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 |
202,300 |
$17.51 |
$36,410 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
30,930 |
$13.57 |
$28,220 |
| Production occupations |
24,050 |
$12.75 |
$26,520 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
23,550 |
$16.38 |
$34,060 |
| Sales and related occupations |
20,010 |
$15.35 |
$31,940 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
16,290 |
$8.82 |
$18,350 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
11,380 |
$20.85 |
$43,370 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
11,320 |
$19.01 |
$39,550 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
10,610 |
$27.56 |
$57,320 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
8,820 |
$15.78 |
$32,830 |
| Management occupations |
8,670 |
$43.50 |
$90,490 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
8,050 |
$28.54 |
$59,360 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
8,030 |
$16.52 |
$34,360 |
| Retail salespersons |
6,600 |
$9.99 |
$20,790 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
6,540 |
$29.42 |
$61,190 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
5,470 |
$10.67 |
$22,190 |
| Cashiers |
4,830 |
$8.47 |
$17,620 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
4,470 |
$10.94 |
$22,750 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
4,250 |
$10.53 |
$21,890 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
4,090 |
$8.83 |
$18,370 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
3,990 |
$30.41 |
$63,260 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
3,850 |
$11.29 |
$23,480 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
3,790 |
$9.85 |
$20,480 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
3,230 |
$7.62 |
$15,850 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
3,180 |
$13.03 |
$27,090 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
3,080 |
$27.86 |
$57,940 |
| Office clerks, general |
3,000 |
$11.27 |
$23,430 |
| Protective service occupations |
2,840 |
$16.60 |
$34,520 |
| Team assemblers |
2,820 |
$12.82 |
$26,660 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
2,750 |
$14.06 |
$29,240 |
| Helpers--production workers |
2,680 |
$11.26 |
$23,420 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,570 |
$10.49 |
$21,820 |
| Registered nurses |
2,550 |
$25.07 |
$52,140 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
2,390 |
$10.36 |
$21,550 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
2,290 |
$30.61 |
$63,670 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
2,270 |
$19.03 |
$39,590 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
2,250 |
$16.41 |
$34,130 |
| Customer service representatives |
2,130 |
$13.05 |
$27,140 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,970 |
$14.24 |
$29,620 |
| General and operations managers |
1,880 |
$43.89 |
$91,290 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
1,840 |
$18.79 |
$39,090 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,770 |
$11.22 |
$23,330 |
| Community and social services occupations |
1,710 |
$16.56 |
$34,450 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
1,690 |
$27.70 |
$57,610 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,620 |
Not available |
$49,750 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,570 |
$10.21 |
$21,230 |
| Teacher assistants |
1,570 |
Not available |
$20,820 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,530 |
Not available |
$43,730 |
| Cooks, fast food |
1,510 |
$7.75 |
$16,130 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
1,500 |
$17.14 |
$35,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,430 |
$12.62 |
$26,250 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
1,280 |
$12.52 |
$26,040 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,250 |
$21.02 |
$43,730 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,230 |
$8.22 |
$17,100 |
| Tellers |
1,230 |
$10.71 |
$22,280 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
1,200 |
$11.34 |
$23,580 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,170 |
$8.27 |
$17,200 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,140 |
$17.52 |
$36,430 |
| Child care workers |
1,130 |
$8.40 |
$17,470 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
1,120 |
$13.20 |
$27,450 |
| Construction laborers |
1,110 |
$11.84 |
$24,630 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
1,100 |
$35.96 |
$74,800 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
1,080 |
$11.01 |
$22,890 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,020 |
$11.36 |
$23,620 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1,000 |
$21.70 |
$45,130 |
| Managers, all other |
980 |
$53.77 |
$111,840 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
980 |
$13.22 |
$27,490 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
960 |
$10.02 |
$20,850 |
| Carpenters |
940 |
$17.16 |
$35,680 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
940 |
Not available |
$34,050 |
| Accountants and auditors |
930 |
$24.43 |
