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 | $75.00 | 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 | $75.00 | 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 |
