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 |
761,650 |
$22.56 |
$46,920 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
110,970 |
$16.82 |
$34,980 |
| Sales and related occupations |
69,810 |
$16.90 |
$35,160 |
| Production occupations |
64,500 |
$20.75 |
$43,150 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
63,740 |
$9.85 |
$20,480 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
63,040 |
$18.28 |
$38,020 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
45,640 |
$34.57 |
$71,900 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
43,340 |
$33.12 |
$68,900 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
41,690 |
$23.30 |
$48,460 |
| Management occupations |
32,220 |
$52.12 |
$108,400 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
31,660 |
$23.61 |
$49,110 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
29,850 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Personal care and service occupations |
24,640 |
$12.27 |
$25,510 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
23,390 |
$12.58 |
$26,170 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
22,440 |
$12.61 |
$26,230 |
| Retail salespersons |
21,280 |
$11.76 |
$24,470 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
19,880 |
$37.09 |
$77,150 |
| Protective service occupations |
19,720 |
$19.65 |
$40,860 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
19,430 |
$25.84 |
$53,750 |
| Registered nurses |
18,280 |
$32.21 |
$67,000 |
| Cashiers |
17,820 |
$9.32 |
$19,380 |
| Office clerks, general |
16,750 |
$13.43 |
$27,940 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
16,030 |
$8.71 |
$18,120 |
| Community and social services occupations |
15,710 |
$20.93 |
$43,520 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
14,790 |
$13.53 |
$28,130 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
13,180 |
$8.59 |
$17,860 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
12,190 |
$12.20 |
$25,370 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
11,590 |
$20.32 |
$42,270 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
9,740 |
$12.29 |
$25,550 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
9,560 |
$38.80 |
$80,700 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
9,110 |
$24.79 |
$51,570 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
8,640 |
$13.50 |
$28,080 |
| Customer service representatives |
8,380 |
$17.42 |
$36,220 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
7,980 |
$28.62 |
$59,530 |
| Security guards |
7,960 |
$13.09 |
$27,230 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
7,720 |
$16.55 |
$34,420 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
7,400 |
Not available |
$54,350 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
7,390 |
$16.94 |
$35,240 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
7,150 |
$21.16 |
$44,020 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
7,030 |
$20.52 |
$42,690 |
| Home health aides |
6,970 |
$9.63 |
$20,030 |
| Accountants and auditors |
6,950 |
$33.10 |
$68,850 |
| Teacher assistants |
6,790 |
Not available |
$24,680 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
6,480 |
$16.45 |
$34,220 |
| General and operations managers |
6,200 |
$53.53 |
$111,340 |
| Team assemblers |
6,070 |
$15.05 |
$31,310 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
5,660 |
$11.43 |
$23,770 |
| Legal occupations |
5,560 |
$46.75 |
$97,240 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
5,540 |
$11.10 |
$23,100 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
5,170 |
$24.26 |
$50,460 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
5,150 |
$25.39 |
$52,800 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
5,110 |
$19.66 |
$40,890 |
| Computer systems analysts |
5,020 |
$42.42 |
$88,230 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
5,020 |
$30.68 |
$63,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
4,700 |
$31.29 |
$65,080 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
4,600 |
$17.93 |
$37,290 |
| Engineers, all other |
4,540 |
$44.33 |
$92,200 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
4,430 |
$21.95 |
$45,660 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
4,230 |
$12.52 |
$26,050 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
4,160 |
$15.26 |
$31,740 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
3,920 |
$21.60 |
$44,940 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
3,870 |
Not available |
$51,270 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
3,830 |
$11.58 |
$24,100 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
3,770 |
$17.35 |
$36,080 |
| Child care workers |
3,670 |
$10.59 |
$22,030 |
| Electricians |
3,660 |
