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 |
279,030 |
$23.48 |
$48,830 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
41,400 |
$15.98 |
$33,250 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
24,960 |
$29.27 |
$60,880 |
| Sales and related occupations |
21,620 |
$17.87 |
$37,170 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
20,600 |
$9.36 |
$19,480 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
20,470 |
$39.76 |
$82,700 |
| Management occupations |
18,390 |
$55.01 |
$114,420 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
15,690 |
$30.34 |
$63,100 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
15,660 |
$24.45 |
$50,860 |
| Production occupations |
15,510 |
$15.34 |
$31,900 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
12,460 |
$30.98 |
$64,430 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
12,150 |
$12.92 |
$26,880 |
| Registered nurses |
10,500 |
$28.65 |
$59,600 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
9,170 |
$19.93 |
$41,460 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
9,030 |
$10.87 |
$22,620 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
8,980 |
$12.78 |
$26,580 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
8,630 |
$16.63 |
$34,590 |
| Retail salespersons |
6,790 |
$10.93 |
$22,730 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
6,730 |
$35.39 |
$73,620 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
6,460 |
$19.05 |
$39,630 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
5,430 |
$8.20 |
$17,050 |
| Office clerks, general |
5,240 |
$14.26 |
$29,660 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
4,860 |
$46.91 |
$97,560 |
| Cashiers |
4,810 |
$8.66 |
$18,020 |
| Protective service occupations |
4,350 |
$17.38 |
$36,150 |
| Customer service representatives |
4,190 |
$16.48 |
$34,280 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
4,110 |
$8.78 |
$18,260 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
4,050 |
$13.20 |
$27,460 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
4,030 |
$10.32 |
$21,470 |
| Community and social services occupations |
3,910 |
$19.61 |
$40,790 |
| Computer systems analysts |
3,750 |
$39.63 |
$82,430 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
3,740 |
$31.05 |
$64,590 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
3,580 |
$23.33 |
$48,530 |
| General and operations managers |
3,490 |
$60.52 |
$125,880 |
| Home health aides |
3,450 |
$10.86 |
$22,590 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
3,300 |
$16.54 |
$34,390 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
3,140 |
$45.27 |
$94,160 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
3,080 |
$15.22 |
$31,650 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
2,950 |
$10.55 |
$21,950 |
| Accountants and auditors |
2,830 |
$31.35 |
$65,220 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
2,820 |
$17.51 |
$36,420 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
2,720 |
$10.84 |
$22,560 |
| Team assemblers |
2,410 |
$12.39 |
$25,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
2,400 |
$18.11 |
$37,670 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,400 |
$9.36 |
$19,460 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
2,210 |
$42.41 |
$88,220 |
| Food preparation workers |
2,200 |
$8.75 |
$18,200 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
2,180 |
$22.49 |
$46,780 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
2,170 |
$60.73 |
$126,320 |
| Computer support specialists |
2,160 |
$22.88 |
$47,600 |
| Teacher assistants |
2,120 |
Not available |
$21,410 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
2,110 |
Not available |
$43,020 |
| Computer programmers |
2,060 |
$40.82 |
$84,910 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,910 |
$12.36 |
$25,700 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,800 |
$12.09 |
$25,150 |
| Biological technicians |
1,750 |
$20.54 |
$42,730 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
1,730 |
$22.91 |
$47,660 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
1,710 |
$36.13 |
$75,160 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
1,610 |
$13.75 |
$28,610 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,600 |
$11.34 |
$23,600 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
1,580 |
$28.19 |
$58,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,570 |
$14.98 |
$31,150 |
| Legal occupations |
1,530 |
$38.10 |
$79,250 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,520 |
$10.96 |
$22,790 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
1,420 |
$12.51 |
$26,020 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,410 |
Not available |
$46,910 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,380 |
$24.65 |
$51,260 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
1,370 |
$38.01 |
$79,070 |
| Financial managers |
1,350 |
$50.98 |
$106,030 |
| Managers, all other |
1,350 |
$50.10 |
$104,200 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
1,350 |
$11.91 |
$24,770 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other |
1,350 |
$20.05 |
$41,700 |
| Management analysts |
1,290 |
$40.16 |
$83,520 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,280 |
$14.00 |
$29,120 |
