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 | 59,720 | $15.83 | $32,920 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 9,590 | $12.75 | $26,520 |
| Sales and related occupations | 7,710 | $12.38 | $25,760 |
| Production occupations | 6,030 | $12.49 | $25,970 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 5,520 | $13.77 | $28,630 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 4,990 | $8.09 | $16,830 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 4,830 | $28.50 | $59,280 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 2,990 | $18.34 | $38,140 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,870 | $16.82 | $34,990 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 2,680 | $15.81 | $32,880 |
| Retail salespersons | 2,540 | $10.36 | $21,550 |
| Management occupations | 2,460 | $37.08 | $77,130 |
| Cashiers | 2,090 | $7.68 | $15,980 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,990 | $10.86 | $22,590 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 1,600 | $9.36 | $19,470 |
| Registered nurses | 1,540 | $25.11 | $52,240 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 1,520 | $19.88 | $41,350 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 1,480 | $12.27 | $25,520 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 1,420 | $9.81 | $20,410 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,380 | $13.44 | $27,950 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,330 | $25.60 | $53,240 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,230 | $7.20 | $14,980 |
| General and operations managers | 1,090 | $38.89 | $80,880 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,050 | $7.99 | $16,610 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,030 | $10.21 | $21,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 1,000 | $17.14 | $35,660 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 1,000 | $9.54 | $19,840 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 990 | $13.82 | $28,740 |
| Office clerks, general | 960 | $9.79 | $20,370 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 950 | $15.79 | $32,840 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 810 | $9.70 | $20,170 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 770 | $20.12 | $41,850 |
| Team assemblers | 750 | $9.41 | $19,580 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 710 | Not available | $45,680 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 670 | $21.02 | $43,730 |
| Customer service representatives | 640 | $11.67 | $24,280 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 640 | $8.57 | $17,830 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 620 | $28.79 | $59,890 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 570 | $13.39 | $27,850 |
| Community and social services occupations | 530 | $17.32 | $36,040 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 530 | Not available | $43,670 |
| Security guards | 530 | Not available | Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 520 | $22.01 | $45,770 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 500 | $12.67 | $26,360 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 500 | $10.57 | $21,980 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 480 | $8.85 | $18,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 480 | $11.20 | $23,300 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 460 | $7.98 | $16,600 |
| Construction laborers | 450 | $9.81 | $20,390 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 440 | $26.16 | $54,400 |
| Sewing machine operators | 440 | $10.06 | $20,920 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 430 | $15.36 | $31,940 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 400 | $9.74 | $20,270 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 390 | $12.45 | $25,900 |
| Cooks, fast food | 380 | $7.01 | $14,590 |
| Food preparation workers | 370 | $8.19 | $17,030 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 360 | $9.87 | $20,530 |
| Tellers | 360 | $10.17 | $21,140 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 340 | Not available | $45,700 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 330 | $12.44 | $25,870 |
| Accountants and auditors | 320 | $31.70 | $65,930 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 320 | $14.81 | $30,800 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 320 | $22.82 | $47,460 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 320 | $12.36 | $25,700 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 310 | $24.39 | $50,720 |
| Medical assistants | 310 | $12.44 | $25,880 |
| Carpenters | 300 | $16.48 | $34,280 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 300 | $17.31 | $36,010 |
| Bus drivers, school | 270 | $6.83 | $14,200 |
| Legal occupations | 270 | $40.32 | $83,870 |
| Parts salespersons | 270 | $11.79 | $24,530 |
| Child care workers | 260 | $7.30 | $15,170 |
| Teacher assistants | 260 | Not available | $17,800 |
| Electricians | 250 | $14.63 | $30,430 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 250 | $13.48 | $28,040 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 250 | $11.78 | $24,500 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 240 | $8.20 | $17,050 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 240 | $19.01 | $39,530 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 240 | $12.44 | $25,870 |
| Pharmacists | 230 | $50.98 | $106,030 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 230 | $11.70 | $24,340 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 220 | $10.09 | $20,990 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 210 | $9.83 | $20,440 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 200 | $12.45 | $25,900 |
| Driver/sales workers | 200 | $14.67 | $30,510 |
| Home health aides | 200 | $8.57 | $17,830 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 190 | Not available | Not available |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 180 | $19.30 | $40,140 |