$50,820 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
930 |
$9.99 |
$20,770 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
920 |
$13.35 |
$27,780 |
| Legal occupations |
920 |
$32.92 |
$68,470 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
890 |
$17.75 |
$36,920 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
870 |
$12.98 |
$26,990 |
| Bus drivers, school |
850 |
$12.42 |
$25,820 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
850 |
$12.10 |
$25,170 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
830 |
$15.22 |
$31,650 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
830 |
$14.69 |
$30,550 |
| Computer support specialists |
810 |
$17.26 |
$35,910 |
| Electricians |
800 |
$18.72 |
$38,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
780 |
$22.88 |
$47,600 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
730 |
$17.25 |
$35,870 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
700 |
$23.19 |
$48,230 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
700 |
$15.26 |
$31,740 |
| Slaughterers and meat packers |
700 |
$9.40 |
$19,550 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
690 |
Not available |
$43,410 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
660 |
$30.24 |
$62,900 |
| Sheet metal workers |
660 |
$13.76 |
$28,630 |
| Dishwashers |
650 |
$8.63 |
$17,950 |
| Sales managers |
640 |
$56.46 |
$117,430 |
| Social and human service assistants |
620 |
$11.58 |
$24,080 |
| Security guards |
610 |
$11.30 |
$23,510 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
590 |
$17.95 |
$37,330 |
| Fire fighters |
580 |
$17.62 |
$36,660 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
570 |
$10.68 |
$22,210 |
| Financial managers |
570 |
$41.64 |
$86,610 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
570 |
$14.53 |
$30,220 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
560 |
$16.02 |
$33,310 |
| Personal and home care aides |
560 |
$8.67 |
$18,040 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
550 |
$13.60 |
$28,290 |
| Parts salespersons |
550 |
$13.69 |
$28,480 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
540 |
$36.95 |
$76,860 |
| Production workers, all other |
540 |
$12.55 |
$26,100 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
530 |
$13.24 |
$27,530 |
| Machinists |
530 |
$16.06 |
$33,390 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
520 |
$11.32 |
$23,550 |
| Civil engineers |
510 |
$28.50 |
$59,290 |
| Home health aides |
510 |
$9.72 |
$20,210 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
510 |
$12.29 |
$25,570 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
510 |
$24.75 |
$51,480 |
| Administrative services managers |
490 |
$33.69 |
$70,080 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
490 |
$13.63 |
$28,350 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
490 |
$7.37 |
$15,330 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
480 |
$8.16 |
$16,980 |
| Dental assistants |
470 |
$13.27 |
$27,600 |
| Lawyers |
470 |
$48.12 |
$100,100 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
460 |
$8.29 |
$17,250 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
460 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Loan officers |
450 |
$28.25 |
$58,760 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
440 |
$14.96 |
$31,120 |
| Advertising sales agents |
430 |
$16.32 |
$33,940 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
430 |
$15.23 |
$31,680 |
| Logisticians |
430 |
$29.12 |
$60,570 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
420 |
$12.73 |
$26,470 |
| Management analysts |
420 |
$29.07 |
$60,460 |
| Order clerks |
420 |
$13.05 |
$27,150 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
410 |
$32.92 |
$68,470 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
410 |
$15.32 |
$31,880 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
410 |
$13.14 |
$27,340 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
390 |
$15.58 |
$32,400 |
| Computer systems analysts |
390 |
$29.38 |
$61,120 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
390 |
Not available |
$43,900 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
380 |
$18.58 |
$38,650 |
| Driver/sales workers |
380 |
$10.65 |
$22,140 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
370 |
$7.89 |
$16,400 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
370 |
$23.07 |
$47,980 |
| Graphic designers |
370 |
$17.00 |
$35,350 |
| Medical assistants |
370 |
$13.24 |
$27,540 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
360 |
$47.53 |
$98,870 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
360 |
$13.38 |
$27,830 |
| Pharmacists |
360 |
$47.08 |
$97,920 |
| Bill and account collectors |
350 |
$14.23 |
$29,600 |
| Data entry keyers |
350 |
$11.76 |
$24,450 |
| Medical secretaries |
350 |
$11.76 |
$24,470 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
350 |
$21.95 |
$45,660 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
340 |
$32.49 |
$67,590 |
| Construction managers |
340 |
$41.12 |
