61 | $26,240 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 590 | $19.57 | $40,700 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 590 | $10.60 | $22,040 |
| Managers, all other | 580 | Not available | Not available |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 570 | $16.57 | $34,470 |
| Construction laborers | 550 | $22.36 | $46,510 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 530 | $10.04 | $20,890 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 530 | $16.99 | $35,340 |
| Industrial engineers | 470 | $31.35 | $65,220 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 460 | $33.61 | $69,920 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 460 | $28.88 | $60,060 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 450 | $16.54 | $34,400 |
| Carpenters | 430 | $19.86 | $41,310 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 430 | $26.66 | $55,440 |
| Engineering managers | 400 | $67.92 | $141,270 |
| General and operations managers | 400 | $48.89 | $101,690 |
| Accountants and auditors | 390 | $29.44 | $61,230 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 390 | $10.12 | $21,050 |
| Tellers | 390 | $10.57 | $21,990 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 380 | Not available | $44,390 |
| Food preparation workers | 380 | $9.39 | $19,530 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 380 | $8.90 | $18,520 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 380 | $17.34 | $36,080 |
| Cooks, fast food | 370 | $8.55 | $17,780 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 350 | $17.27 | $35,920 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 330 | $16.33 | $33,970 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 330 | Not available | $51,720 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 320 | $14.57 | $30,300 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 300 | $10.87 | $22,600 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 280 | $32.00 | $66,560 |
| Dishwashers | 270 | $8.24 | $17,140 |
| Financial managers | 270 | $36.56 | $76,050 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 270 | $10.65 | $22,140 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 240 | $31.62 | $65,770 |
| Personal and home care aides | 240 | $8.62 | $17,930 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 240 | $10.48 | $21,800 |
| Teacher assistants | 210 | Not available | $17,980 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 200 | $8.39 | $17,460 |
| Legal occupations | 190 | $37.46 | $77,920 |
| Market research analysts | 190 | $34.77 | $72,320 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 180 | $15.00 | $31,210 |
| Child care workers | 180 | $9.95 | $20,700 |
| Bartenders | 170 | $11.26 | $23,420 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 170 | $16.77 | $34,870 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 170 | $10.79 | $22,450 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 170 | Not available | Not available |
| Sales managers | 170 | $50.27 | $104,560 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| Pharmacy technicians | 160 | $13.34 | $27,750 |
| Recreation workers | 160 | $11.89 | $24,740 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 160 | $20.53 | $42,700 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 160 | $13.64 | $28,370 |
| Chief executives | 150 | $69.26 | $144,070 |
| Cost estimators | 150 | $33.06 | $68,760 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 150 | $11.62 | $24,170 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 150 | Not available | Not available |
| Administrative services managers | 140 | $28.37 | $59,000 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 140 | $26.08 | $54,250 |
| Dental assistants | 140 | $14.31 | $29,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 140 | $33.53 | $69,740 |
| Home health aides | 140 | $9.64 | $20,060 |
| Logisticians | 140 | $22.09 | $45,940 |
| Security guards | 140 | $12.86 | $26,750 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 130 | $26.08 | $54,240 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 130 | $9.94 | $20,680 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 130 | $10.69 | $22,230 |
| Machinists | 130 | $19.04 | $39,600 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 120 | $9.36 | $19,460 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 120 | $12.14 | $25,260 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 120 | $8.44 | $17,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 120 | $24.58 | $51,120 |
| Insurance sales agents | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Medical assistants | 120 | $13.63 | $28,360 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 120 | $15.52 | $32,280 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 110 | $49.60 | $103,160 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 110 | $19.19 | $39,920 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 110 | $11.36 | $23,630 |
| Medical secretaries | 110 | $15.53 | $32,310 |
| Bill and account collectors | 100 | $16.28 | $33,860 |
| Bus drivers, school | 100 | $12.78 | $26,580 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 100 | Not available | $86,900 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 100 | $49.76 | $103,500 |
| Helpers--production workers | 100 | $11.40 | $23,710 |
| Lawyers | 100 | $49.82 | $103,630 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 100 | $8.87 | $18,450 |
| Pharmacists | 100 | $53.81 | $111,910 |
| Social and human service assistants | 100 | $11.08 | $23,040 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 90 | $25.87 | $53,800 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 90 | $10.46 | $21,750 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 90 | Not available | $42,340 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 90 | $15.86 | $32,990 |
| Roofers | 90 | $20.25 | $42,110 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 90 | $30.10 | $62,600 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 90 | $19.03 | $39,590 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 80 | $10.92 | $22,710 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 80 | $19.25 | $40,050 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 80 | $25.88 | $53,830 |