$29.55 |
$61,460 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
3,660 |
Not available |
$52,350 |
| Cooks, fast food |
3,650 |
$8.00 |
$16,650 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
3,370 |
$16.07 |
$33,420 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
3,320 |
$45.71 |
$95,080 |
| Lawyers |
3,260 |
$60.32 |
$125,460 |
| Medical assistants |
3,190 |
$13.10 |
$27,240 |
| Bartenders |
3,080 |
$10.16 |
$21,130 |
| Bill and account collectors |
2,970 |
$19.42 |
$40,390 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
2,880 |
$24.15 |
$50,230 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
2,810 |
$12.20 |
$25,380 |
| Computer support specialists |
2,780 |
$24.00 |
$49,920 |
| Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers |
2,700 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
2,670 |
$19.45 |
$40,450 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
2,670 |
$32.46 |
$67,520 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
2,650 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Managers, all other |
2,640 |
$58.19 |
$121,040 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
2,620 |
$16.08 |
$33,440 |
| Loan officers |
2,620 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Tellers |
2,610 |
$12.86 |
$26,750 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
2,570 |
$42.51 |
$88,420 |
| Helpers--production workers |
2,570 |
$14.19 |
$29,510 |
| Machinists |
2,540 |
$21.90 |
$45,550 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
2,510 |
$17.02 |
$35,400 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
2,510 |
$9.27 |
$19,280 |
| Driver/sales workers |
2,510 |
$12.95 |
$26,940 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
2,480 |
$36.32 |
$75,540 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
2,450 |
Not available |
$55,350 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
2,440 |
$26.65 |
$55,440 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
2,400 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
2,400 |
$25.23 |
$52,480 |
| Computer programmers |
2,380 |
$34.68 |
$72,130 |
| Construction laborers |
2,380 |
$19.04 |
$39,600 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
2,380 |
$27.82 |
$57,860 |
| Chief executives |
2,330 |
$75.69 |
$157,430 |
| Financial managers |
2,330 |
$54.51 |
$113,380 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
2,280 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
2,230 |
$22.81 |
$47,440 |
| Bus drivers, school |
2,220 |
$13.84 |
$28,790 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
2,210 |
$14.46 |
$30,070 |
| Carpenters |
2,200 |
$25.05 |
$52,100 |
| Management analysts |
2,160 |
$42.17 |
$87,710 |
| Dishwashers |
2,150 |
$8.61 |
$17,900 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
2,050 |
$8.91 |
$18,520 |
| Personal and home care aides |
2,030 |
$9.51 |
$19,780 |
| Engineering managers |
2,000 |
$60.91 |
$126,690 |
| Financial analysts |
2,000 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
2,000 |
$21.39 |
$44,490 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
1,990 |
$12.15 |
$25,270 |
| Recreation workers |
1,980 |
$11.31 |
$23,530 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
1,920 |
$12.54 |
$26,070 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
1,920 |
$25.83 |
$53,720 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
1,910 |
$41.59 |
$86,510 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
1,890 |
$27.68 |
$57,560 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
1,860 |
$32.08 |
$66,740 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
1,820 |
$23.33 |
$48,520 |
| Medical and health services managers |
1,800 |
$44.99 |
$93,580 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
1,790 |
$17.37 |
$36,120 |
| Tool and die makers |
1,780 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Sales managers |
1,760 |
$53.46 |
$111,200 |
| Industrial production managers |
1,720 |
$51.43 |
$106,980 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
1,710 |
$10.72 |
$22,300 |
| Pharmacists |
1,680 |
$47.86 |
$99,550 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
1,580 |
$9.30 |
$19,350 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
1,570 |
$27.97 |
$58,170 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
1,570 |
$12.69 |
$26,390 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
1,570 |
$24.74 |
$51,470 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
1,560 |
$15.62 |
$32,480 |
| Dental assistants |
1,560 |
$15.51 |
$32,260 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
1,550 |
$17.28 |
$35,940 |
| Medical secretaries |
1,540 |
$14.48 |
$30,110 |
| Parking lot attendants |
1,520 |