$85,540 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
340 |
$19.85 |
$41,280 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
340 |
$8.31 |
$17,280 |
| Insurance sales agents |
340 |
$27.25 |
$56,690 |
| All other information and record clerks |
320 |
$14.76 |
$30,700 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
320 |
$13.04 |
$27,120 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
320 |
$18.52 |
$38,530 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
320 |
$12.01 |
$24,990 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
320 |
$46.12 |
$95,920 |
| Chief executives |
310 |
$72.77 |
$151,370 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
310 |
$51.79 |
$107,730 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
300 |
$21.99 |
$45,730 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
300 |
$23.83 |
$49,560 |
| Mechanical engineers |
300 |
$28.98 |
$60,270 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
290 |
$12.96 |
$26,950 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
290 |
Not available |
$75,690 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
290 |
$16.24 |
$33,780 |
| Helpers--electricians |
290 |
$14.11 |
$29,340 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
290 |
$8.56 |
$17,800 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
290 |
$14.36 |
$29,860 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
290 |
$26.36 |
$54,830 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
280 |
$17.90 |
$37,240 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
280 |
$14.40 |
$29,960 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
280 |
$19.27 |
$40,070 |
| Food batchmakers |
280 |
$14.40 |
$29,950 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
280 |
$11.94 |
$24,840 |
| Training and development specialists |
280 |
$20.13 |
$41,880 |
| Bartenders |
270 |
$9.04 |
$18,800 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
270 |
$16.89 |
$35,130 |
| Recreation workers |
270 |
$9.83 |
$20,440 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
270 |
$13.11 |
$27,260 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
270 |
$11.94 |
$24,830 |
| Bakers |
260 |
$10.08 |
$20,960 |
| Food service managers |
260 |
$23.52 |
$48,930 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
260 |
$8.85 |
$18,420 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
250 |
$11.27 |
$23,430 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
250 |
$12.92 |
$26,860 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
250 |
$23.85 |
$49,600 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
250 |
$12.75 |
$26,520 |
| Dental hygienists |
240 |
$30.56 |
$63,550 |
| Market research analysts |
240 |
$25.58 |
$53,200 |
| Medical and health services managers |
240 |
$39.64 |
$82,450 |
| Physical therapists |
230 |
$33.28 |
$69,220 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
230 |
$22.53 |
$46,860 |
| Industrial production managers |
220 |
$34.33 |
$71,400 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
220 |
$12.01 |
$24,990 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
220 |
$13.69 |
$28,470 |
| Legal secretaries |
220 |
$14.63 |
$30,430 |
| Public relations specialists |
220 |
$21.09 |
$43,870 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
220 |
$10.47 |
$21,790 |
| Cooks, short order |
210 |
$8.46 |
$17,590 |
| Cost estimators |
210 |
$30.44 |
$63,310 |
| Engineering managers |
210 |
$43.04 |
$89,520 |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products |
210 |
$10.85 |
$22,570 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
210 |
$26.77 |
$55,690 |
| Job printers |
210 |
$15.36 |
$31,950 |
| Librarians |
210 |
$25.47 |
$52,970 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
210 |
$100.75 |
$209,550 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
210 |
$23.86 |
$49,630 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
210 |
$22.82 |
$47,460 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
200 |
$17.91 |
$37,240 |
| Database administrators |
200 |
$27.60 |
$57,400 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
200 |
$14.78 |
$30,750 |
| Industrial engineers |
200 |
$30.42 |
$63,280 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
200 |
$11.14 |
$23,170 |
| File clerks |
190 |
$10.15 |
$21,120 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
190 |
$42.65 |
$88,710 |
| Marketing managers |
190 |
$57.59 |
$119,780 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
190 |
$14.89 |
$30,960 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
190 |
$50.33 |
$104,690 |
| Service station attendants |
190 |
$8.51 |
$17,700 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
180 |
$11.32 |
$23,550 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
180 |
$12.06 |
$25,090 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
180 |
$13.82 |
$28,750 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
180 |
$13.50 |
$28,070 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
180 |
$13.47 |
$28,020 |
| Millwrights |
180 |
