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 |
126,210 |
$18.20 |
$37,850 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
18,310 |
$14.54 |
$30,240 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
12,480 |
$9.26 |
$19,270 |
| Sales and related occupations |
11,850 |
$13.45 |
$27,980 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
9,320 |
$33.13 |
$68,910 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
7,950 |
$21.39 |
$44,490 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
7,290 |
$15.61 |
$32,460 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
6,830 |
$12.08 |
$25,120 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
6,610 |
$20.83 |
$43,320 |
| Production occupations |
6,520 |
$16.48 |
$34,280 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
6,380 |
$23.30 |
$48,450 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
5,510 |
$22.88 |
$47,590 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
4,850 |
$11.58 |
$24,090 |
| Management occupations |
4,370 |
$37.38 |
$77,760 |
| Community and social services occupations |
4,280 |
$17.15 |
$35,670 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
4,260 |
$11.03 |
$22,950 |
| Retail salespersons |
3,650 |
$11.04 |
$22,970 |
| Cashiers |
3,610 |
$8.39 |
$17,450 |
| Registered nurses |
3,610 |
$34.60 |
$71,970 |
| Office clerks, general |
3,270 |
$12.56 |
$26,120 |
| Protective service occupations |
2,880 |
$18.20 |
$37,850 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
2,800 |
$8.15 |
$16,960 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
2,710 |
$11.98 |
$24,920 |
| Home health aides |
2,690 |
$10.54 |
$21,920 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
2,660 |
$9.38 |
$19,510 |
| Social and human service assistants |
2,370 |
$12.95 |
$26,930 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,280 |
$11.09 |
$23,070 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
2,050 |
$21.25 |
$44,200 |
| Customer service representatives |
1,990 |
$15.20 |
$31,610 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
1,840 |
$28.70 |
$59,700 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
1,710 |
$18.80 |
$39,100 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
1,660 |
$14.79 |
$30,750 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
1,540 |
$9.89 |
$20,560 |
| Teacher assistants |
1,510 |
Not available |
$25,710 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,450 |
$10.24 |
$21,300 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,430 |
$18.06 |
$37,570 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
1,380 |
$18.10 |
$37,650 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
1,320 |
$12.63 |
$26,280 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
1,290 |
$27.51 |
$57,210 |
| General and operations managers |
1,220 |
$41.45 |
$86,210 |
| Personal and home care aides |
1,220 |
$10.52 |
$21,880 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1,200 |
$27.01 |
$56,190 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,150 |
Not available |
$48,750 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,110 |
$16.10 |
$33,480 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,100 |
$9.65 |
$20,080 |
| Carpenters |
1,030 |
$20.39 |
$42,400 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,010 |
$20.02 |
$41,640 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
1,000 |
$18.76 |
$39,030 |
| Bartenders |
990 |
$8.72 |
$18,130 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
970 |
Not available |
$47,660 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
950 |
$11.40 |
$23,700 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
940 |
$17.89 |
$37,200 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
910 |
$23.09 |
$48,020 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
870 |
$12.33 |
$25,640 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
850 |
$24.79 |
$51,560 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
790 |
$16.04 |
$33,370 |
| Dishwashers |
770 |
$7.94 |
$16,510 |
| Electricians |
770 |
$28.31 |
$58,880 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
770 |
$13.39 |
$27,860 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
760 |
$23.73 |
$49,360 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
750 |
$16.42 |
$34,140 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
730 |
$10.34 |
$21,500 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
700 |
Not available |
$45,840 |
| Tellers |
630 |
$11.36 |
$23,630 |
| Accountants and auditors |
620 |
$26.94 |
$56,040 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
610 |
$16.27 |
$33,830 |
| Construction laborers |
600 |
$18.96 |
$39,440 |
| Food preparation workers |
600 |
$10.81 |
$22,480 |
| Legal occupations |
590 |
$37.29 |
$77,550 |
| Driver/sales workers |
580 |
$11.36 |
$23,620 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
580 |
$30.39 |
$63,220 |
| Bus drivers, school |
520 |
$12.58 |
$26,160 |
| Security guards |
520 |
$11.04 |
$22,960 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
510 |
$25.04 |
$52,070 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
510 |
$13.30 |
$27,660 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
510 |
$14.21 |
$29,550 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
500 |
$23.03 |
$47,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
490 |
$26.52 |
$55,170 |
| Child care workers |
460 |
$8.73 |
