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 |
150,170 |
$18.49 |
$38,450 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
24,230 |
$14.89 |
$30,960 |
| Sales and related occupations |
16,530 |
$17.58 |
$36,570 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
14,380 |
$10.24 |
$21,300 |
| Production occupations |
13,010 |
$14.93 |
$31,060 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
10,910 |
$20.64 |
$42,930 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
10,810 |
$13.80 |
$28,710 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
7,540 |
$37.11 |
$77,190 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
6,830 |
$20.76 |
$43,180 |
| Retail salespersons |
5,750 |
$13.05 |
$27,140 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
5,690 |
$19.39 |
$40,330 |
| Management occupations |
5,670 |
$39.03 |
$81,190 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
5,170 |
$25.28 |
$52,590 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
4,600 |
$11.81 |
$24,560 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
4,510 |
$12.72 |
$26,450 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
4,470 |
$11.60 |
$24,140 |
| Cashiers |
3,980 |
$10.25 |
$21,320 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
3,390 |
$9.13 |
$19,000 |
| Office clerks, general |
3,230 |
$13.40 |
$27,870 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
3,170 |
$28.09 |
$58,420 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
2,870 |
$11.15 |
$23,190 |
| Community and social services occupations |
2,810 |
$18.74 |
$38,980 |
| Registered nurses |
2,700 |
$34.01 |
$70,730 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
2,350 |
$19.53 |
$40,620 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
2,310 |
$15.63 |
$32,510 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,310 |
$11.27 |
$23,450 |
| Protective service occupations |
2,290 |
$18.88 |
$39,280 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
1,950 |
$11.36 |
$23,620 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
1,940 |
$14.03 |
$29,170 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
1,880 |
$16.74 |
$34,820 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
1,860 |
$12.00 |
$24,960 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1,770 |
$24.01 |
$49,940 |
| Customer service representatives |
1,760 |
$15.41 |
$32,060 |
| Team assemblers |
1,760 |
$13.77 |
$28,640 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
1,740 |
$27.62 |
$57,450 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
1,720 |
$33.10 |
$68,840 |
| Teacher assistants |
1,670 |
Not available |
$26,130 |
| General and operations managers |
1,600 |
$45.05 |
$93,700 |
| Home health aides |
1,450 |
$9.82 |
$20,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,350 |
$20.17 |
$41,960 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,340 |
$9.63 |
$20,040 |
| Carpenters |
1,270 |
$22.27 |
$46,320 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,240 |
Not available |
$53,510 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,210 |
$12.12 |
$25,200 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,110 |
$12.12 |
$25,220 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
1,110 |
$12.02 |
$25,010 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,100 |
$21.33 |
$44,360 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
1,080 |
$10.84 |
$22,550 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
1,060 |
$9.47 |
$19,690 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
1,040 |
$19.08 |
$39,690 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
1,040 |
$15.04 |
$31,280 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,010 |
$16.48 |
$34,270 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
990 |
$9.64 |
$20,050 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
970 |
$13.76 |
$28,620 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
950 |
$10.92 |
$22,700 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
900 |
$23.31 |
$48,480 |
| Accountants and auditors |
890 |
$28.23 |
$58,720 |
| Legal occupations |
850 |
$30.10 |
$62,600 |
| Medical secretaries |
850 |
$16.26 |
$33,820 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
840 |
$17.82 |
$37,060 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
830 |
$13.44 |
$27,960 |
| Security guards |
820 |
$11.19 |
$23,270 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
800 |
Not available |
$49,530 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
790 |
$24.76 |
$51,510 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
790 |
$12.93 |
$26,890 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
780 |
$13.06 |
$27,170 |
| Production workers, all other |
750 |
$12.48 |
$25,970 |
| Service station attendants |
750 |
$9.48 |
$19,730 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
740 |
$14.05 |
$29,230 |
| Helpers--production workers |
720 |
$12.74 |