| Computer support specialists | 80 | $22.42 | $46,640 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 80 | $17.37 | $36,130 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 80 | $24.08 | $50,090 |
| File clerks | 80 | $9.51 | $19,780 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 80 | $16.73 | $34,810 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 80 | $8.40 | $17,480 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 80 | $26.11 | $54,310 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 80 | $10.58 | $22,010 |
| Sheet metal workers | 80 | $22.71 | $47,240 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 80 | $25.26 | $52,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 70 | $27.37 | $56,940 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 70 | $16.00 | $33,280 |
| Librarians | 70 | $21.24 | $44,180 |
| Loan officers | 70 | $26.30 | $54,710 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 70 | $13.53 | $28,140 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 70 | $18.39 | $38,250 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 70 | $40.47 | $84,180 |
| Dental hygienists | 60 | $28.18 | $58,610 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 60 | $21.46 | $44,640 |
| Graphic designers | 60 | $12.64 | $26,280 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 60 | $15.68 | $32,610 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 60 | $37.69 | $78,390 |
| Order clerks | 60 | $12.59 | $26,190 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 60 | $9.36 | $19,470 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 60 | $17.94 | $37,320 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 60 | $33.42 | $69,510 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 60 | $15.66 | $32,560 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 60 | $14.80 | $30,790 |
| Training and development specialists | 60 | $19.54 | $40,650 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 50 | $21.53 | $44,780 |
| Computer systems analysts | 50 | $34.56 | $71,890 |
| Construction managers | 50 | $44.18 | $91,900 |
| Driver/sales workers | 50 | $15.58 | $32,410 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 50 | $37.81 | $78,640 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 50 | $24.89 | $51,770 |
| Food service managers | 50 | $25.57 | $53,190 |
| Legislators | 50 | Not available | $21,830 |
| Management analysts | 50 | $38.95 | $81,010 |
| Medical and health services managers | 50 | $43.77 | $91,040 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 50 | $14.03 | $29,170 |
| Parts salespersons | 50 | $15.79 | $32,830 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 50 | $30.51 | $63,470 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 50 | $13.03 | $27,110 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 50 | $12.72 | $26,450 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 40 | $21.24 | $44,170 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 40 | $17.81 | $37,040 |
| Chemists | 40 | $30.50 | $63,440 |
| Civil engineers | 40 | $34.51 | $71,780 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 40 | $30.42 | $63,270 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 40 | $9.97 | $20,740 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 40 | $18.47 | $38,420 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 40 | $11.19 | $23,280 |
| Mechanical engineers | 40 | $27.76 | $57,740 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 40 | $15.52 | $32,270 |
| Social workers, all other | 40 | $22.50 | $46,790 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 30 | $16.79 | $34,920 |
| Dentists, general | 30 | $59.97 | $124,730 |
| Floral designers | 30 | $9.83 | $20,440 |
| Legal secretaries | 30 | $16.20 | $33,700 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | Not available | $27.65 | $57,520 |
| Bakers | Not available | $13.38 | $27,830 |
| Computer specialists, all other | Not available | $39.32 | $81,780 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | Not available | $22.22 | $46,210 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $14.28 | $29,710 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | Not available | $13.60 | $28,300 |
| Financial analysts | Not available | $38.73 | $80,560 |
| Financial specialists, all other | Not available | $54.96 | $114,320 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | Not available | $42.74 | $88,900 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | Not available | $8.45 | $17,580 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | Not available | $14.63 | $30,440 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | Not available | $15.64 | $32,540 |
| Human resources managers, all other | Not available | $53.73 | $111,750 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | Not available | $17.14 | $35,640 |
| Industrial production managers | Not available | $35.79 | $74,450 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | Not available | $13.95 | $29,020 |
| Library technicians | Not available | $12.90 | $26,840 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | Not available | $25.60 | $53,240 |
| Marketing managers | Not available | $52.30 | $108,780 |
| Mechanical drafters | Not available | $22.05 | $45,870 |
| Medical transcriptionists | Not available | $16.81 | $34,950 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | Not available | $25.02 | $52,040 |
| Occupational therapists | Not available | $35.80 | $74,470 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | Not available | $17.04 | $35,450 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | Not available | $21.77 | $45,280 |
| Physical therapist assistants | Not available | $26.48 | $55,080 |
| Physical therapists | Not available | $39.45 | $82,060 |
| Physician assistants | Not available | $34.25 | $71,240 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | Not available | $71.19 | $148,080 |
| Printing machine operators | Not available | $11.97 | $24,900 |
| Purchasing managers | Not available | $42.44 | $88,280 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | Not available | $30.33 | $63,090 |
| Registered nurses | Not available | $27.23 | $56,640 |
| Team assemblers | Not available | $14.59 | $30,350 |