$18,160 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
460 |
$14.09 |
$29,320 |
| Team assemblers |
450 |
$11.04 |
$22,960 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
440 |
$10.60 |
$22,050 |
| Fire fighters |
440 |
$16.27 |
$33,840 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
420 |
$21.97 |
$45,690 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
420 |
$24.55 |
$51,060 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
420 |
$17.76 |
$36,930 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
410 |
$19.89 |
$41,370 |
| Medical assistants |
410 |
$14.00 |
$29,110 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
400 |
$9.36 |
$19,460 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
400 |
$13.77 |
$28,640 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
390 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Highway maintenance workers |
380 |
$20.37 |
$42,360 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
380 |
$8.14 |
$16,940 |
| Production workers, all other |
380 |
$21.72 |
$45,180 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
370 |
$14.20 |
$29,540 |
| Cooks, short order |
370 |
$8.65 |
$17,990 |
| Recreation workers |
370 |
$11.25 |
$23,410 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
340 |
$27.48 |
$57,150 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
330 |
$9.09 |
$18,910 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
330 |
$17.17 |
$35,710 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
330 |
$19.63 |
$40,830 |
| Lawyers |
330 |
$47.97 |
$99,780 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
310 |
$8.02 |
$16,670 |
| Medical and health services managers |
310 |
$36.87 |
$76,680 |
| Computer support specialists |
300 |
$19.45 |
$40,450 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
300 |
$28.62 |
$59,530 |
| Cooks, fast food |
290 |
$8.24 |
$17,130 |
| Financial managers |
290 |
$46.07 |
$95,820 |
| Food service managers |
290 |
$19.87 |
$41,320 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
290 |
$22.84 |
$47,510 |
| Managers, all other |
290 |
$40.19 |
$83,600 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
290 |
$14.96 |
$31,120 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
280 |
$22.68 |
$47,180 |
| Medical secretaries |
280 |
$15.40 |
$32,030 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
280 |
$25.49 |
$53,020 |
| Sewing machine operators |
280 |
$9.71 |
$20,200 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
270 |
$24.92 |
$51,840 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
260 |
$11.69 |
$24,320 |
| Machinists |
260 |
$18.68 |
$38,850 |
| Pharmacists |
260 |
$48.88 |
$101,660 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
250 |
$28.90 |
$60,110 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
250 |
$13.70 |
$28,500 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
250 |
$22.17 |
$46,110 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
250 |
Not available |
$51,610 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
240 |
$21.13 |
$43,950 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
240 |
$11.91 |
$24,760 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
240 |
$16.32 |
$33,940 |
| Parts salespersons |
240 |
$14.40 |
$29,960 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
230 |
$10.34 |
$21,500 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
230 |
$19.03 |
$39,590 |
| Physical therapists |
230 |
$31.99 |
$66,530 |
| Surgical technologists |
230 |
$20.33 |
$42,280 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
220 |
$24.08 |
$50,100 |
| Loan officers |
220 |
$26.35 |
$54,800 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
220 |
$29.17 |
$60,670 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
220 |
$8.38 |
$17,430 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
210 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Civil engineers |
210 |
$32.44 |
$67,470 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
210 |
$9.48 |
$19,720 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
210 |
$14.05 |
$29,220 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
210 |
$14.45 |
$30,060 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
210 |
$21.62 |
$44,960 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
210 |
$20.40 |
$42,430 |
| Coaches and scouts |
200 |
Not available |
$30,910 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
200 |
$33.33 |
$69,320 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
200 |
$17.23 |
$35,850 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
200 |
$11.83 |
$24,610 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
200 |
$14.74 |
$30,660 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
200 |
$17.16 |
$35,690 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
200 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Advertising sales agents |
190 |
$20.76 |
$43,180 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
190 |
$16.08 |
$33,440 |
| Dental assistants |
190 |
$17.71 |
$36,840 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
190 |
$26.32 |
$54,750 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
190 |
$20.02 |
$41,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
190 |
$22.59 |
$46,990 |
| Millwrights |
190 |
$24.38 |
$50,720 |
| Dental hygienists |
180 |
$28.01 |
$58,250 |
| Family and general practitioners |
180 |
$82.12 |
$170,810 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