$26,490 |
| Computer support specialists |
710 |
$21.52 |
$44,760 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
710 |
Not available |
$50,330 |
| Dishwashers |
700 |
$9.03 |
$18,790 |
| Cooks, fast food |
690 |
$9.02 |
$18,770 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
680 |
$9.54 |
$19,850 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
640 |
$18.25 |
$37,970 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
640 |
Not available |
$41,320 |
| Tellers |
640 |
$11.62 |
$24,170 |
| Construction laborers |
630 |
$14.81 |
$30,810 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
620 |
$16.55 |
$34,430 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
610 |
$11.75 |
$24,450 |
| Medical assistants |
600 |
$15.37 |
$31,970 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
600 |
$15.19 |
$31,590 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
580 |
$11.97 |
$24,900 |
| Social and human service assistants |
580 |
$13.60 |
$28,280 |
| Computer systems analysts |
550 |
$30.63 |
$63,710 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
530 |
$22.66 |
$47,130 |
| Electricians |
520 |
$26.96 |
$56,070 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
520 |
$16.79 |
$34,930 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
510 |
$13.12 |
$27,280 |
| Child care workers |
510 |
$9.63 |
$20,040 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
510 |
$11.30 |
$23,500 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
510 |
$26.62 |
$55,380 |
| Driver/sales workers |
490 |
$13.57 |
$28,220 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
480 |
$13.90 |
$28,910 |
| All other information and record clerks |
470 |
$13.47 |
$28,020 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
470 |
$29.10 |
$60,520 |
| Bill and account collectors |
460 |
$15.81 |
$32,890 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
460 |
$27.65 |
$57,500 |
| Bartenders |
440 |
$10.25 |
$21,310 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
440 |
$15.19 |
$31,590 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
430 |
$22.71 |
$47,230 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
420 |
$20.69 |
$43,030 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
420 |
$14.25 |
$29,630 |
| Machinists |
420 |
$17.72 |
$36,850 |
| Managers, all other |
420 |
$32.68 |
$67,980 |
| Recreation workers |
420 |
$12.22 |
$25,420 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
410 |
$11.69 |
$24,310 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
410 |
$23.85 |
$49,600 |
| Insurance sales agents |
410 |
$29.37 |
$61,080 |
| Loan officers |
410 |
$34.04 |
$70,810 |
| Sheet metal workers |
410 |
$24.88 |
$51,750 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
400 |
$15.79 |
$32,840 |
| Bus drivers, school |
390 |
$12.96 |
$26,950 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
390 |
$39.78 |
$82,740 |
| Telemarketers |
380 |
$13.48 |
$28,040 |
| Dental assistants |
370 |
$17.52 |
$36,450 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
360 |
$10.58 |
$22,010 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
360 |
$11.74 |
$24,420 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
360 |
$19.11 |
$39,760 |
| Computer programmers |
350 |
$26.66 |
$55,440 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
350 |
$14.78 |
$30,750 |
| Personal and home care aides |
350 |
$10.18 |
$21,180 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
350 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Sewing machine operators |
350 |
$11.06 |
$23,000 |
| Clergy |
340 |
$24.44 |
$50,850 |
| Construction managers |
340 |
$40.57 |
$84,380 |
| Financial managers |
340 |
$43.93 |
$91,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
340 |
$40.57 |
$84,390 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
340 |
$28.58 |
$59,450 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
340 |
$27.76 |
$57,740 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
330 |
$19.28 |
$40,090 |
| Lawyers |
330 |
$39.92 |
$83,040 |
| Dental hygienists |
320 |
$35.47 |
$73,770 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
320 |
$17.65 |
$36,710 |
| Graphic designers |
320 |
$17.66 |
$36,740 |
| Pharmacists |
320 |
$48.94 |
$101,790 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
300 |
$17.79 |
$37,010 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
300 |
$9.03 |
$18,780 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
300 |
$9.36 |
$19,470 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
300 |
$20.96 |
$43,600 |
| Logging equipment operators |
290 |
$19.59 |
$40,750 |
| Management analysts |
290 |
$29.38 |
$61,110 |
| Roofers |
290 |
$14.81 |
$30,800 |
| Social science research assistants |
290 |
$17.55 |
$36,500 |
| Cooks, short order |
280 |
$9.60 |
$19,970 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
280 |
$9.03 |
$18,770 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