$18.05 |
$37,540 |
| New accounts clerks |
180 |
$13.57 |
$28,230 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
170 |
$19.17 |
$39,870 |
| Printing machine operators |
170 |
$14.77 |
$30,730 |
| Real estate sales agents |
170 |
$21.25 |
$44,190 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
170 |
Not available |
$49,060 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
160 |
$18.75 |
$39,000 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
160 |
$15.72 |
$32,690 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
160 |
$11.78 |
$24,490 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
160 |
$14.48 |
$30,110 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
160 |
$17.59 |
$36,580 |
| Agricultural inspectors |
150 |
$19.80 |
$41,190 |
| Couriers and messengers |
150 |
$10.18 |
$21,160 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
150 |
$13.76 |
$28,610 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
150 |
$10.86 |
$22,600 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
150 |
$13.81 |
$28,720 |
| Procurement clerks |
150 |
$15.70 |
$32,660 |
| Surveyors |
150 |
$21.99 |
$45,740 |
| Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders |
140 |
$11.53 |
$23,990 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
140 |
$14.60 |
$30,380 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
140 |
$16.51 |
$34,350 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
140 |
$14.19 |
$29,510 |
| Library technicians |
140 |
$12.68 |
$26,360 |
| Mechanical drafters |
140 |
$21.25 |
$44,200 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
140 |
$18.62 |
$38,720 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
140 |
$10.79 |
$22,450 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
130 |
$23.16 |
$48,180 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
130 |
$20.50 |
$42,640 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
130 |
$18.59 |
$38,670 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
130 |
$13.63 |
$28,350 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
130 |
$18.56 |
$38,610 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
130 |
$12.96 |
$26,960 |
| Legislators |
130 |
Not available |
$29,420 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
130 |
$14.04 |
$29,210 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
130 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Surgical technologists |
130 |
$18.69 |
$38,880 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
130 |
$17.99 |
$37,420 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
120 |
$8.16 |
$16,970 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
120 |
$11.41 |
$23,720 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
120 |
$20.64 |
$42,940 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
120 |
$14.39 |
$29,930 |
| Pest control workers |
120 |
$13.75 |
$28,600 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
120 |
$13.97 |
$29,060 |
| Purchasing managers |
120 |
$50.88 |
$105,820 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
120 |
$13.74 |
$28,580 |
| Social and community service managers |
120 |
$28.72 |
$59,750 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
120 |
$25.47 |
$52,980 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
110 |
$21.79 |
$45,330 |
| Coaches and scouts |
110 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
110 |
$15.54 |
$32,310 |
| Electrical engineers |
110 |
$36.06 |
$75,010 |
| Family and general practitioners |
110 |
$93.28 |
$194,030 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
110 |
$14.04 |
$29,200 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
110 |
$25.75 |
$53,560 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
110 |
$14.24 |
$29,620 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
110 |
$10.90 |
$22,670 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
110 |
$23.36 |
$48,590 |
| Pipelayers |
110 |
$16.69 |
$34,710 |
| Roofers |
110 |
$14.64 |
$30,460 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators |
100 |
$11.90 |
$24,740 |
| Photographers |
100 |
$15.17 |
$31,560 |
| Postal service clerks |
100 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
100 |
$9.99 |
$20,780 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
100 |
$12.05 |
$25,060 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
90 |
$14.55 |
$30,260 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
90 |
$15.93 |
$33,130 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
90 |
$27.42 |
$57,040 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
90 |
$14.71 |
$30,590 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
90 |
$27.54 |
$57,280 |
| Sewing machine operators |
90 |
$10.93 |
$22,730 |
| Veterinarians |
90 |
$37.29 |
$77,560 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians |
80 |
$14.11 |
$29,340 |
| Lodging managers |
80 |
$16.66 |
$34,650 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
80 |
$13.60 |
$28,290 |
| Personal financial advisors |
80 |
$40.45 |
$84,130 |
