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 | 272,480 | $15.74 | $32,740 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 47,890 | $12.52 | $26,050 |
| Sales and related occupations | 31,150 | $12.43 | $25,860 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 25,770 | $8.05 | $16,750 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 25,390 | $21.93 | $45,620 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 22,380 | $12.74 | $26,490 |
| Production occupations | 16,470 | $11.61 | $24,150 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 13,450 | $12.83 | $26,680 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 12,160 | $28.39 | $59,050 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 11,330 | $14.98 | $31,160 |
| Retail salespersons | 11,230 | $10.09 | $20,980 |
| Management occupations | 9,530 | $39.38 | $81,910 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 9,400 | $7.40 | $15,390 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 9,220 | $25.59 | $53,220 |
| Protective service occupations | 9,040 | $18.56 | $38,610 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 7,970 | $9.10 | $18,940 |
| Cashiers | 7,900 | $7.86 | $16,350 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 7,580 | $7.70 | $16,010 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 6,770 | $10.33 | $21,500 |
| Office clerks, general | 6,710 | $10.12 | $21,040 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 5,800 | $11.49 | $23,890 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 5,400 | $7.24 | $15,050 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 5,360 | Not available | $47,730 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 5,310 | $8.92 | $18,560 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 5,230 | $19.97 | $41,540 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 4,680 | $8.84 | $18,400 |
| Personal and home care aides | 4,460 | $6.81 | $14,160 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 4,410 | $8.87 | $18,450 |
| Registered nurses | 4,190 | $27.44 | $57,080 |
| Customer service representatives | 4,000 | $11.37 | $23,650 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 3,750 | $25.99 | $54,060 |
| Construction laborers | 3,700 | $9.81 | $20,400 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 3,670 | Not available | $49,430 |
| Community and social services occupations | 3,570 | $18.94 | $39,400 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 3,390 | $25.65 | $53,350 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 3,390 | $13.51 | $28,100 |
| Security guards | 3,280 | $9.83 | $20,450 |
| General and operations managers | 3,240 | $40.33 | $83,880 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 3,090 | $16.88 | $35,100 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 2,890 | Not available | $47,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 2,870 | $20.89 | $43,460 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 2,810 | $11.42 | $23,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 2,550 | $17.61 | $36,640 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 2,480 | $8.83 | $18,370 |
| Telemarketers | 2,460 | $8.95 | $18,610 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 2,350 | $18.86 | $39,230 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 2,310 | $21.31 | $44,330 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 2,280 | $12.63 | $26,260 |
| Teacher assistants | 2,250 | Not available | $22,100 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 2,120 | $11.06 | $23,010 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 1,920 | Not available | $27,180 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 1,880 | $10.33 | $21,490 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 1,660 | $27.44 | $57,080 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 1,660 | $8.35 | $17,370 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 1,560 | $9.54 | $19,830 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 1,540 | $23.83 | $49,560 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 1,520 | $9.38 | $19,510 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 1,500 | $27.06 | $56,290 |
| Legal occupations | 1,470 | $41.23 | $85,750 |
| Accountants and auditors | 1,410 | $25.70 | $53,460 |
| Carpenters | 1,380 | $12.66 | $26,330 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,380 | $7.71 | $16,030 |
| Home health aides | 1,370 | $8.76 | $18,220 |
| Bus drivers, school | 1,360 | $11.00 | $22,870 |
| Tellers | 1,300 | $9.90 | $20,590 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 1,290 | $19.49 | $40,530 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 1,270 | $14.69 | $30,560 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 1,220 | $9.23 | $19,200 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 1,170 | $7.39 | $15,380 |
| Computer support specialists | 1,120 | $18.44 | $38,360 |
| Team assemblers | 1,120 | $8.62 | $17,920 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 1,100 | $21.85 | $45,440 |
| Child care workers | 1,090 | $7.87 | $16,370 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 1,080 | $11.84 | $24,630 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 1,070 | $7.55 | $15,690 |
| Driver/sales workers | 1,070 | $10.81 | $22,490 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 1,050 | $20.49 | $42,620 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 1,050 | $12.52 | $26,040 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 990 | $7.35 | $15,290 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 980 | $10.70 | $22,250 |
| Cooks, fast food | 920 | $7.03 | $14,630 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 920 | $25.27 | $52,550 |
| All other information and record clerks | 910 | $14.28 | $29,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 910 | $22.36 | $46,520 |
| Food preparation workers | 890 | $7.19 | $14,950 |
| Bartenders | 860 | $7.78 | $16,190 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 850 | $9.56 | $19,890 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 820 | $10.90 | $22,670 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 810 | $11.94 | $24,830 |
| Data entry keyers | 790 | $9.41 | $19,570 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 760 | $10.67 | $22,200 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 750 | $19.18 | $39,900 |
