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 |
171,870 |
$18.04 |
$37,530 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
24,920 |
$13.87 |
$28,840 |
| Production occupations |
24,580 |
$17.95 |
$37,330 |
| Sales and related occupations |
16,700 |
$14.65 |
$30,480 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
14,760 |
$8.55 |
$17,780 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
13,010 |
$14.17 |
$29,470 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
11,570 |
$21.87 |
$45,490 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
10,180 |
$28.21 |
$58,690 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
9,750 |
$19.99 |
$41,570 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
7,820 |
$20.79 |
$43,240 |
| Management occupations |
6,690 |
$41.68 |
$86,700 |
| Team assemblers |
6,260 |
$22.55 |
$46,900 |
| Retail salespersons |
5,680 |
$10.49 |
$21,810 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
5,500 |
$7.40 |
$15,400 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
5,170 |
$10.82 |
$22,510 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
4,740 |
$25.31 |
$52,650 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
4,630 |
$12.48 |
$25,950 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
3,940 |
$10.05 |
$20,910 |
| Cashiers |
3,850 |
$7.89 |
$16,420 |
| Registered nurses |
3,810 |
$25.23 |
$52,470 |
| Office clerks, general |
3,250 |
$11.12 |
$23,120 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
3,050 |
$17.16 |
$35,680 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
3,030 |
$10.66 |
$22,180 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
3,020 |
$11.62 |
$24,170 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
2,890 |
$8.25 |
$17,170 |
| Protective service occupations |
2,780 |
$16.65 |
$34,640 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
2,670 |
$29.42 |
$61,190 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
2,620 |
$14.95 |
$31,090 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
2,300 |
$11.60 |
$24,130 |
| Customer service representatives |
2,250 |
$15.34 |
$31,910 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
2,160 |
$12.95 |
$26,930 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
2,100 |
$19.20 |
$39,930 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
2,090 |
$10.08 |
$20,960 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
2,000 |
$26.05 |
$54,190 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
1,990 |
$24.39 |
$50,730 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
1,890 |
$18.14 |
$37,730 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
1,880 |
$16.74 |
$34,830 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
1,850 |
$25.46 |
$52,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,830 |
$26.09 |
$54,260 |
| Community and social services occupations |
1,770 |
$17.97 |
$37,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,630 |
$17.68 |
$36,780 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
1,600 |
$22.26 |
$46,290 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1,560 |
$31.07 |
$64,630 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,520 |
Not available |
$47,100 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
1,500 |
$16.62 |
$34,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,400 |
$22.28 |
$46,330 |
| Electricians |
1,340 |
$24.76 |
$51,500 |
| General and operations managers |
1,330 |
$46.79 |
$97,330 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,330 |
$12.87 |
$26,770 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
1,310 |
$15.27 |
$31,770 |
| Carpenters |
1,300 |
$18.20 |
$37,850 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,260 |
$10.74 |
$22,340 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,200 |
$9.60 |
$19,960 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
1,190 |
$13.79 |
$28,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,110 |
$13.99 |
$29,100 |
| Helpers--production workers |
1,090 |
$9.84 |
$20,460 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
1,070 |
$13.32 |
$27,710 |
| Construction laborers |
1,060 |
$18.01 |
$37,460 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,060 |
Not available |
$47,110 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,000 |
$17.16 |
$35,700 |
| Personal and home care aides |
950 |
$10.00 |
$20,790 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
890 |
$8.89 |
$18,480 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
870 |
Not available |
$47,260 |
| Accountants and auditors |
860 |
$27.14 |
$56,450 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
860 |
$17.57 |
$36,540 |
| Security guards |
860 |
$13.42 |
$27,920 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
830 |
$28.01 |
$58,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
780 |
$29.64 |
$61,650 |
| Teacher assistants |
750 |
Not available |
$21,020 |
| Tellers |
740 |
$10.84 |
$22,560 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
720 |