| Natural sciences managers |
1,250 |
$64.91 |
$135,010 |
| Carpenters |
1,180 |
$15.25 |
$31,710 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,140 |
$29.15 |
$60,630 |
| Construction laborers |
1,130 |
$11.27 |
$23,440 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
1,100 |
$18.42 |
$38,300 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
1,100 |
$20.16 |
$41,930 |
| Electricians |
1,080 |
$18.94 |
$39,390 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
1,080 |
$18.57 |
$38,620 |
| Chemists |
1,040 |
$35.04 |
$72,880 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
1,040 |
$8.03 |
$16,700 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
1,010 |
$19.36 |
$40,260 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,000 |
$19.77 |
$41,120 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
980 |
$35.33 |
$73,480 |
| Social and human service assistants |
980 |
$13.90 |
$28,910 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
950 |
$36.21 |
$75,310 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
940 |
$29.05 |
$60,430 |
| Sales managers |
940 |
$46.61 |
$96,960 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
890 |
$16.74 |
$34,810 |
| Dishwashers |
890 |
$8.59 |
$17,870 |
| Financial analysts |
870 |
$34.55 |
$71,870 |
| Medical secretaries |
850 |
$15.43 |
$32,090 |
| Security guards |
850 |
$14.14 |
$29,410 |
| Operations research analysts |
830 |
$28.53 |
$59,340 |
| Lawyers |
820 |
$52.79 |
$109,800 |
| Database administrators |
810 |
$35.34 |
$73,500 |
| Fire fighters |
810 |
$16.62 |
$34,580 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
780 |
Not available |
$43,510 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
780 |
$13.53 |
$28,130 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
750 |
$22.96 |
$47,760 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
750 |
$8.51 |
$17,700 |
| Pharmacists |
720 |
$49.52 |
$103,000 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
710 |
$8.47 |
$17,620 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
710 |
$20.43 |
$42,500 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
710 |
$7.84 |
$16,300 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
710 |
$30.81 |
$64,090 |
| Loan counselors |
700 |
$15.25 |
$31,720 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
700 |
$26.30 |
$54,710 |
| Market research analysts |
690 |
$41.62 |
$86,570 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
680 |
$7.96 |
$16,560 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
680 |
$17.13 |
$35,620 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
680 |
$36.81 |
$76,560 |
| Helpers--production workers |
670 |
$9.48 |
$19,720 |
| Industrial engineers |
660 |
$39.59 |
$82,350 |
| Marketing managers |
660 |
$63.67 |
$132,440 |
| Medical and health services managers |
660 |
$49.77 |
$103,530 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
650 |
$14.04 |
$29,200 |
| Public relations specialists |
640 |
$28.26 |
$58,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
630 |
$15.44 |
$32,110 |
| Loan officers |
620 |
$22.40 |
$46,590 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
610 |
$15.73 |
$32,730 |
| Training and development specialists |
610 |
$29.33 |
$61,000 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
600 |
$10.76 |
$22,370 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
600 |
$49.56 |
$103,080 |
| Computer operators |
590 |
$18.00 |
$37,440 |
| Cooks, short order |
580 |
$8.89 |
$18,500 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
580 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Biochemists and biophysicists |
570 |
$38.40 |
$79,870 |
| Dental assistants |
570 |
$17.70 |
$36,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
570 |
$40.56 |
$84,370 |
| Biological scientists, all other |
560 |
$36.99 |
$76,940 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
560 |
$18.55 |
$38,580 |
| Medical assistants |
560 |
$14.36 |
$29,870 |
| Personal financial advisors |
560 |
$33.16 |
$68,970 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
550 |
$15.44 |
$32,110 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
550 |
Not available |
$30,450 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
540 |
$11.76 |
$24,460 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
540 |
$35.84 |
$74,550 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
540 |
$20.66 |
$42,970 |
| Child care workers |
530 |
$9.52 |
$19,790 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
530 |
$52.35 |
$108,890 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
530 |
$21.38 |
$44,470 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
520 |
$21.22 |
$44,140 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
520 |
$10.36 |
$21,550 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
510 |
$19.00 |
$39,530 |
| Statisticians |
510 |
$41.18 |
$85,640 |
| Tellers |
510 |
$11.99 |
$24,950 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
500 |
$21.04 |
$43,770 |
| Helpers--electricians |
500 |
$13.47 |
$28,010 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
500 |
$18.20 |
$37,860 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
500 |
$35.02 |
$72,840 |
| Driver/sales workers |
490 |
$10.36 |
