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 |