$10.74 |
$22,330 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
720 |
$10.41 |
$21,650 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
700 |
$12.77 |
$26,570 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
680 |
$13.02 |
$27,070 |
| Boilermakers |
670 |
$26.00 |
$54,070 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
650 |
$13.55 |
$28,180 |
| Food preparation workers |
640 |
$8.48 |
$17,630 |
| Machinists |
640 |
$15.15 |
$31,520 |
| Legal occupations |
630 |
$28.98 |
$60,280 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
610 |
$14.43 |
$30,010 |
| Bus drivers, school |
600 |
$11.69 |
$24,320 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
600 |
$13.45 |
$27,970 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
600 |
$22.15 |
$46,080 |
| Recreation workers |
590 |
$9.64 |
$20,050 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
580 |
Not available |
$20,610 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
570 |
$22.86 |
$47,550 |
| Child care workers |
560 |
$7.93 |
$16,490 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
560 |
$21.91 |
$45,580 |
| Bartenders |
550 |
$8.70 |
$18,100 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
550 |
$22.18 |
$46,130 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
550 |
$16.40 |
$34,120 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
540 |
$10.30 |
$21,430 |
| Medical assistants |
540 |
$11.90 |
$24,740 |
| Medical secretaries |
540 |
$13.00 |
$27,050 |
| Dishwashers |
530 |
$7.95 |
$16,530 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
510 |
$13.25 |
$27,560 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
510 |
$18.34 |
$38,140 |
| Parts salespersons |
500 |
$13.43 |
$27,930 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
500 |
$14.88 |
$30,950 |
| Home health aides |
490 |
$9.95 |
$20,690 |
| Mechanical engineers |
490 |
$32.01 |
$66,580 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
490 |
$11.83 |
$24,600 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
480 |
$11.84 |
$24,630 |
| Medical and health services managers |
480 |
$35.03 |
$72,860 |
| Sales managers |
480 |
$40.82 |
$84,900 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
470 |
$10.99 |
$22,870 |
| Management analysts |
470 |
$28.62 |
$59,530 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
470 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Industrial production managers |
450 |
$40.90 |
$85,070 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
450 |
$10.38 |
$21,590 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
440 |
$17.43 |
$36,250 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
440 |
$19.81 |
$41,210 |
| Printing machine operators |
440 |
$17.18 |
$35,730 |
| Tool and die makers |
440 |
$20.61 |
$42,860 |
| Bill and account collectors |
430 |
$13.35 |
$27,760 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
430 |
$13.25 |
$27,570 |
| Financial managers |
420 |
$44.46 |
$92,470 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
420 |
$20.61 |
$42,870 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
410 |
$9.79 |
$20,370 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
390 |
$22.53 |
$46,870 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
390 |
$7.60 |
$15,800 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
390 |
$8.17 |
$17,000 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
390 |
$17.08 |
$35,530 |
| Computer support specialists |
380 |
$17.85 |
$37,140 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
380 |
$16.41 |
$34,140 |
| Power plant operators |
380 |
$26.89 |
$55,930 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
370 |
$21.35 |
$44,400 |
| Coaches and scouts |
370 |
Not available |
$25,490 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
370 |
$7.66 |
$15,930 |
| Fire fighters |
360 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Industrial engineers |
360 |
$30.61 |
$63,680 |
| Millwrights |
360 |
$25.08 |
$52,160 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders |
350 |
$17.79 |
$37,010 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
350 |
$95.82 |
$199,310 |
| Production workers, all other |
350 |
$10.40 |
$21,620 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
350 |
$20.22 |
$42,060 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
330 |
$16.77 |
$34,880 |
| Computer programmers |
330 |
$30.97 |
$64,410 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
330 |
$33.13 |
$68,910 |
| Public relations specialists |
330 |
$20.77 |
$43,200 |
| Cost estimators |
320 |
$27.10 |
$56,370 |
| Dental assistants |
320 |
$15.93 |
$33,140 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
320 |
$9.17 |
$19,070 |
| Loan officers |
320 |
$25.40 |
$52,820 |
| Cooks, fast food |
310 |
$7.29 |
$15,150 |
| Driver/sales workers |
310 |
$9.94 |
$20,680 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
310 |
$17.46 |
$36,310 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
310 |
$13.18 |
$27,420 |
| Managers, all other |