$9.86 |
$20,510 |
| Electrical engineers |
1,490 |
$38.69 |
$80,480 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,490 |
$33.40 |
$69,470 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
1,480 |
$9.59 |
$19,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
1,470 |
$39.55 |
$82,260 |
| Administrative services managers |
1,460 |
$37.86 |
$78,750 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
1,460 |
$19.16 |
$39,840 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
1,430 |
$58.03 |
$120,700 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
1,420 |
Not available |
$57,290 |
| Fire fighters |
1,400 |
$22.85 |
$47,530 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
1,360 |
$17.20 |
$35,780 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
1,360 |
$24.15 |
$50,240 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
1,350 |
$32.26 |
$67,090 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
1,340 |
$24.08 |
$50,080 |
| Market research analysts |
1,340 |
$38.43 |
$79,940 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
1,340 |
$10.49 |
$21,820 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
1,330 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Public relations specialists |
1,310 |
$28.44 |
$59,150 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
1,280 |
$39.55 |
$82,250 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
1,270 |
$16.32 |
$33,950 |
| Dental hygienists |
1,260 |
$29.72 |
$61,820 |
| Tax preparers |
1,250 |
$9.49 |
$19,740 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
1,220 |
$16.81 |
$34,960 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
1,210 |
$28.47 |
$59,210 |
| Civil engineers |
1,190 |
$34.04 |
$70,810 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
1,190 |
$28.14 |
$58,530 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
1,190 |
$25.75 |
$53,560 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
1,180 |
$26.50 |
$55,120 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
1,180 |
$10.59 |
$22,030 |
| Physical therapists |
1,180 |
$36.40 |
$75,710 |
| Training and development specialists |
1,180 |
$25.77 |
$53,590 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
1,170 |
$24.46 |
$50,880 |
| Family and general practitioners |
1,170 |
$90.68 |
$188,620 |
| Legal secretaries |
1,160 |
$22.09 |
$45,940 |
| Insurance sales agents |
1,140 |
$30.19 |
$62,790 |
| Millwrights |
1,140 |
$32.23 |
$67,030 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
1,140 |
$36.04 |
$74,960 |
| Coaches and scouts |
1,130 |
Not available |
$30,980 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
1,130 |
$10.44 |
$21,710 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
1,120 |
$20.21 |
$42,030 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
1,120 |
$14.31 |
$29,770 |
| Logisticians |
1,120 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Cost estimators |
1,110 |
$37.86 |
$78,760 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
1,110 |
$16.80 |
$34,930 |
| All other information and record clerks |
1,100 |
$16.62 |
$34,580 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
1,100 |
$24.46 |
$50,870 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
1,080 |
$22.32 |
$46,430 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
1,060 |
$20.00 |
$41,590 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
1,050 |
$25.19 |
$52,390 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
1,050 |
$31.78 |
$66,110 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
1,030 |
$15.46 |
$32,150 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
1,030 |
$25.77 |
$53,590 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
1,020 |
$18.33 |
$38,130 |
| Instructional coordinators |
1,020 |
$27.53 |
$57,270 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
1,010 |
$8.90 |
$18,520 |
| Cooks, short order |
1,000 |
$9.02 |
$18,750 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
1,000 |
$15.74 |
$32,730 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
1,000 |
$21.61 |
$44,950 |
| Order clerks |
990 |
$19.44 |
$40,440 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
980 |
$15.30 |
$31,830 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
970 |
Not available |
$92,890 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
970 |
$15.24 |
$31,690 |
| Librarians |
950 |
$24.03 |
$49,980 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
950 |
$15.52 |
$32,290 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
920 |
$24.72 |
$51,420 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
910 |
$19.06 |
$39,650 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
910 |
$37.69 |
$78,400 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