280 |
$10.65 |
$22,140 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
280 |
$13.29 |
$27,650 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
280 |
Not available |
$47,380 |
| Civil engineers |
270 |
$35.57 |
$73,980 |
| Cost estimators |
270 |
$22.38 |
$46,550 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
270 |
$15.75 |
$32,750 |
| Mental health counselors |
270 |
$19.84 |
$41,270 |
| Parts salespersons |
270 |
$14.46 |
$30,070 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
270 |
$20.84 |
$43,340 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
270 |
$36.57 |
$76,070 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
270 |
$15.69 |
$32,630 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
270 |
$15.73 |
$32,720 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
260 |
$17.01 |
$35,380 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
260 |
$9.58 |
$19,930 |
| Legal secretaries |
260 |
$14.73 |
$30,640 |
| Medical and health services managers |
260 |
$38.52 |
$80,120 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
260 |
$98.84 |
$205,590 |
| Printing machine operators |
260 |
$15.28 |
$31,770 |
| Sales managers |
260 |
$48.90 |
$101,720 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
250 |
$18.71 |
$38,910 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
250 |
$19.50 |
$40,550 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
250 |
$18.40 |
$38,270 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
250 |
$20.07 |
$41,740 |
| Training and development specialists |
250 |
$24.26 |
$50,460 |
| Coaches and scouts |
240 |
Not available |
$38,550 |
| Forest and conservation technicians |
240 |
$17.74 |
$36,900 |
| Physical therapists |
240 |
$35.66 |
$74,170 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
240 |
$18.56 |
$38,590 |
| Bakers |
230 |
$12.13 |
$25,230 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
230 |
$42.71 |
$88,850 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
230 |
Not available |
$78,200 |
| File clerks |
230 |
$12.87 |
$26,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
230 |
$24.38 |
$50,710 |
| Food service managers |
230 |
$19.50 |
$40,550 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
220 |
$20.11 |
$41,830 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
220 |
$18.17 |
$37,800 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
220 |
$18.07 |
$37,590 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
220 |
$11.59 |
$24,100 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
220 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Medical and public health social workers |
220 |
$21.96 |
$45,680 |
| Musicians and singers |
220 |
$31.78 |
Not available |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
220 |
$18.03 |
$37,490 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
210 |
$18.25 |
$37,960 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
210 |
$25.59 |
$53,220 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
210 |
$13.04 |
$27,110 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
210 |
$17.38 |
$36,150 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
200 |
$12.90 |
$26,840 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
200 |
$22.73 |
$47,280 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
200 |
$10.18 |
$21,180 |
| Fire fighters |
200 |
$22.48 |
$46,760 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
200 |
$28.82 |
$59,950 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
200 |
$11.32 |
$23,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
190 |
$16.26 |
$33,810 |
| Industrial production managers |
190 |
$41.24 |
$85,790 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
190 |
$16.42 |
$34,160 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
190 |
$10.21 |
$21,230 |
| Order clerks |
190 |
$14.53 |
$30,230 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
190 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Advertising sales agents |
180 |
$24.32 |
$50,590 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
180 |
$9.44 |
$19,640 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
180 |
$17.28 |
$35,940 |
| Social and community service managers |
180 |
$24.89 |
$51,770 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
170 |
$12.41 |
$25,810 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
170 |
$21.93 |
$45,610 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
170 |
$24.73 |
$51,440 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other |
170 |
$9.26 |
$19,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
170 |
$15.07 |
$31,350 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
170 |
$9.95 |
$20,700 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
170 |
$12.33 |
$25,640 |
| Marketing managers |
170 |
$32.21 |
$67,000 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
170 |
$9.64 |