300 |
$31.98 |
$66,520 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
300 |
$20.11 |
$41,840 |
| Chief executives |
290 |
$76.34 |
$158,800 |
| Lawyers |
290 |
$37.75 |
$78,530 |
| Pharmacists |
290 |
$48.25 |
$100,360 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
290 |
$31.78 |
$66,100 |
| Construction managers |
280 |
$36.26 |
$75,420 |
| Engineering managers |
280 |
$56.34 |
$117,200 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
280 |
$15.09 |
$31,390 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
280 |
$12.12 |
$25,200 |
| Physical therapists |
280 |
$29.75 |
$61,870 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
270 |
$47.79 |
$99,410 |
| Computer systems analysts |
270 |
$32.54 |
$67,690 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
270 |
$14.60 |
$30,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
270 |
$22.77 |
$47,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
270 |
$21.22 |
$44,130 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
260 |
$18.09 |
$37,630 |
| Bakers |
260 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Chemists |
260 |
$35.56 |
$73,970 |
| Food service managers |
260 |
$23.06 |
$47,960 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
260 |
$26.12 |
$54,330 |
| Order clerks |
260 |
$13.21 |
$27,490 |
| Surgical technologists |
260 |
$16.68 |
$34,680 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
250 |
$22.11 |
$45,980 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
250 |
$11.59 |
$24,110 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
250 |
$14.71 |
$30,590 |
| Psychiatric technicians |
250 |
$12.22 |
$25,430 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
250 |
$24.09 |
$50,110 |
| Social and human service assistants |
250 |
$12.76 |
$26,550 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
240 |
$17.26 |
$35,890 |
| Dental hygienists |
240 |
$27.94 |
$58,130 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
240 |
$13.70 |
$28,500 |
| Sewing machine operators |
240 |
$10.52 |
$21,890 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
230 |
$14.47 |
$30,090 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
230 |
$40.35 |
$83,940 |
| Training and development specialists |
230 |
$21.91 |
$45,560 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
220 |
$23.63 |
$49,140 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
220 |
$16.46 |
$34,240 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
220 |
$17.47 |
$36,340 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
220 |
$9.58 |
$19,930 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
220 |
$10.64 |
$22,130 |
| Civil engineers |
210 |
$29.68 |
$61,740 |
| Data entry keyers |
210 |
$10.73 |
$22,320 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
210 |
$21.91 |
$45,580 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
210 |
$13.80 |
$28,710 |
| Advertising sales agents |
200 |
$18.97 |
$39,460 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
200 |
Not available |
$68,060 |
| Chemical technicians |
200 |
$26.02 |
$54,130 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
200 |
Not available |
$76,480 |
| Graphic designers |
200 |
$15.85 |
$32,970 |
| Insurance sales agents |
200 |
$30.68 |
$63,810 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
200 |
$16.85 |
$35,050 |
| Respiratory therapists |
200 |
$22.35 |
$46,490 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
200 |
$33.47 |
$69,610 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
200 |
$10.65 |
$22,140 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
190 |
$8.49 |
$17,670 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
190 |
$24.71 |
$51,400 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
190 |
$9.21 |
$19,150 |
| Marketing managers |
190 |
$44.52 |
$92,610 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
190 |
$14.61 |
$30,390 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
190 |
$18.05 |
$37,550 |
| Occupational therapists |
190 |
$29.27 |
$60,880 |
| Sheet metal workers |
190 |
$20.87 |
$43,420 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
190 |
Not available |
$49,270 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
180 |
$11.26 |
$23,410 |
| Electrical engineers |
180 |
$35.05 |
$72,910 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
180 |
$21.74 |
$45,220 |
| Legal secretaries |
180 |
$14.88 |
$30,950 |
| Roof bolters, mining |
180 |
$19.98 |
$41,560 |
| Crane and tower operators |
170 |
$20.18 |
$41,970 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
170 |
$28.57 |
$59,430 |
| Mechanical drafters |
170 |
$21.49 |
$44,700 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
170 |
$13.92 |
$28,960 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
170 |
$15.20 |
$31,610 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
170 |
$9.87 |
$20,540 |
| Social and community service managers |
170 |
$21.78 |
$45,310 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
160 |
$12.39 |