910 |
$24.81 |
$51,600 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
900 |
$16.61 |
$34,560 |
| Data entry keyers |
890 |
$14.54 |
$30,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
860 |
$17.61 |
$36,640 |
| Food service managers |
860 |
$22.58 |
$46,970 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
850 |
$35.22 |
$73,260 |
| Real estate sales agents |
820 |
$22.14 |
$46,040 |
| Construction managers |
800 |
$49.87 |
$103,740 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
800 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
800 |
$12.78 |
$26,580 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
790 |
$30.41 |
$63,260 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
790 |
$25.43 |
$52,890 |
| Respiratory therapists |
790 |
$24.57 |
$51,110 |
| Parts salespersons |
780 |
$15.16 |
$31,530 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
780 |
$20.32 |
$42,270 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
770 |
$18.29 |
$38,040 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
760 |
Not available |
$42,530 |
| Occupational therapists |
760 |
$32.01 |
$66,590 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
750 |
$9.52 |
$19,810 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
740 |
$14.87 |
$30,930 |
| Database administrators |
730 |
$32.78 |
$68,180 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
730 |
$21.53 |
$44,790 |
| Marketing managers |
730 |
$49.29 |
$102,520 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
730 |
$46.03 |
$95,750 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
720 |
$52.25 |
$108,680 |
| Printing machine operators |
720 |
$16.52 |
$34,370 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
710 |
$29.00 |
$60,310 |
| Bakers |
710 |
$12.50 |
$26,000 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
710 |
$34.95 |
$72,700 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
710 |
Not available |
$42,730 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
710 |
$13.41 |
$27,880 |
| Graphic designers |
710 |
$21.82 |
$45,390 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
710 |
$16.16 |
$33,610 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
700 |
$12.52 |
$26,050 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
700 |
$28.82 |
$59,940 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
700 |
Not available |
$45,730 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
690 |
$19.49 |
$40,550 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
680 |
$16.46 |
$34,240 |
| Social and community service managers |
670 |
$29.31 |
$60,960 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
660 |
$10.18 |
$21,180 |
| Word processors and typists |
660 |
$17.34 |
$36,070 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
640 |
$14.54 |
$30,240 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
640 |
$16.67 |
$34,670 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
640 |
$11.32 |
$23,550 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
630 |
$21.86 |
$45,480 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
600 |
$22.57 |
$46,950 |
| Personal financial advisors |
590 |
$39.20 |
$81,530 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
580 |
$14.78 |
$30,730 |
| Library technicians |
580 |
$16.21 |
$33,710 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
580 |
$17.74 |
$36,900 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
570 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
570 |
$30.82 |
$64,110 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
560 |
$21.73 |
$45,200 |
| Dentists, general |
560 |
$73.89 |
$153,690 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
560 |
$10.09 |
$20,980 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
550 |
$25.62 |
$53,290 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
550 |
$11.68 |
$24,290 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
550 |
$12.17 |
$25,310 |
| Chemists |
540 |
$26.40 |
$54,910 |
| File clerks |
540 |
$11.48 |
$23,870 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
540 |
$33.54 |
$69,750 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
530 |
$22.75 |
$47,320 |
| Gaming change persons and booth cashiers |
530 |
$15.13 |
$31,470 |
| Gaming supervisors |
530 |
$32.59 |
$67,790 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
530 |
$12.49 |
$25,980 |
| Operations research analysts |
520 |
$37.48 |
$77,960 |
| Postal service clerks |
520 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
520 |
$22.30 |
$46,370 |
| Couriers and messengers |
510 |
$12.06 |
$25,080 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
510 |
$20.26 |
