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 | 45,420 | $16.40 | $34,100 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 7,730 | $13.11 | $27,270 |
| Production occupations | 5,490 | $14.74 | $30,660 |
| Sales and related occupations | 5,070 | $13.08 | $27,200 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 4,480 | $8.21 | $17,080 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 2,970 | $20.06 | $41,730 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 2,890 | $13.77 | $28,630 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 2,690 | $27.60 | $57,400 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,150 | $18.12 | $37,680 |
| Team assemblers | 2,130 | $15.46 | $32,150 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 1,920 | $17.18 | $35,720 |
| Management occupations | 1,730 | $35.33 | $73,500 |
| Retail salespersons | 1,730 | $11.14 | $23,170 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,650 | $7.14 | $14,850 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 1,550 | $11.16 | $23,220 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,450 | $27.53 | $57,270 |
| Cashiers | 1,450 | $7.94 | $16,510 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,100 | $11.93 | $24,800 |
| Registered nurses | 990 | $27.42 | $57,030 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 970 | $8.90 | $18,510 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 960 | $7.24 | $15,060 |
| Protective service occupations | 760 | $17.22 | $35,820 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 730 | $28.65 | $59,600 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 730 | $16.26 | $33,810 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 710 | $9.90 | $20,590 |
| Community and social services occupations | 700 | $18.02 | $37,470 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 700 | $16.91 | $35,170 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 610 | $12.43 | $25,850 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 550 | $10.18 | $21,180 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 530 | $11.55 | $24,030 |
| Teacher assistants | 530 | Not available | $23,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 500 | $18.48 | $38,430 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 480 | $11.73 | $24,410 |
| General and operations managers | 460 | $38.14 | $79,330 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 450 | Not available | $39,490 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 440 | $17.29 | $35,960 |
| Office clerks, general | 440 | $11.22 | $23,330 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 430 | Not available | $47,070 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 420 | $14.40 | $29,960 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 410 | $27.72 | $57,660 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 410 | $15.65 | $32,550 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 410 | $9.22 | $19,180 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 400 | $13.03 | $27,100 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 390 | $12.57 | $26,140 |
| Child care workers | 380 | $7.76 | $16,130 |
| Carpenters | 370 | $15.75 | $32,760 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 370 | $8.02 | $16,690 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 360 | $30.26 | $62,940 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 360 | $9.26 | $19,260 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 310 | Not available | $49,750 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 300 | $20.81 | $43,290 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 300 | $10.78 | $22,430 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 300 | $23.02 | $47,870 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 290 | $13.89 | $28,890 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 280 | $16.52 | $34,360 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 270 | $25.75 | $53,550 |
| Tellers | 270 | $9.25 | $19,240 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 260 | $17.35 | $36,090 |
| Construction laborers | 260 | $14.34 | $29,830 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 250 | $10.71 | $22,270 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 230 | Not available | $48,290 |
| Education administrators, all other | 220 | $30.49 | $63,420 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 220 | $16.11 | $33,510 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 220 | $11.09 | $23,070 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 220 | $21.13 | $43,960 |
| All other information and record clerks | 210 | $18.12 | $37,690 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 210 | $15.75 | $32,750 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 210 | $24.06 | $50,040 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 200 | $15.43 | $32,090 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 190 | $12.67 | $26,360 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 190 | $20.50 | $42,640 |
| Legal occupations | 180 | $33.06 | $68,760 |
| Sewing machine operators | 180 | $9.54 | $19,840 |
| Driver/sales workers | 170 | $9.83 | $20,450 |
| Electricians | 170 | $21.63 | $44,980 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 170 | $16.45 | $34,210 |
| Medical assistants | 170 | $11.69 | $24,320 |
| Medical secretaries | 170 | $11.77 | $24,490 |
| Fire fighters | 160 | $15.16 | $31,530 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 160 | $7.17 | $14,920 |
| Parts salespersons | 160 | $12.05 | $25,070 |
| Personal and home care aides | 160 | $8.25 | $17,150 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 160 | $18.39 | $38,250 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 150 | $9.54 | $19,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 150 | $25.45 | $52,930 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 150 | $27.09 | $56,350 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 150 | $19.97 | $41,540 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 150 | $12.24 | $25,450 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 150 | Not available | Not available |
| Accountants and auditors | 140 | $31.58 | $65,690 |
| Computer support specialists | 140 | $16.54 | $34,410 |
| Dishwashers | 140 | $7.84 | $16,310 |
| Financial managers | 140 | $31.09 | $64,680 |
| Food preparation workers | 140 | $8.21 | $17,070 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 140 | $9.88 | $20,540 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 140 | $7.74 | $16,100 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 140 | $21.78 | $45,310 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 140 | $10.26 | $21,340 |
| Service station attendants | 140 | $15.44 | $32,120 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 140 | $14.90 | $30,980 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 130 | $16.09 | $33,470 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 130 | $29.32 | $60,990 |
| Tool and die makers | 130 | $21.15 | $43,980 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 120 | $8.11 | $16,880 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 120 | $9.83 | $20,450 |
| Procurement clerks | 120 | $18.05 | $37,550 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 120 | $23.52 | $48,920 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 110 | $20.15 | $41,920 |
| Food service managers | 110 | $21.35 | $44,410 |
| Chief executives | 100 | $69.60 | $144,760 |