$25,780 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
160 |
$19.53 |
$40,630 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
160 |
$21.23 |
$44,150 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
150 |
$16.67 |
$34,670 |
| File clerks |
150 |
$10.59 |
$22,030 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
150 |
$15.91 |
$33,090 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
150 |
$8.98 |
$18,690 |
| New accounts clerks |
150 |
$14.08 |
$29,280 |
| Pest control workers |
150 |
$13.72 |
$28,540 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
150 |
$16.03 |
$33,340 |
| Pourers and casters, metal |
150 |
$15.23 |
$31,680 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
150 |
$22.27 |
$46,330 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
140 |
$15.99 |
$33,260 |
| Cooks, short order |
140 |
$8.79 |
$18,280 |
| Couriers and messengers |
140 |
$11.16 |
$23,220 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
140 |
$24.15 |
$50,240 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
140 |
$14.01 |
$29,150 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
140 |
$15.32 |
$31,880 |
| Librarians |
140 |
$21.41 |
$44,540 |
| Library technicians |
140 |
$11.43 |
$23,770 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
140 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Roofers |
140 |
$22.54 |
$46,880 |
| Telemarketers |
140 |
$12.16 |
$25,300 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
130 |
$13.41 |
$27,900 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
130 |
$15.24 |
$31,690 |
| Shuttle car operators |
130 |
$19.65 |
$40,880 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
130 |
$15.61 |
$32,470 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
130 |
$40.72 |
$84,700 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
130 |
$24.65 |
$51,280 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
130 |
$13.65 |
$28,400 |
| Administrative services managers |
120 |
$34.40 |
$71,550 |
| All other information and record clerks |
120 |
$14.72 |
$30,610 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
120 |
$8.57 |
$17,830 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
120 |
$13.29 |
$27,630 |
| Extraction workers, all other |
120 |
$21.01 |
$43,700 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall |
120 |
$23.72 |
$49,330 |
| Personal financial advisors |
120 |
$39.19 |
$81,520 |
| Surgeons |
120 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
120 |
$16.92 |
$35,190 |
| Chemical engineers |
110 |
$41.93 |
$87,220 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
110 |
$19.97 |
$41,550 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
110 |
$33.72 |
$70,130 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
110 |
Not available |
$60,020 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
110 |
Not available |
$58,300 |
| Family and general practitioners |
110 |
$75.97 |
$158,010 |
| Logisticians |
110 |
$28.80 |
$59,910 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
110 |
$28.24 |
$58,750 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
110 |
Not available |
$59,660 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
110 |
$27.89 |
$58,020 |
| Social workers, all other |
110 |
$17.97 |
$37,370 |
| Clergy |
100 |
$20.54 |
$42,730 |
| Credit analysts |
100 |
$26.02 |
$54,110 |
| Database administrators |
100 |
$28.47 |
$59,220 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
100 |
$24.80 |
$51,580 |
| Funeral attendants |
100 |
$9.85 |
$20,500 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
100 |
Not available |
$42,900 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
100 |
$11.93 |
$24,810 |
| Market research analysts |
100 |
$24.56 |
$51,080 |
| Marriage and family therapists |
100 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Meter readers, utilities |
100 |
$16.24 |
$33,770 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
100 |
$9.86 |
$20,510 |
| Public relations managers |
100 |
$29.51 |
$61,390 |
| Radio and television announcers |
100 |
$13.97 |
$29,060 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
100 |
$15.91 |
$33,080 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
100 |
$24.91 |
$51,810 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
90 |
$18.55 |
$38,590 |
| Broadcast technicians |
90 |
$15.81 |
$32,890 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
90 |
$14.75 |
$30,680 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
90 |
$19.54 |
$40,640 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
90 |
Not available |
$65,080 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
90 |
$16.99 |
$35,340 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
90 |
$15.05 |
$31,310 |
| Postal service clerks |
90 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Protective service workers, all other |
90 |
$10.08 |
$20,960 |
| Purchasing managers |
90 |
$36.20 |
$75,290 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
90 |
$26.61 |