$21,540 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
490 |
$18.75 |
$38,990 |
| Electrical engineers |
480 |
$40.04 |
$83,280 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
470 |
$12.96 |
$26,960 |
| Bartenders |
460 |
$9.48 |
$19,710 |
| Civil engineers |
460 |
$34.22 |
$71,180 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
460 |
$10.11 |
$21,030 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
450 |
$9.01 |
$18,740 |
| Machinists |
450 |
$19.35 |
$40,240 |
| Microbiologists |
450 |
$32.32 |
$67,220 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
450 |
$13.23 |
$27,520 |
| Construction managers |
440 |
$49.44 |
$102,840 |
| Production workers, all other |
440 |
$16.43 |
$34,180 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
430 |
$37.12 |
$77,200 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
420 |
$22.87 |
$47,570 |
| Graphic designers |
420 |
$20.38 |
$42,390 |
| Industrial production managers |
420 |
$48.56 |
$101,000 |
| Insurance sales agents |
410 |
$26.75 |
$55,630 |
| All other information and record clerks |
400 |
$18.11 |
$37,660 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
400 |
Not available |
$80,530 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
400 |
$24.37 |
$50,680 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
400 |
$35.76 |
$74,370 |
| Physical therapists |
400 |
$34.93 |
$72,650 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
400 |
Not available |
$44,640 |
| Food service managers |
390 |
$26.19 |
$54,470 |
| Librarians |
390 |
$25.59 |
$53,230 |
| Telemarketers |
390 |
$11.81 |
$24,570 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
380 |
$15.39 |
$32,000 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
380 |
$33.10 |
$68,840 |
| Library technicians |
380 |
$17.46 |
$36,320 |
| Mental health counselors |
380 |
$18.27 |
$38,000 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
370 |
$30.10 |
$62,600 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
370 |
$13.63 |
$28,350 |
| Dental hygienists |
360 |
$30.78 |
$64,020 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
360 |
$24.51 |
$50,970 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
360 |
$8.57 |
$17,820 |
| Logisticians |
360 |
$37.50 |
$77,990 |
| Social and community service managers |
360 |
$26.24 |
$54,580 |
| Survey researchers |
360 |
$22.13 |
$46,040 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
360 |
$26.04 |
$54,160 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
350 |
$13.36 |
$27,780 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
350 |
$29.63 |
$61,640 |
| Mechanical engineers |
350 |
$34.04 |
$70,800 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
350 |
$18.98 |
$39,470 |
| Recreation workers |
350 |
$12.90 |
$26,830 |
| Data entry keyers |
340 |
$12.96 |
$26,960 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
340 |
$17.85 |
$37,140 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
340 |
$16.62 |
$34,570 |
| Family and general practitioners |
330 |
$70.04 |
$145,690 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
330 |
$19.68 |
$40,940 |
| Occupational therapists |
330 |
$31.24 |
$64,970 |
| Administrative services managers |
320 |
$40.66 |
$84,580 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
320 |
$24.20 |
$50,340 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
320 |
$11.16 |
$23,220 |
| Personal and home care aides |
320 |
$10.08 |
$20,970 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
320 |
$27.47 |
$57,140 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
320 |
$23.34 |
$48,540 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
310 |
$15.61 |
$32,480 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
310 |
$22.11 |
$45,980 |
| Editors |
300 |
$23.71 |
$49,320 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
300 |
$23.14 |
$48,130 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
300 |
$11.09 |
$23,070 |
| Surgical technologists |
300 |
$18.32 |
$38,100 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
290 |
$25.26 |
$52,540 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
290 |
$10.35 |
$21,530 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
290 |
$23.31 |
$48,480 |
| Physician assistants |
290 |
$37.29 |
$77,560 |
| Purchasing managers |
290 |
$51.17 |
$106,420 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
290 |
$11.31 |
$23,520 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
280 |
$17.75 |
$36,910 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
280 |
$23.00 |
$47,850 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
280 |
$19.82 |
$41,230 |
| Order clerks |
280 |
$11.79 |
$24,530 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
270 |
$28.82 |
$59,950 |
| Bill and account collectors |
270 |
$17.36 |
$36,100 |
| Health educators |
270 |
$32.19 |
$66,960 |
| Respiratory therapists |
270 |
$25.07 |
$52,150 |
| Coaches and scouts |
260 |
Not available |
$47,500 |
| Instructional coordinators |
260 |
$29.27 |
$60,880 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
260 |
$17.24 |
$35,850 |
| Real estate brokers |
260 |
$24.15 |
$50,230 |
| Tax preparers |
260 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Writers and authors |
260 |
$22.96 |