| Helpers--production workers | 740 | $7.86 | $16,350 |
| Lawyers | 740 | $59.74 | $124,250 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 710 | $9.73 | $20,230 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 710 | $7.13 | $14,820 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 700 | $7.38 | $15,360 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 700 | Not available | $76,180 |
| Machinists | 700 | $13.46 | $28,000 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 690 | $11.31 | $23,530 |
| Computer systems analysts | 680 | $30.43 | $63,290 |
| Dishwashers | 680 | $7.05 | $14,660 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 680 | $14.98 | $31,150 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 670 | $20.92 | $43,510 |
| Construction managers | 650 | $33.49 | $69,660 |
| Electricians | 650 | $17.55 | $36,490 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 640 | $15.71 | $32,680 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 630 | $20.98 | $43,630 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 610 | $9.45 | $19,650 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 610 | $8.50 | $17,680 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 610 | $10.05 | $20,900 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 600 | Not available | $47,500 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 590 | $14.06 | $29,240 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 580 | $50.26 | $104,540 |
| Medical secretaries | 560 | $11.45 | $23,820 |
| Real estate sales agents | 560 | $22.81 | $47,450 |
| Shoe machine operators and tenders | 560 | Not available | Not available |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 550 | $13.29 | $27,640 |
| Administrative services managers | 540 | $38.70 | $80,500 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 530 | $16.08 | $33,440 |
| Sewing machine operators | 530 | $7.14 | $14,850 |
| Bill and account collectors | 520 | $12.58 | $26,160 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 520 | $17.94 | $37,320 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 520 | $15.92 | $33,120 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 520 | Not available | Not available |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 520 | $12.58 | $26,170 |
| Financial managers | 510 | $38.20 | $79,450 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 510 | $7.35 | $15,280 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 500 | $15.25 | $31,720 |
| Dental assistants | 490 | $11.15 | $23,200 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 490 | $27.96 | $58,160 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 480 | $13.77 | $28,640 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 470 | $15.67 | $32,590 |
| Advertising sales agents | 450 | $20.71 | $43,070 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 450 | $13.69 | $28,480 |
| Insurance sales agents | 450 | $19.83 | $41,250 |
| Managers, all other | 450 | $35.90 | $74,680 |
| Computer programmers | 440 | $21.94 | $45,640 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 430 | $12.85 | $26,720 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 430 | $22.11 | $45,990 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 420 | $13.28 | $27,630 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 420 | $13.49 | $28,060 |
| Pharmacists | 420 | $50.65 | $105,350 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 420 | $15.29 | $31,810 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 410 | Not available | $46,940 |
| Food service managers | 400 | $25.41 | $52,840 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 400 | $16.61 | $34,540 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 400 | $14.40 | $29,960 |
| Management analysts | 400 | $27.26 | $56,710 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 400 | $19.52 | $40,600 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 400 | $18.85 | $39,200 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 390 | $14.34 | $29,820 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 390 | $35.98 | $74,840 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 390 | Not available | $51,150 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 380 | $31.40 | $65,310 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 370 | $8.60 | $17,890 |
| Librarians | 370 | $25.26 | $52,530 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 360 | $9.99 | $20,780 |
| Bakers | 360 | $7.97 | $16,580 |
| Printing machine operators | 360 | $11.63 | $24,180 |
| Coaches and scouts | 350 | Not available | $49,240 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 350 | $8.42 | $17,510 |
| Medical and health services managers | 350 | $37.78 | $78,590 |
| Service station attendants | 350 | $8.67 | $18,030 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 340 | $23.91 | $49,740 |
| Instructional coordinators | 340 | $29.83 | $62,040 |
| Market research analysts | 340 | $19.74 | $41,050 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 340 | $26.64 | $55,420 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 340 | $25.36 | $52,750 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 340 | $22.73 | $47,290 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 320 | $16.25 | $33,790 |
| Parts salespersons | 320 | $14.91 | $31,010 |
| Sales managers | 320 | $52.72 | $109,650 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 320 | $8.35 | $17,370 |
| Civil engineers | 310 | $32.35 | $67,290 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | 310 | Not available | Not available |
| Legal secretaries | 310 | $16.05 | $33,370 |
| Loan officers | 310 | $27.12 | $56,400 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 310 | $13.70 | $28,500 |
| Public relations specialists | 310 | $21.68 | $45,090 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 310 | $17.53 | $36,450 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 300 | $10.80 | $22,470 |
| Cost estimators | 300 | $23.21 | $48,270 |
| File clerks | 300 | $10.89 | $22,650 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 300 | $22.79 | $47,400 |