$55,360 |
| Surveyors |
90 |
$20.31 |
$42,240 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders |
80 |
$15.45 |
$32,140 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
80 |
$25.94 |
$53,950 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
80 |
$21.67 |
$45,070 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
80 |
$21.99 |
$45,740 |
| Continuous mining machine operators |
80 |
$19.20 |
$39,940 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
80 |
$19.00 |
$39,520 |
| Financial analysts |
80 |
$37.57 |
$78,150 |
| Floral designers |
80 |
$10.06 |
$20,930 |
| Funeral directors |
80 |
$20.69 |
$43,040 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
80 |
$34.62 |
$72,010 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
80 |
$15.48 |
$32,190 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
80 |
Not available |
$46,830 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
80 |
$10.05 |
$20,900 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$63,470 |
| Biological technicians |
70 |
$15.66 |
$32,580 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
70 |
$32.32 |
$67,220 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
70 |
$19.34 |
$40,220 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
70 |
$25.17 |
$52,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
70 |
$30.09 |
$62,580 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
70 |
$17.76 |
$36,940 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
70 |
$12.12 |
$25,220 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
70 |
$33.86 |
$70,430 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
70 |
$19.60 |
$40,770 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
70 |
$18.19 |
$37,830 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
70 |
$17.40 |
$36,190 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
70 |
$20.31 |
$42,230 |
| Procurement clerks |
70 |
$14.38 |
$29,910 |
| Producers and directors |
70 |
$22.79 |
$47,400 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Reporters and correspondents |
70 |
$18.88 |
$39,270 |
| Sales engineers |
70 |
$32.10 |
$66,770 |
| Service station attendants |
70 |
$9.50 |
$19,770 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
70 |
Not available |
$54,910 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
60 |
$39.47 |
$82,100 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
60 |
$42.25 |
$87,870 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
60 |
$25.95 |
$53,970 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
60 |
$23.15 |
$48,160 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
60 |
$23.13 |
$48,100 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
60 |
$18.91 |
$39,330 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
60 |
$33.96 |
$70,640 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
60 |
$25.44 |
$52,920 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
60 |
$10.16 |
$21,140 |
| Instructional coordinators |
60 |
$24.63 |
$51,240 |
| Legislators |
60 |
Not available |
$108,150 |
| Mental health counselors |
60 |
$19.19 |
$39,910 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
60 |
$14.15 |
$29,420 |
| Photographers |
60 |
$16.93 |
$35,210 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
60 |
$25.17 |
$52,350 |
| Real estate sales agents |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
50 |
$20.42 |
$42,470 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
50 |
$7.85 |
$16,330 |
| Bailiffs |
50 |
$12.60 |
$26,210 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
50 |
$14.42 |
$29,990 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
50 |
$23.75 |
$49,400 |
| Computer operators |
50 |
$17.44 |
$36,280 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
50 |
$13.50 |
$28,070 |
| Dentists, general |
50 |
$88.49 |
$184,070 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
50 |
$26.43 |
$54,970 |
| Editors |
50 |
$22.98 |
$47,800 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay |
50 |
$29.04 |
$60,410 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
50 |
$25.56 |
$53,150 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
50 |
$16.36 |
$34,030 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
50 |
$14.38 |
$29,910 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$62,950 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
50 |
$16.45 |
$34,210 |
| Materials engineers |
50 |
$35.41 |
$73,650 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
50 |
$10.61 |
$22,070 |
| Occupational health and safety technicians |
50 |
$21.59 |
$44,910 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
50 |
$21.52 |
$44,760 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
50 |
$11.17 |
$23,230 |
| Pharmacy aides |
50 |
$11.35 |
$23,610 |
| Sailors and marine oilers |
50 |
$12.22 |
$25,410 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
50 |
$10.27 |
$21,360 |
| Training and development managers |
50 |
$42.20 |
$87,780 |
| Veterinarians |
50 |
$40.52 |