180 |
$13.68 |
$28,450 |
| Sales managers |
180 |
$33.58 |
$69,850 |
| Training and development specialists |
180 |
$24.15 |
$50,230 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
180 |
$13.26 |
$27,570 |
| Administrative services managers |
170 |
$35.74 |
$74,330 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
Not available |
$56,160 |
| Computer systems analysts |
170 |
$29.79 |
$61,960 |
| Legal secretaries |
170 |
$17.94 |
$37,320 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
170 |
$43.62 |
$90,720 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
160 |
$31.06 |
$64,600 |
| Cost estimators |
160 |
$26.10 |
$54,290 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
160 |
$10.04 |
$20,890 |
| Graphic designers |
160 |
$18.10 |
$37,640 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
160 |
$18.75 |
$39,010 |
| Legislators |
160 |
Not available |
$20,740 |
| Librarians |
160 |
$24.32 |
$50,580 |
| Library technicians |
160 |
$16.20 |
$33,700 |
| Order clerks |
160 |
$15.90 |
$33,070 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
160 |
$23.08 |
$48,000 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
150 |
$22.86 |
$47,550 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
150 |
$12.22 |
$25,420 |
| File clerks |
150 |
$12.23 |
$25,430 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
150 |
$9.08 |
$18,890 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
150 |
$27.99 |
$58,230 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
150 |
$24.65 |
$51,270 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
150 |
$9.76 |
$20,290 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
150 |
$25.47 |
$52,970 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
150 |
$19.11 |
$39,750 |
| Service station attendants |
150 |
$8.69 |
$18,080 |
| Sheet metal workers |
150 |
$26.17 |
$54,430 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
150 |
$10.78 |
$22,430 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
140 |
$17.82 |
$37,060 |
| Electrical engineers |
140 |
$38.80 |
$80,700 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
140 |
$15.52 |
$32,270 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
140 |
$34.97 |
$72,750 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
140 |
$15.17 |
$31,560 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
140 |
$22.22 |
$46,220 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
140 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
140 |
$24.81 |
$51,600 |
| Social and community service managers |
140 |
$31.64 |
$65,810 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
140 |
Not available |
$49,070 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
140 |
$23.17 |
$48,190 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
140 |
Not available |
$41,330 |
| Tour guides and escorts |
140 |
$10.05 |
$20,890 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
130 |
$17.37 |
$36,130 |
| Data entry keyers |
130 |
$11.98 |
$24,910 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
130 |
Not available |
$79,020 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
130 |
$40.83 |
$84,930 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
130 |
$15.92 |
$33,110 |
| New accounts clerks |
130 |
$13.49 |
$28,060 |
| Printing machine operators |
130 |
$15.11 |
$31,420 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
130 |
$22.65 |
$47,120 |
| Bill and account collectors |
120 |
$15.98 |
$33,230 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
120 |
$22.97 |
$47,770 |
| Construction managers |
120 |
$39.90 |
$82,980 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
120 |
$24.50 |
$50,960 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
120 |
$13.84 |
$28,780 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
120 |
$28.50 |
$59,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
120 |
$19.93 |
$41,450 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
120 |
$31.15 |
$64,790 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
120 |
$24.87 |
$51,720 |
| Insurance sales agents |
120 |
$23.60 |
$49,090 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
120 |
$16.25 |
$33,800 |
| Occupational therapists |
120 |
$28.00 |
$58,240 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
120 |
$20.46 |
$42,570 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
120 |
$16.61 |
$34,550 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
120 |
Not available |
$45,430 |
| Tank car, truck, and ship loaders |
120 |
$21.78 |
$45,300 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
120 |
$24.55 |
$51,060 |
| Bakers |
110 |
$11.06 |
$22,990 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
110 |
$16.52 |
$34,360 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
110 |
$20.05 |
$41,700 |
| Engineering managers |
110 |
$45.90 |
$95,470 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
110 |
Not available |
$53,130 |
| Mechanical engineers |
110 |
$32.45 |
$67,500 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
110 |
$21.13 |
$43,960 |
| Public relations specialists |
110 |
$26.93 |
$56,010 |
| Roofers |
110 |
$28.08 |
$58,400 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
110 |
$27.30 |
$56,780 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
110 |
$11.63 |
$24,200 |
| All other information and record clerks |
100 |
$17.81 |
$37,050 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
100 |