| Order clerks | 300 | $10.32 | $21,460 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 290 | $18.86 | $39,220 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 290 | $10.39 | $21,620 |
| Helpers--electricians | 290 | $10.57 | $21,970 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 290 | $15.09 | $31,390 |
| Roofers | 290 | $10.32 | $21,460 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 280 | $18.74 | $38,980 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 280 | $21.25 | $44,200 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 280 | $14.33 | $29,810 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 280 | Not available | $57,520 |
| Sheet metal workers | 280 | $11.85 | $24,640 |
| Couriers and messengers | 270 | $9.37 | $19,500 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 270 | Not available | Not available |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 270 | $19.92 | $41,420 |
| Training and development specialists | 270 | $22.50 | $46,800 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 260 | Not available | $121,520 |
| Counselors, all other | 260 | $30.27 | $62,960 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 260 | $61.38 | $127,680 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 260 | $23.75 | $49,390 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 260 | $7.53 | $15,650 |
| Word processors and typists | 260 | $11.54 | $24,000 |
| Chief executives | 250 | $79.80 | $165,980 |
| Physical therapists | 250 | $41.52 | $86,370 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 250 | $8.12 | $16,890 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 250 | $8.82 | $18,340 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 240 | $14.51 | $30,180 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 240 | $10.76 | $22,380 |
| Food batchmakers | 240 | $8.23 | $17,120 |
| Graphic designers | 240 | $17.11 | $35,590 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 240 | $10.63 | $22,110 |
| Procurement clerks | 240 | $14.73 | $30,630 |
| Electrical engineers | 230 | $30.33 | $63,080 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 230 | $13.82 | $28,760 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 220 | $10.60 | $22,040 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 220 | $36.19 | $75,270 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 220 | $6.80 | $14,130 |
| Loan counselors | 220 | $16.31 | $33,930 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 220 | $20.87 | $43,400 |
| Recreation workers | 220 | $8.99 | $18,690 |
| Respiratory therapists | 220 | $22.49 | $46,770 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 220 | $29.86 | $62,110 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 220 | Not available | $48,070 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 210 | $10.57 | $21,980 |
| Occupational therapists | 210 | $40.95 | $85,170 |
| Parking lot attendants | 210 | $8.36 | $17,380 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 210 | Not available | Not available |
| Computer and information systems managers | 200 | $47.30 | $98,390 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 200 | $18.91 | $39,340 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 200 | $37.31 | $77,610 |
| Logisticians | 200 | $27.64 | $57,500 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 200 | $9.10 | $18,930 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 200 | $16.77 | $34,880 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 200 | Not available | $46,720 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 200 | $37.66 | $78,330 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 190 | $22.94 | $47,710 |
| Industrial production managers | 190 | $45.13 | $93,860 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 190 | $9.24 | $19,230 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 180 | $18.07 | $37,580 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 180 | $9.96 | $20,720 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 180 | $18.03 | $37,500 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 180 | $27.04 | $56,250 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 180 | $6.99 | $14,550 |
| Marketing managers | 180 | $46.78 | $97,310 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | 180 | $16.48 | $34,280 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 180 | $21.93 | $45,610 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 170 | $10.99 | $22,850 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 170 | $14.15 | $29,430 |
| Dental hygienists | 170 | $24.48 | $50,920 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 170 | $10.14 | $21,090 |
| New accounts clerks | 170 | $13.76 | $28,620 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 170 | $12.45 | $25,900 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 170 | $22.54 | $46,880 |
| Production workers, all other | 170 | $8.43 | $17,530 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 170 | $15.39 | $32,000 |
| Social and community service managers | 170 | $22.49 | $46,790 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 160 | Not available | $56,930 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 160 | $11.21 | $23,310 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 160 | $11.10 | $23,080 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 150 | $39.91 | $83,020 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 150 | Not available | $47,080 |
| Court reporters | 150 | $29.14 | $60,610 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 150 | $14.82 | $30,820 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 150 | Not available | $68,680 |
| Pourers and casters, metal | 150 | $14.00 | $29,120 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 150 | $11.47 | $23,860 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 150 | $15.08 | $31,370 |
| Surgical technologists | 150 | $18.24 | $37,930 |
| Budget analysts | 140 | $28.98 | $60,270 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 140 | $32.87 | $68,360 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | 140 | $13.50 | $28,080 |
| Database administrators | 140 | $26.13 | $54,340 |
| Health educators | 140 | $16.13 | $33,550 |
| Industrial engineers | 140 | $29.84 | $62,060 |