$84,280 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Bindery workers |
40 |
$14.54 |
$30,240 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$65,420 |
| Budget analysts |
40 |
$30.10 |
$62,610 |
| Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels |
40 |
$27.77 |
$57,760 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
40 |
$17.89 |
$37,210 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
40 |
$21.03 |
$43,740 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
40 |
$36.73 |
$76,390 |
| Court reporters |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
40 |
$19.43 |
$40,410 |
| Engineers, all other |
40 |
$40.53 |
$84,310 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
40 |
$23.89 |
$49,690 |
| Health educators |
40 |
$19.17 |
$39,880 |
| Lodging managers |
40 |
$17.13 |
$35,630 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
40 |
$21.84 |
$45,420 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
40 |
$16.93 |
$35,220 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
40 |
$28.86 |
$60,020 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
40 |
$10.06 |
$20,920 |
| Pipelayers |
40 |
$16.36 |
$34,030 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
40 |
$28.12 |
$58,480 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians |
40 |
$21.36 |
$44,430 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
40 |
Not available |
$44,200 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
40 |
$19.53 |
$40,620 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
40 |
$13.05 |
$27,130 |
| Broadcast news analysts |
30 |
$29.32 |
$60,980 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
30 |
$20.38 |
$42,380 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
30 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Interior designers |
30 |
$16.57 |
$34,460 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers |
30 |
$16.21 |
$33,720 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
30 |
$12.52 |
$26,030 |
| Photographic process workers |
30 |
$13.73 |
$28,560 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
30 |
Not available |
$70,700 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
30 |
$18.96 |
$39,430 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
30 |
$15.01 |
$31,220 |
| Wellhead pumpers |
30 |
$13.68 |
$28,450 |
| Brokerage clerks |
Not available |
$16.45 |
$34,210 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
Not available |
$13.76 |
$28,620 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$10.88 |
$22,630 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
Not available |
$12.78 |
$26,580 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
Not available |
$17.69 |
$36,790 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
Not available |
$15.37 |
$31,960 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
Not available |
$14.48 |
$30,120 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
Not available |
$26.11 |
$54,300 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
Not available |
$18.01 |
$37,470 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
Not available |
$13.12 |
$27,300 |
| Helpers--extraction workers |
Not available |
$16.22 |
$33,740 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
Not available |
$10.61 |
$22,070 |
| Insurance underwriters |
Not available |
$19.00 |
$39,530 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
Not available |
$8.17 |
$17,000 |
| Loan counselors |
Not available |
$16.67 |
$34,670 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
Not available |
$19.55 |
$40,670 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
Not available |
$8.07 |
$16,780 |
| Natural sciences managers |
Not available |
$62.52 |
$130,050 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$13.54 |
$28,160 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
Not available |
$14.01 |
$29,140 |
| Parking lot attendants |
Not available |
$8.73 |
$18,170 |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers |
Not available |
$28.67 |
$59,630 |
| Physical therapist aides |
Not available |
$15.55 |
$32,350 |
| Physician assistants |
Not available |
$25.82 |
$53,700 |
| Public address system and other announcers |
Not available |
$11.07 |
$23,020 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
Not available |
$13.95 |
$29,010 |
| Residential advisors |
Not available |
$9.63 |
$20,040 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$15.55 |
$32,340 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
Not available |
$11.60 |
$24,120 |
| Statisticians |
Not available |
$30.41 |
$63,250 |
| Tax preparers |
Not available |
$18.51 |
$38,500 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
Not available |
$23.03 |
$47,900 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$9.67 |
$20,110 |
| Transportation inspectors |
Not available |
$14.45 |
$30,060 |
| Travel agents |
Not available |
$12.15 |
$25,280 |
| Word processors and typists |
Not available |
$16.05 |
$33,380 |