$20.60 |
$42,840 |
| Chief executives |
100 |
$63.15 |
$131,340 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
100 |
$25.37 |
$52,770 |
| Computer programmers |
100 |
$27.36 |
$56,900 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
100 |
$9.13 |
$18,990 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
100 |
$11.92 |
$24,790 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
100 |
$28.51 |
$59,300 |
| Floral designers |
100 |
$9.30 |
$19,340 |
| Foresters |
100 |
$26.32 |
$54,740 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
100 |
$12.64 |
$26,290 |
| Management analysts |
100 |
$36.28 |
$75,460 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
100 |
$27.63 |
$57,460 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
100 |
$21.54 |
$44,810 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
100 |
$14.21 |
$29,560 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
100 |
$14.82 |
$30,830 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
100 |
$20.16 |
$41,930 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
100 |
$27.27 |
$56,720 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
90 |
$29.38 |
$61,100 |
| Broadcast technicians |
90 |
$15.17 |
$31,560 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
90 |
Not available |
$72,670 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
90 |
$42.68 |
$88,780 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
90 |
$27.07 |
$56,310 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
90 |
$17.84 |
$37,100 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
90 |
$27.67 |
$57,560 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
90 |
$12.92 |
$26,870 |
| Industrial production managers |
90 |
$42.90 |
$89,230 |
| Mechanical drafters |
90 |
$23.96 |
$49,840 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
90 |
$31.61 |
$65,740 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
90 |
$9.28 |
$19,310 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
90 |
$20.00 |
$41,610 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
80 |
$23.96 |
$49,840 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$65,710 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
80 |
$22.41 |
$46,610 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas |
80 |
$15.88 |
$33,020 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$55,750 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
80 |
$27.25 |
$56,670 |
| Market research analysts |
80 |
$27.14 |
$56,440 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$56,370 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
80 |
$31.62 |
$65,760 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
80 |
$15.22 |
$31,650 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
80 |
$20.47 |
$42,570 |
| Procurement clerks |
80 |
$16.52 |
$34,370 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
70 |
$39.53 |
$82,230 |
| Crane and tower operators |
70 |
$21.78 |
$45,300 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
70 |
$19.01 |
$39,540 |
| Editors |
70 |
$19.46 |
$40,490 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
70 |
$19.87 |
$41,330 |
| Instructional coordinators |
70 |
$27.40 |
$56,990 |
| Logging equipment operators |
70 |
$13.88 |
$28,870 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
70 |
$17.50 |
$36,410 |
| Mental health counselors |
70 |
$20.32 |
$42,270 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
70 |
$12.78 |
$26,590 |
| Parking lot attendants |
70 |
$9.45 |
$19,650 |
| Postal service clerks |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
70 |
$29.68 |
$61,730 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
70 |
$11.17 |
$23,240 |
| Brokerage clerks |
60 |
$16.02 |
$33,330 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
60 |
$17.07 |
$35,510 |
| Chemists |
60 |
$30.72 |
$63,900 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
60 |
$25.95 |
$53,980 |
| Dentists, general |
60 |
$74.18 |
$154,290 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
60 |
$29.08 |
$60,490 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
60 |
$31.78 |
$66,100 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
60 |
$19.64 |
$40,840 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
60 |
$23.81 |
$49,520 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$61,550 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$54,450 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
60 |
$18.12 |
$37,690 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$50,940 |
| Industrial engineers |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$65,890 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
60 |
$10.12 |
$21,060 |
| Personal financial advisors |
60 |
$22.50 |
$46,790 |
| Photographers |
60 |
$16.26 |
$33,820 |
| Physician assistants |
60 |
$41.26 |
$85,820 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$63,030 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$52,280 |
| Respiratory therapists |
60 |
$25.87 |
$53,800 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
60 |
$15.62 |
$32,490 |
| Surgeons |
60 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
60 |
$12.87 |
$26,760 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
60 |
$37.01 |
$76,970 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
60 |
$13.06 |
$27,170 |
| Biological technicians |
50 |
$18.69 |
$38,870 |
| Chiropractors |
50 |
$36.22 |