$42,150 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
500 |
$26.00 |
$54,080 |
| Advertising sales agents |
490 |
$30.24 |
$62,900 |
| Credit analysts |
490 |
$25.16 |
$52,340 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
490 |
$23.38 |
$48,630 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
490 |
$9.99 |
$20,770 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
480 |
$22.71 |
$47,230 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
480 |
$18.49 |
$38,450 |
| Surgical technologists |
480 |
$20.55 |
$42,730 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
470 |
$11.73 |
$24,410 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
470 |
$24.83 |
$51,660 |
| Physician assistants |
470 |
$40.85 |
$84,970 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
470 |
Not available |
$51,830 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
460 |
$37.29 |
$77,560 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
460 |
$21.15 |
$44,000 |
| Mechanical drafters |
460 |
$26.30 |
$54,700 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
450 |
$41.20 |
$85,700 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
450 |
$25.33 |
$52,680 |
| New accounts clerks |
450 |
$16.15 |
$33,590 |
| Tour guides and escorts |
450 |
$9.27 |
$19,290 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
450 |
$32.36 |
$67,310 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
430 |
Not available |
$60,920 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
430 |
$9.38 |
$19,510 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
430 |
$59.51 |
$123,780 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
430 |
$20.29 |
$42,200 |
| Sheet metal workers |
430 |
$29.84 |
$62,060 |
| Technical writers |
430 |
$31.87 |
$66,290 |
| Pharmacy aides |
420 |
$9.73 |
$20,240 |
| Anesthesiologists |
410 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Roofers |
400 |
$19.26 |
$40,060 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
400 |
$19.69 |
$40,950 |
| Computer operators |
390 |
$19.59 |
$40,750 |
| Purchasing managers |
390 |
$51.10 |
$106,280 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
390 |
$15.33 |
$31,890 |
| Funeral attendants |
370 |
$11.31 |
$23,530 |
| Procurement clerks |
370 |
$18.92 |
$39,350 |
| Sales engineers |
370 |
$40.62 |
$84,480 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
360 |
$15.40 |
$32,020 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
360 |
$20.54 |
$42,720 |
| Plant and system operators, all other |
360 |
$24.09 |
$50,120 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
360 |
$27.23 |
$56,630 |
| Insurance underwriters |
350 |
$33.31 |
$69,290 |
| Mental health counselors |
350 |
$20.17 |
$41,960 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
350 |
Not available |
$63,590 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
340 |
$15.81 |
$32,890 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
340 |
$17.02 |
$35,400 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
330 |
$27.50 |
$57,210 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
330 |
$16.40 |
$34,120 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
320 |
Not available |
Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
320 |
$23.70 |
$49,300 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
320 |
$18.73 |
$38,970 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
320 |
Not available |
$55,380 |
| Power plant operators |
320 |
$28.05 |
$58,350 |
| Chemical technicians |
310 |
$18.38 |
$38,230 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay |
310 |
$29.60 |
$61,570 |
| Gas plant operators |
310 |
$27.71 |
$57,650 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
310 |
$15.13 |
$31,460 |
| Social workers, all other |
310 |
$27.08 |
$56,330 |
| Food batchmakers |
300 |
$10.98 |
$22,840 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
290 |
$24.33 |
$50,610 |
| Internists, general |
290 |
$90.41 |
$188,050 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
290 |
$13.22 |
$27,500 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
290 |
$16.65 |
$34,630 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
280 |
$19.81 |
$41,210 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
280 |
Not available |
$65,380 |
| Pediatricians, general |
280 |
$74.29 |
$154,520 |
| Producers and directors |
280 |
$28.72 |
$59,750 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary |
280 |
Not available |
$43,020 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
280 |
$30.58 |
$63,620 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
280 |
$16.21 |
$33,720 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
270 |
$17.05 |
$35,450 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