| Library technicians | 140 | $13.96 | $29,050 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | 140 | $9.25 | $19,240 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary | 130 | Not available | $46,230 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 130 | Not available | $84,830 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 130 | $10.75 | $22,360 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 130 | $11.49 | $23,900 |
| Mental health counselors | 130 | $14.61 | $30,380 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 130 | $15.39 | $32,010 |
| Pediatricians, general | 130 | $80.77 | $168,010 |
| Shoe and leather workers and repairers | 130 | $10.16 | $21,130 |
| Social workers, all other | 130 | $24.32 | $50,590 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 130 | $14.89 | $30,960 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 120 | $16.09 | $33,460 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 120 | $10.22 | $21,250 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $48,480 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 120 | $8.99 | $18,690 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 120 | $21.49 | $44,700 |
| Photographers | 120 | $12.03 | $25,020 |
| Physical therapist aides | 120 | $10.50 | $21,830 |
| Pipelayers | 120 | $12.41 | $25,810 |
| Producers and directors | 120 | $22.51 | $46,820 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 110 | $19.89 | $41,370 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 110 | $15.37 | $31,960 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 110 | $32.30 | $67,180 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 110 | $11.60 | $24,130 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 110 | $8.31 | $17,290 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 110 | $23.86 | $49,620 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 110 | $13.65 | $28,400 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 110 | $8.49 | $17,660 |
| Operations research analysts | 110 | $30.45 | $63,340 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 110 | $8.95 | $18,610 |
| Postal service clerks | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | $62,310 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | $76,450 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 100 | $9.78 | $20,340 |
| Cooks, short order | 100 | $8.56 | $17,810 |
| Crane and tower operators | 100 | $15.68 | $32,620 |
| Engineering managers | 100 | $51.54 | $107,210 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 100 | $17.26 | $35,900 |
| Financial analysts | 100 | $29.22 | $60,770 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 100 | $11.64 | $24,200 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 100 | $13.00 | $27,050 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 100 | $11.04 | $22,960 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 100 | $9.80 | $20,380 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 100 | $17.73 | $36,880 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 100 | $16.76 | $34,860 |
| Surveyors | 100 | $22.79 | $47,410 |
| Tapers | 100 | $10.93 | $22,730 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 90 | $22.43 | $46,650 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 90 | $23.04 | $47,920 |
| Environmental engineers | 90 | $26.50 | $55,130 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 90 | $11.47 | $23,850 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 90 | $16.44 | $34,190 |
| Helpers--roofers | 90 | $7.31 | $15,210 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers | 90 | $16.66 | $34,660 |
| Transportation inspectors | 90 | $15.87 | $33,000 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 80 | $25.84 | $53,760 |
| Engineers, all other | 80 | $37.98 | $78,990 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $41,330 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $81,890 |
| Insurance underwriters | 80 | $28.78 | $59,870 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 80 | $12.25 | $25,480 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 80 | $8.19 | $17,030 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 80 | $11.00 | $22,880 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 80 | $9.18 | $19,090 |
| Physician assistants | 80 | $30.62 | $63,690 |
| Private detectives and investigators | 80 | $16.75 | $34,850 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 80 | $11.67 | $24,280 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $45,310 |
| Tool and die makers | 80 | $17.87 | $37,160 |
| Air traffic controllers | 70 | $33.12 | $68,890 |
| Bicycle repairers | 70 | $8.79 | $18,270 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 70 | $34.38 | $71,510 |
| Crossing guards | 70 | $7.71 | $16,040 |
| Editors | 70 | $22.62 | $47,040 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | 70 | $19.46 | $40,490 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 70 | $9.33 | $19,410 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 70 | $39.98 | $83,160 |
| Mechanical engineers | 70 | $33.31 | $69,290 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 70 | $11.12 | $23,140 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 70 | $12.69 | $26,390 |
| Pest control workers | 70 | $13.16 | $27,380 |
| Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders | 70 | $8.97 | $18,660 |
| Travel agents | 70 | $15.01 | $31,220 |
| Bindery workers | 60 | $10.16 | $21,130 |
| Biological scientists, all other | 60 | $27.05 | $56,260 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 60 | $41.52 | $86,370 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 60 | $13.77 | $28,640 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 60 | $24.24 | $50,420 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 60 | $11.20 | $23,290 |
| Interior designers | 60 | $17.17 | $35,710 |
| Interpreters and translators | 60 | $19.51 | $40,570 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 60 | $11.21 | $23,320 |
| Personal financial advisors | 60 | $49.03 | $101,980 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 60 | $11.19 | $23,270 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $65,510 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 60 | $18.50 | $38,470 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 60 | $19.71 | $40,990 |