| Bill and account collectors | 170 | $13.05 | $27,140 |
| Dishwashers | 170 | $7.58 | $15,770 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 170 | $28.51 | $59,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 160 | $26.13 | $54,340 |
| Loan officers | 160 | $27.49 | $57,180 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 160 | $10.23 | $21,280 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 160 | $87.05 | $181,060 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 150 | $18.45 | $38,380 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 150 | $22.84 | $47,510 |
| Food service managers | 150 | $20.19 | $41,980 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 150 | $16.69 | $34,720 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 150 | $13.35 | $27,760 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 150 | $10.38 | $21,590 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 150 | $9.75 | $20,280 |
| Advertising sales agents | 140 | $18.44 | $38,350 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 140 | $17.43 | $36,240 |
| Dental hygienists | 140 | $20.20 | $42,020 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | 140 | $11.71 | $24,350 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 140 | $10.59 | $22,030 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 140 | $22.91 | $47,650 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 140 | $18.74 | $38,970 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 130 | $7.29 | $15,160 |
| Financial managers | 130 | $38.39 | $79,850 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 130 | $11.24 | $23,380 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 130 | $7.68 | $15,980 |
| Legislators | 130 | Not available | $15,360 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 130 | $13.18 | $27,420 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 130 | $9.51 | $19,780 |
| Chief executives | 120 | $80.75 | $167,950 |
| Dental assistants | 120 | $13.19 | $27,440 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 120 | $12.48 | $25,970 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 120 | $7.43 | $15,450 |
| Lawyers | 120 | $68.16 | $141,770 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 120 | $12.17 | $25,310 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 120 | $23.58 | $49,050 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 120 | $17.75 | $36,920 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 120 | $13.34 | $27,740 |
| Insurance sales agents | 110 | $18.41 | $38,290 |
| Medical and health services managers | 110 | $47.48 | $98,760 |
| Medical secretaries | 110 | $12.71 | $26,430 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 110 | $19.73 | $41,040 |
| Cost estimators | 100 | $23.24 | $48,330 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 100 | $7.69 | $16,000 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 100 | Not available | $70,510 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 100 | $16.81 | $34,960 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 100 | $8.09 | $16,830 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 100 | $20.74 | $43,130 |
| Helpers--production workers | 100 | $10.38 | $21,580 |
| Legal secretaries | 100 | $11.35 | $23,620 |
| Machinists | 100 | $16.47 | $34,250 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 100 | $12.49 | $25,980 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 100 | $9.81 | $20,410 |
| Sheet metal workers | 100 | $14.18 | $29,490 |
| Surgical technologists | 100 | $16.12 | $33,540 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 90 | $9.53 | $19,820 |
| Computer support specialists | 90 | $17.04 | $35,430 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 90 | $22.16 | $46,100 |
| File clerks | 90 | $9.52 | $19,810 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 90 | $12.48 | $25,950 |
| Industrial production managers | 90 | $31.97 | $66,500 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 90 | $8.55 | $17,770 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 90 | $12.57 | $26,140 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 90 | $16.65 | $34,630 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 90 | $20.57 | $42,780 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 90 | $12.67 | $26,350 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 90 | $21.46 | $44,640 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 90 | $13.20 | $27,450 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 80 | $9.57 | $19,900 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 80 | $12.79 | $26,610 |
| Helpers--electricians | 80 | $11.56 | $24,040 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 80 | $12.30 | $25,570 |
| Librarians | 80 | $20.58 | $42,800 |
| Logging equipment operators | 80 | $11.99 | $24,940 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 80 | $14.21 | $29,560 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 80 | $15.54 | $32,330 |
| Pest control workers | 80 | $13.58 | $28,260 |
| Sales managers | 80 | $48.79 | $101,490 |
| Social and human service assistants | 80 | $11.41 | $23,730 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 70 | $12.49 | $25,980 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 70 | $13.55 | $28,180 |
| Construction managers | 70 | $30.03 | $62,460 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 70 | $17.16 | $35,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 70 | $18.39 | $38,250 |
| Graphic designers | 70 | $12.77 | $26,550 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 70 | Not available | $40,190 |
| Order clerks | 70 | $10.86 | $22,590 |
| Pipelayers | 70 | $13.90 | $28,920 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 70 | $19.54 | $40,640 |
| Psychiatric technicians | 70 | $9.29 | $19,320 |