$47,770 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
250 |
$30.88 |
$64,220 |
| Cost estimators |
250 |
$28.28 |
$58,820 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
250 |
$23.21 |
$48,280 |
| Technical writers |
250 |
$31.49 |
$65,500 |
| Brokerage clerks |
240 |
$19.05 |
$39,630 |
| Chemical technicians |
240 |
$17.03 |
$35,420 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
240 |
$9.93 |
$20,660 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
240 |
$24.19 |
$50,310 |
| Job printers |
240 |
$18.68 |
$38,860 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
240 |
$13.34 |
$27,750 |
| Engineers, all other |
230 |
$39.22 |
$81,590 |
| Life scientists, all other |
230 |
$37.06 |
$77,080 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
230 |
$12.55 |
$26,090 |
| Parts salespersons |
230 |
$14.69 |
$30,560 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
230 |
$16.40 |
$34,110 |
| Sewing machine operators |
230 |
$9.11 |
$18,950 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
230 |
$12.97 |
$26,970 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
230 |
$19.95 |
$41,490 |
| Advertising sales agents |
220 |
$20.87 |
$43,400 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
220 |
$21.43 |
$44,570 |
| Computer and information scientists, research |
220 |
$45.95 |
$95,570 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
220 |
$18.81 |
$39,130 |
| Physical scientists, all other |
220 |
$49.47 |
$102,890 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
220 |
$14.31 |
$29,750 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
210 |
$13.15 |
$27,360 |
| Dentists, general |
210 |
$82.31 |
$171,210 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
210 |
$16.62 |
$34,580 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
210 |
$8.99 |
$18,710 |
| Sales engineers |
210 |
$47.33 |
$98,440 |
| Social science research assistants |
210 |
$16.35 |
$34,010 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
210 |
$17.58 |
$36,570 |
| Bakers |
200 |
$10.67 |
$22,200 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
200 |
$17.85 |
$37,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
200 |
$20.18 |
$41,970 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
200 |
$15.72 |
$32,690 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
200 |
$15.60 |
$32,450 |
| Sheet metal workers |
200 |
$13.57 |
$28,230 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
200 |
$16.89 |
$35,130 |
| Environmental engineers |
190 |
$42.38 |
$88,160 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
190 |
$19.26 |
$40,050 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
190 |
$13.27 |
$27,610 |
| Parking lot attendants |
190 |
$8.84 |
$18,390 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
190 |
$19.54 |
$40,640 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
180 |
$16.72 |
$34,790 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
180 |
$19.55 |
$40,660 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
180 |
$11.57 |
$24,070 |
| Photographers |
180 |
$15.42 |
$32,060 |
| Power plant operators |
180 |
$24.45 |
$50,860 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
180 |
$21.74 |
$45,210 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
Not available |
$90,970 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
170 |
$54.64 |
$113,660 |
| Cooks, fast food |
170 |
$8.08 |
$16,800 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
170 |
$17.89 |
$37,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
170 |
$28.78 |
$59,870 |
| Legal secretaries |
170 |
$16.75 |
$34,840 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
170 |
$21.04 |
$43,760 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
170 |
$13.64 |
$28,370 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
170 |
$16.15 |
$33,580 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
170 |
$11.33 |
$23,570 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
170 |
Not available |
$49,270 |
| Chief executives |
160 |
$92.46 |
$192,320 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
160 |
$16.19 |
$33,670 |
| Printing machine operators |
160 |
$15.88 |
$33,020 |
| Training and development managers |
160 |
$58.89 |
$122,500 |
| Veterinarians |
160 |
$35.87 |
$74,610 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
160 |
$18.26 |
$37,980 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
150 |
$25.98 |
$54,040 |
| File clerks |
150 |
$11.15 |
$23,180 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
150 |
$24.85 |
$51,690 |
| Insurance underwriters |
150 |
$23.47 |
$48,820 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
150 |
$15.14 |
$31,490 |
| New accounts clerks |
150 |
$16.51 |
$34,340 |
| Producers and directors |
150 |
$25.00 |
$51,990 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
150 |
$13.19 |
$27,440 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
150 |
$24.98 |
$51,950 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
140 |
$17.80 |
$37,030 |
| Couriers and messengers |
140 |
$11.29 |
$23,490 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
140 |
$19.48 |
$40,510 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
140 |
$13.90 |
$28,920 |
| Lodging managers |
140 |
$22.45 |