| Management analysts | 100 | $30.71 | $63,870 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 100 | $21.67 | $45,070 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 100 | $9.96 | $20,710 |
| Dental assistants | 90 | $15.56 | $32,370 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 90 | Not available | $77,130 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 90 | $13.22 | $27,500 |
| Industrial engineers | 90 | $27.63 | $57,470 |
| Loan officers | 90 | $25.49 | $53,030 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 90 | $16.16 | $33,610 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 90 | $18.06 | $37,560 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 90 | $29.33 | $61,010 |
| Computer systems analysts | 80 | $31.49 | $65,500 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 80 | $7.00 | $14,570 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 80 | $16.23 | $33,750 |
| Insurance sales agents | 80 | $21.30 | $44,310 |
| Lawyers | 80 | $48.53 | $100,950 |
| Printing machine operators | 80 | $17.04 | $35,440 |
| Psychiatric technicians | 80 | $11.12 | $23,140 |
| Public relations specialists | 80 | $25.77 | $53,600 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 70 | $14.15 | $29,440 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 70 | $30.74 | $63,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 70 | $30.70 | $63,850 |
| Home health aides | 70 | $11.34 | $23,580 |
| Medical and health services managers | 70 | $34.11 | $70,950 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 70 | $16.31 | $33,920 |
| Pharmacists | 70 | $54.75 | $113,870 |
| Sheet metal workers | 70 | $13.39 | $27,860 |
| Social and community service managers | 70 | $19.76 | $41,100 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 70 | $16.89 | $35,130 |
| Bartenders | 60 | $7.77 | $16,160 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 60 | $14.14 | $29,410 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 60 | $39.34 | $81,830 |
| Construction managers | 60 | $34.95 | $72,690 |
| Cost estimators | 60 | $20.95 | $43,580 |
| Data entry keyers | 60 | $10.93 | $22,720 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 60 | $6.76 | $14,060 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 60 | $24.40 | $50,750 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 60 | $10.70 | $22,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 60 | $22.85 | $47,530 |
| Machinists | 60 | $15.46 | $32,160 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 60 | $11.40 | $23,710 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 60 | $28.05 | $58,350 |
| Operations research analysts | 60 | $34.95 | $72,700 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 60 | $19.82 | $41,220 |
| Real estate sales agents | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 60 | $24.73 | $51,440 |
| Administrative services managers | 50 | $26.31 | $54,730 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 50 | $13.59 | $28,280 |
| Civil engineers | 50 | $33.96 | $70,630 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 50 | $22.54 | $46,890 |
| Dental hygienists | 50 | $25.09 | $52,190 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 50 | $11.18 | $23,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 50 | $15.92 | $33,120 |
| Instructional coordinators | 50 | $34.35 | $71,450 |
| Librarians | 50 | $27.76 | $57,740 |
| Logisticians | 50 | $30.80 | $64,070 |
| Managers, all other | 50 | $32.35 | $67,280 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 50 | $23.00 | $47,830 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 50 | $19.54 | $40,640 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 50 | $20.40 | $42,420 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 50 | $74.88 | $155,750 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 50 | $14.25 | $29,640 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 50 | $14.29 | $29,720 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 50 | $11.92 | $24,790 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 50 | $11.63 | $24,180 |
| Training and development specialists | 50 | $18.31 | $38,080 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 40 | $16.16 | $33,610 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 40 | $35.31 | $73,440 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 40 | $14.31 | $29,770 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 40 | $24.68 | $51,330 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 40 | $7.89 | $16,400 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 40 | $30.42 | $63,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 40 | $14.56 | $30,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 40 | $14.64 | $30,450 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 40 | $27.85 | $57,930 |
| Floral designers | 40 | $8.45 | $17,570 |
| Helpers--electricians | 40 | $12.84 | $26,700 |
| Legal secretaries | 40 | $11.18 | $23,260 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 40 | $13.12 | $27,290 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 40 | $12.67 | $26,360 |
| Mechanical engineers | 40 | $30.69 | $63,840 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 40 | $13.24 | $27,540 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 40 | $10.26 | $21,350 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 40 | $22.53 | $46,870 |
| Recreation workers | 40 | $16.59 | $34,510 |
| Surgeons | 40 | $99.22 | $206,370 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 30 | $15.66 | $32,570 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture | 30 | $21.17 | $44,030 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 30 | $8.28 | $17,210 |
| Industrial production managers | 30 | $43.55 | $90,580 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 30 | $16.93 | $35,220 |
| Occupational therapists | 30 | $32.58 | $67,770 |
| Physical therapists | 30 | $35.34 | $73,500 |
| Sales managers | 30 | $47.18 | $98,120 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 30 | $29.61 | $61,590 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 30 | $27.94 | $58,120 |
| Bill and account collectors | Not available | $13.55 | $28,190 |
| Cooks, fast food | Not available | $7.29 | $15,170 |
| Customer service representatives | Not available | $12.11 | $25,180 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | Not available | $33.92 | $70,550 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | Not available | $14.80 | $30,790 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | Not available | $10.93 | $22,720 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $8.69 | $18,070 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | Not available | $12.87 | $26,770 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $13.28 | $27,620 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | Not available | $28.79 | $59,880 |
| New accounts clerks | Not available | $13.52 | $28,130 |
| Opticians, dispensing | Not available | $14.83 | $30,840 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | Not available | $11.99 | $24,940 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $18.77 | $39,030 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | Not available | $13.79 | $28,670 |
| Production workers, all other | Not available | $8.72 | $18,130 |
| Social and human service assistants | Not available | $12.17 | $25,310 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | Not available | $17.99 | $37,420 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | Not available | $16.36 | $34,020 |