$20,060 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
160 |
$21.99 |
$45,740 |
| Directors, religious activities and education |
160 |
$16.20 |
$33,700 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
160 |
$15.07 |
$31,350 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
160 |
$17.76 |
$36,940 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
160 |
$14.56 |
$30,280 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
160 |
$17.65 |
$36,710 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
160 |
$15.67 |
$32,590 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
150 |
$30.30 |
$63,030 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
150 |
$24.33 |
$50,600 |
| Data entry keyers |
150 |
$13.21 |
$27,490 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
150 |
$21.50 |
$44,720 |
| Librarians |
150 |
$26.69 |
$55,520 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
150 |
$22.86 |
$47,550 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
150 |
$15.04 |
$31,280 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
150 |
$15.15 |
$31,520 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
150 |
$11.45 |
$23,810 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
150 |
$21.70 |
$45,130 |
| Woodworkers, all other |
150 |
$11.38 |
$23,670 |
| Carpet installers |
140 |
$13.71 |
$28,510 |
| Couriers and messengers |
140 |
$12.24 |
$25,450 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
140 |
$9.27 |
$19,280 |
| Logging workers, all other |
140 |
$17.05 |
$35,460 |
| Mechanical drafters |
140 |
$19.49 |
$40,530 |
| Mechanical engineers |
140 |
$29.84 |
$62,070 |
| Public relations specialists |
140 |
$23.63 |
$49,150 |
| Social workers, all other |
140 |
$17.78 |
$36,980 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
140 |
$14.71 |
$30,590 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
140 |
$27.62 |
$57,440 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
130 |
$24.98 |
$51,950 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
130 |
Not available |
$70,100 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
130 |
$15.54 |
$32,320 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
130 |
$9.91 |
$20,620 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
130 |
$18.72 |
$38,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
130 |
$31.67 |
$65,870 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
130 |
$16.84 |
$35,030 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
130 |
$29.39 |
$61,130 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
130 |
Not available |
$46,250 |
| Surgeons |
130 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Biological technicians |
120 |
$15.63 |
$32,510 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
120 |
$13.42 |
$27,900 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
120 |
$43.01 |
$89,460 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
120 |
$15.24 |
$31,700 |
| Database administrators |
120 |
$32.59 |
$67,780 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
120 |
Not available |
$45,930 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
120 |
$18.17 |
$37,790 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
120 |
$17.06 |
$35,480 |
| Tax preparers |
120 |
$16.96 |
$35,280 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
120 |
$9.08 |
$18,900 |
| Chief executives |
110 |
$79.15 |
$164,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
110 |
$17.27 |
$35,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
110 |
$36.38 |
$75,670 |
| Foresters |
110 |
$29.92 |
$62,230 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
110 |
$17.79 |
$36,990 |
| Instructional coordinators |
110 |
$30.61 |
$63,680 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
110 |
$13.92 |
$28,950 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
110 |
$10.11 |
$21,020 |
| Psychologists, all other |
110 |
$41.21 |
$85,710 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians |
110 |
$19.83 |
$41,240 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
110 |
$20.31 |
$42,250 |
| Administrative services managers |
100 |
$35.11 |
$73,030 |
| Biological scientists, all other |
100 |
$23.64 |
$49,180 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
100 |
$23.57 |
$49,020 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
100 |
$30.97 |
$64,410 |
| Dentists, general |
100 |
$81.72 |
$169,980 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
100 |
$43.71 |
$90,910 |
| Engineering managers |
100 |
$47.12 |
$98,000 |
| Food batchmakers |
100 |
$11.39 |
$23,700 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders |
100 |
$17.09 |
$35,540 |
| New accounts clerks |
100 |
$15.43 |
$32,100 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
100 |
$13.68 |
$28,460 |
| Tile and marble setters |
100 |
$17.80 |
$37,020 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
100 |
$14.39 |
$29,920 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