270 |
$16.58 |
$34,480 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
260 |
Not available |
$58,930 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
260 |
$18.49 |
$38,450 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
260 |
$28.62 |
$59,520 |
| Home appliance repairers |
260 |
$19.72 |
$41,030 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
260 |
$25.22 |
$52,450 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
260 |
$22.77 |
$47,370 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
260 |
$15.25 |
$31,710 |
| Public relations managers |
260 |
$51.73 |
$107,590 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
260 |
Not available |
$51,300 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
250 |
$20.50 |
$42,630 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
250 |
$30.81 |
$64,080 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
250 |
$21.18 |
$44,060 |
| Service station attendants |
250 |
$11.21 |
$23,320 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
250 |
$19.91 |
$41,410 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
240 |
$30.74 |
$63,940 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers |
240 |
$14.20 |
$29,530 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
240 |
$23.78 |
$49,460 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
240 |
$57.74 |
$120,090 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
240 |
$27.26 |
$56,700 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
240 |
$32.17 |
$66,920 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
240 |
$83.31 |
$173,290 |
| Sewing machine operators |
240 |
$12.11 |
$25,190 |
| Transportation inspectors |
240 |
$32.41 |
$67,420 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
230 |
$17.48 |
$36,360 |
| Dietetic technicians |
230 |
$14.60 |
$30,370 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
230 |
$28.34 |
$58,940 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
230 |
$22.09 |
$45,950 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
230 |
$14.64 |
$30,450 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
220 |
$31.67 |
$65,880 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
220 |
$20.44 |
$42,510 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
220 |
$14.37 |
$29,900 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
220 |
$39.64 |
$82,460 |
| Law clerks |
220 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
220 |
$10.64 |
$22,130 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
220 |
$25.25 |
$52,510 |
| Physical therapist aides |
220 |
$12.17 |
$25,320 |
| Floral designers |
210 |
$12.84 |
$26,710 |
| Massage therapists |
210 |
$15.35 |
$31,930 |
| Transportation workers, all other |
210 |
$15.64 |
$32,530 |
| Crossing guards |
200 |
$10.00 |
$20,810 |
| Desktop publishers |
200 |
$16.99 |
$35,330 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
200 |
$15.85 |
$32,980 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
200 |
$16.50 |
$34,310 |
| Telephone operators |
200 |
$22.68 |
$47,170 |
| Therapists, all other |
200 |
$26.83 |
$55,800 |
| Clergy |
190 |
$19.97 |
$41,530 |
| Crane and tower operators |
190 |
$19.64 |
$40,850 |
| Health educators |
190 |
$23.57 |
$49,030 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
190 |
$28.94 |
$60,190 |
| Bindery workers |
180 |
$15.27 |
$31,750 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers |
180 |
$21.85 |
$45,440 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
180 |
$16.92 |
$35,180 |
| Surveyors |
180 |
$26.58 |
$55,290 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
170 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
170 |
$21.65 |
$45,040 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
Not available |
$41,410 |
| Counselors, all other |
170 |
$14.98 |
$31,150 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders |
170 |
$19.81 |
$41,200 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
170 |
$23.01 |
$47,870 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
170 |
$11.00 |
$22,870 |
| Private detectives and investigators |
170 |
$21.51 |
$44,750 |
| Shampooers |
170 |
$8.13 |
$16,920 |
| Art directors |
160 |
$35.58 |
$74,010 |
| Directors, religious activities and education |
160 |
$17.75 |
$36,910 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other |
160 |
$9.32 |
$19,390 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
160 |
$12.27 |
$25,530 |
| Funeral directors |
160 |
$30.48 |
$63,400 |
| Loan counselors |
160 |
$18.13 |
$37,710 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
160 |
$14.05 |
$29,230 |
| Veterinarians |
160 |
$42.25 |
$87,870 |
| Broadcast technicians |
150 |
$24.87 |
$51,740 |