| Public relations specialists | 70 | $19.54 | $40,630 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 70 | Not available | $44,860 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 70 | $18.73 | $38,950 |
| All other information and record clerks | 60 | $12.96 | $26,950 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 60 | $18.72 | $38,940 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 60 | $23.08 | $48,010 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 60 | $10.66 | $22,170 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 60 | $15.41 | $32,060 |
| Managers, all other | 60 | $37.17 | $77,320 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 60 | $14.80 | $30,790 |
| Printing machine operators | 60 | $12.48 | $25,960 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 60 | $11.98 | $24,930 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 60 | $13.08 | $27,210 |
| Surgeons | 60 | $100.28 | $208,590 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 50 | $15.76 | $32,780 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 50 | $20.68 | $43,020 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 50 | $13.79 | $28,690 |
| Civil engineers | 50 | $34.97 | $72,730 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 50 | $18.95 | $39,430 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 50 | $16.44 | $34,200 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 50 | $12.33 | $25,640 |
| Data entry keyers | 50 | $9.76 | $20,300 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 50 | $24.61 | $51,190 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 50 | $13.25 | $27,560 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 50 | $27.43 | $57,050 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 50 | $27.82 | $57,860 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 50 | $23.29 | $48,450 |
| Physical therapists | 50 | $38.22 | $79,490 |
| Roofers | 50 | $9.26 | $19,270 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 50 | $30.90 | $64,260 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 50 | $9.59 | $19,950 |
| Agricultural equipment operators | 40 | $9.69 | $20,160 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 40 | $27.02 | $56,210 |
| Computer programmers | 40 | $20.20 | $42,020 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 40 | $25.67 | $53,400 |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders | 40 | $12.45 | $25,900 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 40 | $11.11 | $23,100 |
| Home appliance repairers | 40 | $11.26 | $23,420 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 40 | $11.16 | $23,210 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 40 | $19.01 | $39,550 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 40 | $29.48 | $61,330 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | 40 | $14.44 | $30,030 |
| Procurement clerks | 40 | $11.98 | $24,920 |
| Production workers, all other | 40 | $8.78 | $18,270 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 40 | $13.75 | $28,600 |
| Social and community service managers | 40 | $23.40 | $48,670 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 40 | Not available | $46,360 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 40 | Not available | $43,440 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 40 | $22.84 | $47,510 |
| Training and development specialists | 40 | $25.00 | $52,000 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 40 | $36.02 | $74,910 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 40 | Not available | $47,050 |
| Administrative services managers | 30 | $35.71 | $74,280 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 30 | $17.82 | $37,070 |
| Dentists, general | 30 | $77.66 | $161,540 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 30 | $15.41 | $32,060 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 30 | $21.72 | $45,180 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 30 | $18.98 | $39,470 |
| Funeral directors | 30 | $19.53 | $40,630 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 30 | $14.89 | $30,960 |
| Lodging managers | 30 | $19.41 | $40,370 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 30 | $8.51 | $17,710 |
| Personal financial advisors | 30 | $36.71 | $76,350 |
| Postal service clerks | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 30 | $21.21 | $44,120 |
| Audiologists | Not available | $27.61 | $57,430 |
| Bartenders | Not available | $7.40 | $15,390 |
| Civil engineering technicians | Not available | $16.86 | $35,080 |
| Cooks, short order | Not available | $8.05 | $16,740 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | Not available | $11.00 | $22,880 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | Not available | $6.92 | $14,390 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | Not available | $14.15 | $29,430 |
| Family and general practitioners | Not available | $75.65 | $157,350 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | Not available | $7.71 | $16,050 |
| Library assistants, clerical | Not available | $7.15 | $14,880 |
| Motorcycle mechanics | Not available | $9.61 | $20,000 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | Not available | $10.40 | $21,620 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | Not available | $15.31 | $31,830 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | Not available | $10.23 | $21,280 |
| Physician assistants | Not available | $40.60 | $84,440 |
| Recreation workers | Not available | $8.94 | $18,600 |
| Residential advisors | Not available | $8.14 | $16,920 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | Not available | $7.69 | $15,990 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | Not available | Not available | $24,620 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | Not available | $14.49 | $30,140 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | Not available | $21.95 | $45,650 |