$46,700 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
140 |
$13.04 |
$27,130 |
| Public relations managers |
140 |
$57.76 |
$120,140 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
140 |
Not available |
$45,950 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
130 |
$15.49 |
$32,220 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
130 |
$21.97 |
$45,690 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
130 |
Not available |
$59,760 |
| Mechanical drafters |
130 |
$25.38 |
$52,790 |
| Postal service clerks |
130 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Construction and building inspectors |
120 |
$24.86 |
$51,710 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
120 |
Not available |
$89,110 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
120 |
$21.67 |
$45,080 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
120 |
$16.11 |
$33,520 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
120 |
$27.42 |
$57,040 |
| Pest control workers |
120 |
$14.04 |
$29,210 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other |
120 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
120 |
$28.51 |
$59,300 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
120 |
$45.50 |
$94,650 |
| Urban and regional planners |
120 |
$27.73 |
$57,680 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
110 |
$15.78 |
$32,810 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
110 |
$23.96 |
$49,840 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
110 |
$12.82 |
$26,660 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
110 |
$23.17 |
$48,190 |
| Multi-media artists and animators |
110 |
$24.12 |
$50,160 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary |
110 |
Not available |
$91,600 |
| Travel agents |
110 |
$23.00 |
$47,830 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
110 |
$14.19 |
$29,510 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
100 |
$17.81 |
$37,050 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
Not available |
$88,920 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
100 |
$28.30 |
$58,860 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
100 |
$22.86 |
$47,540 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
100 |
Not available |
$40,000 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
100 |
$30.78 |
$64,020 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
100 |
$25.72 |
$53,500 |
| Pipelayers |
100 |
$15.91 |
$33,100 |
| Roofers |
100 |
$16.25 |
$33,810 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
100 |
Not available |
$44,360 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
100 |
$14.75 |
$30,670 |
| Chemical engineers |
90 |
$39.71 |
$82,600 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
90 |
$13.08 |
$27,200 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
90 |
Not available |
$48,070 |
| Emergency management specialists |
90 |
$21.00 |
$43,680 |
| Floral designers |
90 |
$11.72 |
$24,380 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
90 |
Not available |
$71,790 |
| Millwrights |
90 |
$18.79 |
$39,080 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
90 |
$17.72 |
$36,870 |
| Residential advisors |
90 |
$13.77 |
$28,650 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
90 |
$24.38 |
$50,720 |
| Biomedical engineers |
80 |
$38.99 |
$81,090 |
| Economists |
80 |
$36.13 |
$75,140 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders |
80 |
$13.18 |
$27,420 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
80 |
$11.31 |
$23,520 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
80 |
$14.40 |
$29,960 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Procurement clerks |
80 |
$18.00 |
$37,440 |
| Social workers, all other |
80 |
$24.88 |
$51,760 |
| Bindery workers |
70 |
$13.51 |
$28,110 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
70 |
$18.71 |
$38,920 |
| Broadcast technicians |
70 |
$22.75 |
$47,320 |
| Budget analysts |
70 |
$29.32 |
$60,980 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
70 |
$36.20 |
$75,300 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
70 |
$17.33 |
$36,050 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
70 |
$24.68 |
$51,330 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
70 |
$55.95 |
$116,370 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
70 |
$16.17 |
$33,640 |
| Pediatricians, general |
70 |
$65.41 |
$136,050 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
70 |
$35.29 |
$73,390 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
70 |
$12.34 |
$25,670 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
70 |
$18.44 |
$38,360 |
| Statistical assistants |
70 |
$15.18 |
$31,570 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
70 |
$20.62 |
$42,880 |
| Surveyors |
70 |
$25.25 |
$52,510 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
60 |
$10.24 |
$21,300 |
| Credit analysts |
60 |
$31.12 |
$64,730 |
| Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other |
60 |
$20.19 |
Not available |
| Funeral attendants |
60 |
$11.00 |
$22,870 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
60 |
$41.80 |
$86,940 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
60 |
$14.35 |
$29,840 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
60 |
$15.12 |