| Choreographers |
150 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Interior designers |
150 |
$25.02 |
$52,040 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates |
150 |
$46.07 |
$95,820 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants |
150 |
$8.92 |
$18,560 |
| Model makers, metal and plastic |
150 |
$29.41 |
$61,160 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
150 |
$17.63 |
$36,670 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other |
150 |
$34.25 |
$71,240 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
150 |
$19.14 |
$39,820 |
| Training and development managers |
150 |
$43.43 |
$90,330 |
| Chiropractors |
140 |
$34.09 |
$70,900 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
140 |
$16.90 |
$35,140 |
| Craft artists |
140 |
$9.68 |
$20,140 |
| Education administrators, all other |
140 |
$33.10 |
$68,840 |
| Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators |
140 |
$18.77 |
$39,040 |
| Materials engineers |
140 |
$38.15 |
$79,340 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers |
140 |
$19.04 |
$39,600 |
| Athletic trainers |
130 |
Not available |
$40,320 |
| Financial examiners |
130 |
$33.26 |
$69,170 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
130 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
130 |
$31.79 |
$66,120 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
130 |
Not available |
$73,520 |
| Recreational therapists |
130 |
$21.49 |
$44,700 |
| Skin care specialists |
130 |
$14.86 |
$30,910 |
| Boilermakers |
120 |
$31.93 |
$66,420 |
| Chemical engineers |
120 |
$38.43 |
$79,940 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
120 |
$19.98 |
$41,550 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
120 |
$21.10 |
$43,880 |
| Radiation therapists |
120 |
$33.31 |
$69,280 |
| Real estate brokers |
120 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Slot key persons |
120 |
$21.84 |
$45,430 |
| Surgeons |
120 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners |
120 |
$21.32 |
$44,340 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
110 |
$25.74 |
$53,550 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
110 |
$12.35 |
$25,690 |
| Rail car repairers |
110 |
$15.56 |
$32,360 |
| Writers and authors |
110 |
$28.64 |
$59,560 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
Not available |
$71,490 |
| Court reporters |
100 |
$25.93 |
$53,920 |
| Gaming managers |
100 |
$38.80 |
$80,700 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
100 |
$13.47 |
$28,010 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
100 |
Not available |
$45,390 |
| Marriage and family therapists |
100 |
$18.71 |
$38,910 |
| Optometrists |
100 |
$41.98 |
$87,310 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
100 |
$13.71 |
$28,520 |
| Psychiatric aides |
100 |
$15.41 |
$32,040 |
| Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary |
90 |
Not available |
$47,260 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians |
90 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
90 |
$13.38 |
$27,830 |
| Legislators |
90 |
Not available |
$43,250 |
| Pest control workers |
90 |
$18.17 |
$37,800 |
| Residential advisors |
90 |
$12.79 |
$26,600 |
| Biological scientists, all other |
80 |
$33.56 |
$69,800 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Costume attendants |
80 |
$14.66 |
$30,500 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators |
80 |
$31.06 |
$64,600 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers |
80 |
$14.58 |
$30,330 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
80 |
$12.37 |
$25,740 |
| Occupational health and safety technicians |
80 |
$21.04 |
$43,770 |
| Psychiatrists |
80 |
$86.14 |
$179,170 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners |
80 |
$17.06 |
$35,480 |
| Concierges |
70 |
$11.76 |
$24,460 |
| Correspondence clerks |
70 |
$16.28 |
$33,870 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders |
70 |
$12.29 |
$25,560 |
| Upholsterers |
70 |
$12.88 |
$26,780 |
| Actuaries |
60 |
$40.55 |
$84,340 |
| Animal control workers |
60 |
$17.26 |
$35,910 |
| Curators |
60 |
$26.74 |
$55,620 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Emergency management specialists |
60 |
$33.01 |
$68,670 |
| Lodging managers |
60 |
$31.71 |
$65,970 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians |
60 |
$20.06 |
$41,710 |
| Airfield operations specialists |
50 |
$22.39 |
$46,570 |
| Archivists |
50 |
$25.58 |
$53,200 |
| Audiologists |
50 |
$31.30 |
$65,100 |
| Film and video editors |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders |
50 |
$12.04 |
$25,030 |
| Museum technicians and conservators |
50 |
$20.28 |
$42,190 |
| Podiatrists |
50 |
$94.35 |