$75,340 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$56,200 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
50 |
$29.72 |
$61,820 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
50 |
$26.57 |
$55,260 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
50 |
$25.84 |
$53,750 |
| Financial analysts |
50 |
$30.35 |
$63,130 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers |
50 |
$28.89 |
$60,090 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
50 |
$15.66 |
$32,570 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
50 |
$20.83 |
$43,320 |
| Media and communication workers, all other |
50 |
$25.42 |
$52,880 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
50 |
$22.71 |
$47,230 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
50 |
$12.26 |
$25,510 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
50 |
$28.03 |
$58,300 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
50 |
$18.12 |
$37,690 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
50 |
$21.68 |
$45,100 |
| Surveyors |
50 |
$30.65 |
$63,740 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
50 |
Not available |
$45,010 |
| Word processors and typists |
50 |
$14.78 |
$30,740 |
| Writers and authors |
50 |
$22.50 |
$46,810 |
| Athletic trainers |
40 |
Not available |
$39,890 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$64,910 |
| Clergy |
40 |
$20.33 |
$42,280 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$67,400 |
| Couriers and messengers |
40 |
$12.76 |
$26,550 |
| Database administrators |
40 |
$27.76 |
$57,750 |
| Education administrators, all other |
40 |
$33.01 |
$68,660 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
40 |
$25.23 |
$52,470 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
40 |
$24.93 |
$51,850 |
| Environmental engineers |
40 |
$37.67 |
$78,360 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
40 |
$20.60 |
$42,860 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
40 |
$8.58 |
$17,850 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
40 |
$20.38 |
$42,400 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
40 |
$22.27 |
$46,310 |
| Funeral attendants |
40 |
$10.91 |
$22,700 |
| Funeral directors |
40 |
$35.70 |
$74,260 |
| Glaziers |
40 |
$21.97 |
$45,690 |
| Health educators |
40 |
$21.82 |
$45,390 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
40 |
$14.31 |
$29,770 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
40 |
$43.67 |
$90,840 |
| Internists, general |
40 |
$92.27 |
$191,930 |
| Interpreters and translators |
40 |
$18.88 |
$39,270 |
| Logisticians |
40 |
$29.31 |
$60,960 |
| Marriage and family therapists |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
40 |
$18.90 |
$39,300 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
40 |
$91.28 |
$189,870 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
40 |
$18.69 |
$38,880 |
| Pipelayers |
40 |
$23.12 |
$48,100 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
40 |
$18.05 |
$37,540 |
| Producers and directors |
40 |
$21.65 |
$45,030 |
| Purchasing managers |
40 |
$44.49 |
$92,540 |
| Urban and regional planners |
40 |
$26.63 |
$55,390 |
| Veterinarians |
40 |
$45.09 |
$93,790 |
| Audio-visual collections specialists |
30 |
$26.23 |
$54,560 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
30 |
$16.77 |
$34,880 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
30 |
$28.58 |
$59,450 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
30 |
$24.97 |
$51,930 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
30 |
$19.37 |
$40,290 |
| Natural sciences managers |
30 |
$44.38 |
$92,310 |
| Sales engineers |
30 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary |
30 |
Not available |
$56,840 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
Not available |
$20.70 |
$43,070 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
Not available |
$16.28 |
$33,850 |
| Building cleaning workers, all other |
Not available |
$9.47 |
$19,690 |
| Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels |
Not available |
$33.95 |
$70,610 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
Not available |
$18.75 |
$38,990 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
Not available |
$15.25 |
$31,730 |
| Drafters, all other |
Not available |
$20.89 |
$43,450 |
| Engineers, all other |
Not available |
$24.71 |
$51,390 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
Not available |
$8.23 |
$17,120 |
| Gaming and sports book writers and runners |
Not available |
$10.30 |
$21,410 |
| Helpers--production workers |
Not available |
$12.28 |
$25,540 |
| Home appliance repairers |
Not available |
$24.98 |
$51,970 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers |
Not available |
$18.22 |
$37,890 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
Not available |
$9.47 |
$19,690 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
Not available |
$12.84 |
$26,710 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$14.75 |
$30,690 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
Not available |
$17.58 |
$36,570 |
| Pharmacy aides |
Not available |
$9.76 |
$20,310 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
Not available |
$24.13 |
$50,190 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
Not available |
$15.02 |
$31,250 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
Not available |
$17.18 |
$35,730 |
| Tax preparers |
Not available |
$14.34 |
$29,830 |
| Telemarketers |
Not available |
$9.25 |
$19,250 |