$31,440 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
60 |
$12.36 |
$25,710 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
60 |
$18.88 |
$39,280 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
60 |
$15.46 |
$32,160 |
| Marriage and family therapists |
60 |
$31.86 |
$66,270 |
| Media and communication workers, all other |
60 |
$19.69 |
$40,950 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
60 |
$24.09 |
$50,100 |
| Physical therapist aides |
60 |
$12.41 |
$25,820 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
60 |
$18.72 |
$38,930 |
| Sociologists |
60 |
$28.75 |
$59,810 |
| Surgeons |
60 |
$92.37 |
$192,130 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
50 |
$36.58 |
$76,080 |
| Audiologists |
50 |
$26.37 |
$54,860 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
50 |
$8.20 |
$17,060 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$88,680 |
| Clergy |
50 |
$26.09 |
$54,270 |
| Epidemiologists |
50 |
$40.29 |
$83,800 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
50 |
$8.25 |
$17,160 |
| Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators |
50 |
$18.08 |
$37,600 |
| Interpreters and translators |
50 |
$16.84 |
$35,020 |
| Massage therapists |
50 |
$18.29 |
$38,040 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
50 |
$22.60 |
$47,000 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
50 |
$20.77 |
$43,200 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
50 |
$19.33 |
$40,210 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
50 |
$10.33 |
$21,480 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$85,640 |
| Recreational therapists |
50 |
$20.97 |
$43,630 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
50 |
$16.73 |
$34,800 |
| Skin care specialists |
50 |
$20.04 |
$41,680 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
40 |
$21.60 |
$44,940 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture |
40 |
$22.12 |
$46,010 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists |
40 |
$27.83 |
$57,890 |
| Chiropractors |
40 |
$42.94 |
$89,310 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
40 |
$14.08 |
$29,280 |
| Designers, all other |
40 |
$24.08 |
$50,080 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$15.80 |
$32,870 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles |
40 |
$14.96 |
$31,110 |
| Furniture finishers |
40 |
$12.35 |
$25,690 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
40 |
$18.32 |
$38,120 |
| Logging equipment operators |
40 |
$18.33 |
$38,130 |
| Musicians and singers |
40 |
$13.17 |
Not available |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
40 |
$12.40 |
$25,780 |
| Pharmacy aides |
40 |
$10.55 |
$21,940 |
| Psychologists, all other |
40 |
$34.80 |
$72,390 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$93,960 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school |
40 |
Not available |
$49,330 |
| Art directors |
30 |
$30.58 |
$63,600 |
| Conservation scientists |
30 |
$30.81 |
$64,080 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
30 |
$15.29 |
$31,800 |
| Dietetic technicians |
30 |
$12.72 |
$26,450 |
| Education administrators, all other |
30 |
$65.26 |
$135,750 |
| Film and video editors |
30 |
$19.83 |
$41,240 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators |
30 |
$24.79 |
$51,550 |
| Mathematicians |
30 |
$39.51 |
$82,180 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
30 |
$15.63 |
$32,520 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
30 |
$15.44 |
$32,120 |
| Optometrists |
30 |
$61.08 |
$127,050 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
30 |
$8.90 |
$18,500 |
| Tool and die makers |
30 |
$20.37 |
$42,370 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
Not available |
$21.91 |
$45,580 |
| Anthropologists and archeologists |
Not available |
$22.13 |
$46,030 |
| Bus drivers, school |
Not available |
$13.00 |
$27,040 |
| Drafters, all other |
Not available |
$21.02 |
$43,720 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
Not available |
$17.22 |
$35,820 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
Not available |
$14.15 |
$29,420 |
| Engineering managers |
Not available |
$69.35 |
$144,250 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
Not available |
$15.96 |
$33,190 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$12.67 |
$26,350 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
Not available |
$31.51 |
$65,530 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons |
Not available |
$9.00 |
$18,710 |
| Landscape architects |
Not available |
$42.64 |
$88,690 |
| Materials scientists |
Not available |
$40.78 |
$84,810 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$12.32 |
$25,630 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
Not available |
$18.63 |
$38,740 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
Not available |
$12.37 |
$25,720 |
| Physicists |
Not available |
$32.65 |
$67,910 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
Not available |
Not available |
$109,160 |
| Real estate sales agents |
Not available |
$30.49 |
$63,410 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$8.22 |
$17,100 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners |
Not available |
$14.37 |
$29,890 |