$196,250 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products |
50 |
$25.23 |
$52,480 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school |
50 |
Not available |
$44,730 |
| Aircraft cargo handling supervisors |
40 |
$24.22 |
$50,370 |
| Bailiffs |
40 |
$18.53 |
$38,550 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders |
40 |
$11.17 |
$23,240 |
| Drafters, all other |
40 |
$20.17 |
$41,950 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles |
40 |
$14.72 |
$30,620 |
| Epidemiologists |
40 |
$31.21 |
$64,920 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons |
40 |
$14.99 |
$31,170 |
| Interpreters and translators |
40 |
$18.78 |
$39,050 |
| Media and communication equipment workers, all other |
40 |
$22.78 |
$47,370 |
| Multi-media artists and animators |
40 |
$23.18 |
$48,220 |
| Natural sciences managers |
40 |
$47.72 |
$99,260 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$63,790 |
| Psychologists, all other |
40 |
$41.62 |
$86,560 |
| Statisticians |
40 |
$38.11 |
$79,260 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
30 |
$22.57 |
$46,950 |
| Landscape architects |
30 |
$26.83 |
$55,820 |
| Lay-out workers, metal and plastic |
30 |
$22.95 |
$47,740 |
| Physicists |
30 |
$52.85 |
$109,920 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
Not available |
$14.21 |
$29,550 |
| Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes |
Not available |
$16.44 |
$34,190 |
| Bookbinders |
Not available |
$10.14 |
$21,100 |
| Brokerage clerks |
Not available |
$19.09 |
$39,700 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders |
Not available |
$24.35 |
$50,650 |
| Commercial pilots |
Not available |
Not available |
$74,790 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
Not available |
$22.51 |
$46,810 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$18.39 |
$38,240 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand |
Not available |
$9.31 |
$19,370 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$18.47 |
$38,420 |
| Editors |
Not available |
$24.41 |
$50,780 |
| Elevator installers and repairers |
Not available |
$36.43 |
$75,780 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
Not available |
$21.14 |
$43,970 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
Not available |
$31.55 |
$65,620 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
Not available |
$33.33 |
$69,330 |
| Food preparation workers |
Not available |
$10.52 |
$21,870 |
| Foundry mold and coremakers |
Not available |
$15.49 |
$32,210 |
| Gaming dealers |
Not available |
$10.45 |
$21,740 |
| Glaziers |
Not available |
$20.19 |
$41,990 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
Not available |
$18.89 |
$39,290 |
| Job printers |
Not available |
$18.96 |
$39,440 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
Not available |
$29.73 |
$61,850 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
Not available |
$12.06 |
$25,080 |
| Media and communication workers, all other |
Not available |
$27.98 |
$58,200 |
| Musicians and singers |
Not available |
$18.26 |
Not available |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$12.31 |
$25,610 |
| Oral and maxillofacial surgeons |
Not available |
$103.19 |
$214,640 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
Not available |
$16.84 |
$35,020 |
| Patternmakers, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$20.45 |
$42,540 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
Not available |
$10.58 |
$22,020 |
| Photographers |
Not available |
$21.94 |
$45,630 |
| Physical scientists, all other |
Not available |
$46.70 |
$97,140 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other |
Not available |
$27.99 |
$58,230 |
| Production workers, all other |
Not available |
$22.23 |
$46,240 |
| Religious workers, all other |
Not available |
$14.24 |
$29,610 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
Not available |
$17.98 |
$37,400 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$12.78 |
$26,580 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
Not available |
$20.71 |
$43,070 |
| Sewers, hand |
Not available |
$10.76 |
$22,390 |
| Social and human service assistants |
Not available |
$15.32 |
$31,860 |
| Social science research assistants |
Not available |
$17.83 |
$37,080 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
Not available |
$15.01 |
$31,220 |
| Telemarketers |
Not available |
$11.53 |
$23,990 |
| Travel agents |
Not available |
$14.01 |
$29,130 |
| Urban and regional planners |
Not available |
$29.78 |
$61,940 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
Not available |
$15.47 |
$32,170 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$26.85 |
$55,860 |