| Technical writers | 60 | $26.37 | $54,850 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school | 60 | Not available | $50,000 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $75,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers | 50 | $22.86 | $47,540 |
| Floral designers | 50 | $9.88 | $20,540 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 50 | $20.10 | $41,800 |
| Massage therapists | 50 | $13.56 | $28,190 |
| Mechanical drafters | 50 | $17.88 | $37,190 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 50 | $25.37 | $52,770 |
| Public relations managers | 50 | $35.08 | $72,970 |
| Veterinarians | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 40 | $13.89 | $28,900 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 40 | $7.31 | $15,210 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 40 | $23.60 | $49,080 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 40 | $11.50 | $23,920 |
| Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $40,310 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $72,320 |
| Education administrators, all other | 40 | $22.81 | $47,440 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 40 | $17.08 | $35,520 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 40 | $27.15 | $56,460 |
| Funeral attendants | 40 | $10.85 | $22,560 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 40 | $28.29 | $58,850 |
| Lodging managers | 40 | $53.59 | $111,470 |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $53,650 |
| Purchasing managers | 40 | $34.99 | $72,770 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $75,980 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 40 | $8.05 | $16,730 |
| Training and development managers | 40 | $37.77 | $78,560 |
| Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | $72,910 |
| Boilermakers | 30 | $21.72 | $45,180 |
| Chemists | 30 | $25.16 | $52,340 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders | 30 | $9.26 | $19,270 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 30 | $11.53 | $23,970 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 30 | $20.86 | $43,380 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 30 | $16.42 | $34,150 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 30 | $20.13 | $41,870 |
| Tax preparers | 30 | $18.65 | $38,800 |
| Upholsterers | 30 | $8.82 | $18,350 |
| Writers and authors | 30 | $24.74 | $51,470 |
| Biological technicians | Not available | $14.32 | $29,790 |
| Broadcast news analysts | Not available | $30.65 | $63,760 |
| Broadcast technicians | Not available | $9.59 | $19,940 |
| Carpet installers | Not available | $11.05 | $22,970 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | Not available | $18.14 | $37,740 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | Not available | $26.73 | $55,600 |
| Commercial pilots | Not available | Not available | $74,330 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | Not available | $40.19 | $83,590 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | Not available | $19.79 | $41,170 |
| Credit analysts | Not available | $33.89 | $70,500 |
| Dentists, general | Not available | $88.18 | $183,410 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $12.52 | $26,040 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | Not available | $14.80 | $30,790 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | Not available | $12.39 | $25,770 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | Not available | $12.71 | $26,440 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | Not available | $19.57 | $40,710 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | Not available | $21.87 | $45,490 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | Not available | $9.86 | $20,500 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | Not available | $18.05 | $37,530 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | Not available | $20.37 | $42,370 |
| Etchers and engravers | Not available | $8.82 | $18,340 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | Not available | $13.21 | $27,470 |
| Family and general practitioners | Not available | $83.09 | $172,830 |
| Farm and home management advisors | Not available | $12.54 | $26,080 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | Not available | $14.22 | $29,570 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | Not available | $8.57 | $17,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | Not available | $17.53 | $36,460 |
| Glaziers | Not available | $13.17 | $27,400 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | Not available | $9.47 | $19,690 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | Not available | $8.57 | $17,820 |
| Home appliance repairers | Not available | $9.84 | $20,460 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical | Not available | $14.42 | $29,990 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | Not available | $13.38 | $27,840 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | Not available | $12.19 | $25,350 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | Not available | $21.25 | $44,200 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | Not available | $10.50 | $21,830 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | Not available | $14.07 | $29,270 |
| Medical assistants | Not available | $9.95 | $20,690 |
| Medical equipment repairers | Not available | $16.98 | $35,310 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | Not available | $15.15 | $31,500 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | Not available | $9.30 | $19,340 |
| Paperhangers | Not available | $8.45 | $17,580 |
| Petroleum engineers | Not available | $55.22 | $114,850 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | Not available | $12.25 | $25,490 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians | Not available | $21.50 | $44,720 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | Not available | $8.84 | $18,380 |
| Social and human service assistants | Not available | $12.21 | $25,390 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | Not available | $17.66 | $36,730 |
| Surgeons | Not available | $89.46 | $186,080 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | Not available | $10.93 | $22,740 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | Not available | $22.08 | $45,920 |