$35.22 |
$73,270 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
90 |
$18.48 |
$38,440 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
90 |
Not available |
$76,910 |
| Library technicians |
90 |
$16.85 |
$35,060 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
90 |
$15.26 |
$31,740 |
| Multi-media artists and animators |
90 |
$20.91 |
$43,500 |
| Physician assistants |
90 |
$44.27 |
$92,080 |
| Postal service clerks |
90 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Public relations managers |
90 |
$32.77 |
$68,170 |
| Real estate sales agents |
90 |
$21.92 |
$45,590 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
90 |
$19.38 |
$40,310 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
90 |
Not available |
$53,530 |
| Tapers |
90 |
$22.06 |
$45,880 |
| Bindery workers |
80 |
$18.21 |
$37,880 |
| Broadcast technicians |
80 |
$13.77 |
$28,630 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
80 |
$19.50 |
$40,560 |
| Editors |
80 |
$22.11 |
$45,990 |
| Electrical engineers |
80 |
$40.38 |
$84,000 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
80 |
$25.16 |
$52,330 |
| Floral designers |
80 |
$10.23 |
$21,270 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
80 |
$23.77 |
$49,450 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
80 |
$20.59 |
$42,820 |
| Producers and directors |
80 |
$17.51 |
$36,410 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
80 |
$14.29 |
$29,730 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
80 |
$31.28 |
$65,070 |
| Travel agents |
80 |
$13.82 |
$28,750 |
| Urban and regional planners |
80 |
$29.82 |
$62,020 |
| Veterinarians |
80 |
$34.80 |
$72,380 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
70 |
$13.32 |
$27,700 |
| Family and general practitioners |
70 |
$76.22 |
$158,530 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
70 |
$15.89 |
$33,050 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
70 |
$39.26 |
$81,650 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
70 |
$16.39 |
$34,090 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
70 |
$12.74 |
$26,490 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
70 |
$13.97 |
$29,060 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
70 |
$21.46 |
$44,630 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
70 |
$16.62 |
$34,570 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
70 |
$18.57 |
$38,630 |
| Personal financial advisors |
70 |
$38.88 |
$80,870 |
| Photographers |
70 |
$16.21 |
$33,710 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
70 |
$28.25 |
$58,760 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
70 |
$22.00 |
$45,760 |
| Surgical technologists |
70 |
$21.87 |
$45,490 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
70 |
$14.68 |
$30,530 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners |
70 |
$16.69 |
$34,710 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
70 |
$25.21 |
$52,440 |
| Word processors and typists |
70 |
$12.90 |
$26,820 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
60 |
$26.86 |
$55,880 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
60 |
$24.12 |
$50,170 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
60 |
$20.42 |
$42,470 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
60 |
$27.99 |
$58,220 |
| Credit analysts |
60 |
$27.95 |
$58,130 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas |
60 |
$16.77 |
$34,880 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
60 |
$19.54 |
$40,640 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
60 |
$26.78 |
$55,700 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
60 |
$27.74 |
$57,690 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators |
60 |
$13.32 |
$27,710 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers |
60 |
$24.15 |
$50,240 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
60 |
$21.21 |
$44,120 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$82,620 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
60 |
$25.62 |
$53,290 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
60 |
$11.21 |
$23,310 |
| Procurement clerks |
60 |
$16.06 |
$33,410 |
| Radio and television announcers |
60 |
$19.41 |
$40,380 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
50 |
$25.00 |
$52,000 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$88,060 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders |
50 |
$12.10 |
$25,160 |
| Chemists |
50 |
$23.19 |
$48,240 |
| Computer operators |
50 |
$17.17 |
$35,720 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
50 |
$23.38 |
$48,640 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers |
50 |
$17.97 |
$37,380 |
| Industrial engineers |
50 |
$35.27 |
$73,370 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
50 |
$18.30 |
$38,070 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
50 |
$14.29 |
$29,730 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers |
50 |
$22.33 |
$46,440 |
| Occupational therapists |
50 |
$34.44 |
$71,630 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
50 |
$13.65 |
$28,400 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
50 |
$20.36 |
$42,340 |
| Purchasing managers |
50 |
$38.82 |
$80,740 |
| Surveyors |
50 |
$29.29 |
$60,920 |
| Writers and authors |
50 |
$25.01 |
$52,030 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
40 |
$15.87 |
$33,010 |
| Budget analysts |
40 |
$29.72 |
$61,810 |
| Chiropractors |
40 |
$25.26 |
$52,530 |
| Crane and tower operators |
40 |
$19.89 |
$41,360 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
40 |
$26.41 |
$54,930 |
| Engineers, all other |
40 |
$38.92 |
$80,960 |
| Financial analysts |
40 |
$35.48 |
$73,800 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
40 |
$17.13 |
$35,630 |
| Lodging managers |
40 |
$24.88 |
$51,760 |
| Market research analysts |
40 |
$23.97 |
$49,860 |
| Massage therapists |
40 |
$32.82 |
$68,250 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
40 |
$18.51 |
$38,490 |
| Music directors and composers |
40 |
$18.45 |
$38,390 |
| Optometrists |
40 |
$40.17 |
$83,550 |
| Physical therapist aides |
40 |
$10.55 |
$21,950 |
| Residential advisors |
40 |
$10.98 |
$22,840 |
| Statisticians |
40 |
$31.84 |
$66,220 |
| Upholsterers |
40 |
$13.46 |
$28,000 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
40 |
Not available |
$44,510 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists |
30 |
$23.73 |
$49,350 |
| Commercial pilots |
30 |
Not available |
$49,590 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
30 |
$20.69 |
$43,040 |
| Curators |
30 |
$21.10 |
$43,880 |
| Environmental engineers |
30 |
$35.03 |
$72,860 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
30 |
Not available |
$92,800 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
30 |
$21.02 |
$43,710 |
| Brokerage clerks |
Not available |
$17.49 |
$36,390 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture |
Not available |
$17.01 |
$35,390 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
Not available |
$29.53 |
$61,420 |
| Computer and information scientists, research |
Not available |
$51.31 |
$106,720 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
Not available |
$28.49 |
$59,260 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$19.52 |
$40,600 |
| Craft artists |
Not available |
$12.61 |
$26,240 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$19.57 |
$40,710 |
| Designers, all other |
Not available |
$21.71 |
$45,170 |
| Drafters, all other |
Not available |
$16.81 |
$34,950 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
Not available |
$11.76 |
$24,460 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
Not available |
$22.13 |
$46,030 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles |
Not available |
$16.26 |
$33,820 |
| Fence erectors |
Not available |
$14.68 |
$30,540 |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders |
Not available |
$14.03 |
$29,190 |
| Glaziers |
Not available |
$18.84 |
$39,180 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
Not available |
$13.06 |
$27,170 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
Not available |
$10.72 |
$22,290 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
Not available |
$14.14 |
$29,400 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
Not available |
$17.40 |
$36,200 |
| Health educators |
Not available |
$15.66 |
$32,570 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
Not available |
$12.17 |
$25,300 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
Not available |
$13.05 |
$27,140 |
| Helpers--electricians |
Not available |
$18.71 |
$38,920 |
| Landscape architects |
Not available |
$29.23 |
$60,800 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants |
Not available |
$9.24 |
$19,210 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
Not available |
$31.68 |
$65,900 |
| Millwrights |
Not available |
$17.95 |
$37,330 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$12.95 |
$26,940 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
Not available |
$11.83 |
$24,600 |
| Parking lot attendants |
Not available |
$9.14 |
$19,020 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
Not available |
$19.31 |
$40,160 |
| Psychiatrists |
Not available |
$105.69 |
$219,840 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products |
Not available |
$16.81 |
$34,970 |
| Respiratory therapists |
Not available |
$24.48 |
$50,920 |
| Sales engineers |
Not available |
$38.25 |
$79,560 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
Not available |
$19.75 |
$41,080 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
Not available |
$14.13 |
$29,390 |
| Technical writers |
Not available |
$22.56 |
$46,930 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
Not available |
$27.53 |
$57,270 |
| Tour guides and escorts |
Not available |
$10.37 |
$21,560 |