| Tool and die makers |
80 |
$18.35 |
$38,170 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
70 |
$19.73 |
$41,030 |
| Editors |
70 |
$16.71 |
$34,750 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
70 |
$18.09 |
$37,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers |
70 |
$20.76 |
$43,180 |
| Law clerks |
70 |
$12.00 |
$24,950 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
70 |
$8.51 |
$17,710 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
70 |
$10.30 |
$21,420 |
| Occupational therapists |
70 |
$29.53 |
$61,420 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
70 |
$13.73 |
$28,570 |
| Physical therapist aides |
70 |
$10.85 |
$22,560 |
| Technical writers |
70 |
$19.30 |
$40,130 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
70 |
$17.23 |
$35,840 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
60 |
$26.17 |
$54,430 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
60 |
$11.21 |
$23,320 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
60 |
$24.26 |
$50,470 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
60 |
$37.27 |
$77,530 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
60 |
$12.87 |
$26,770 |
| Floral designers |
60 |
$10.88 |
$22,640 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
60 |
$11.89 |
$24,740 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
60 |
$18.38 |
$38,220 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
60 |
$14.08 |
$29,280 |
| Mental health counselors |
60 |
$19.45 |
$40,450 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
60 |
$15.24 |
$31,710 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
60 |
$17.48 |
$36,360 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
60 |
$15.71 |
$32,680 |
| Respiratory therapists |
60 |
$21.60 |
$44,930 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
60 |
$13.32 |
$27,700 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
60 |
Not available |
$47,390 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
60 |
$19.11 |
$39,740 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
60 |
$26.60 |
$55,340 |
| Training and development managers |
60 |
$41.77 |
$86,890 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
60 |
$10.95 |
$22,770 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
50 |
$35.35 |
$73,520 |
| Animal control workers |
50 |
$14.05 |
$29,220 |
| Bindery workers |
50 |
$12.43 |
$25,860 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
50 |
$13.65 |
$28,400 |
| Credit analysts |
50 |
$28.35 |
$58,980 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
50 |
$23.32 |
$48,510 |
| Drafters, all other |
50 |
$20.34 |
$42,300 |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders |
50 |
$15.54 |
$32,320 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
50 |
$17.31 |
$36,010 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
50 |
$19.89 |
$41,370 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
50 |
$27.74 |
$57,710 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
50 |
$13.13 |
$27,310 |
| Surgeons |
50 |
$104.41 |
$217,180 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
50 |
$9.45 |
$19,660 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school |
50 |
Not available |
$47,550 |
| Word processors and typists |
50 |
$10.83 |
$22,530 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
40 |
$32.88 |
$68,400 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
40 |
$30.74 |
$63,940 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
40 |
$21.95 |
$45,650 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
40 |
$14.15 |
$29,430 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
40 |
$15.49 |
$32,220 |
| Engineers, all other |
40 |
$33.61 |
$69,900 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
40 |
$11.34 |
$23,590 |
| Helpers--roofers |
40 |
$13.79 |
$28,680 |
| Logging equipment operators |
40 |
$15.64 |
$32,530 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
40 |
$18.14 |
$37,740 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
40 |
$13.30 |
$27,650 |
| Optometrists |
40 |
$50.42 |
$104,870 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
40 |
$16.77 |
$34,890 |
| Photographic process workers |
40 |
$12.99 |
$27,020 |
| Producers and directors |
40 |
$11.50 |
$23,910 |
| Public relations managers |
40 |
$37.22 |
$77,410 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
40 |
$11.31 |
$23,520 |
| Sales engineers |
40 |
$36.62 |
$76,170 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
40 |
$11.20 |
$23,310 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
40 |
$13.30 |
$27,670 |
| Social workers, all other |
40 |
$24.14 |
$50,210 |
| Survey researchers |
40 |
$20.00 |
$41,600 |
| Travel agents |
40 |
$14.52 |
$30,200 |
| Writers and authors |
40 |
$35.76 |
$74,370 |
| Art directors |
30 |
$26.32 |
$54,740 |
| Dietetic technicians |
30 |
$9.91 |
$20,620 |
| Funeral attendants |
30 |
$11.19 |
$23,270 |
| Instructional coordinators |
30 |
$26.05 |
$54,180 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners |
30 |
$16.04 |
$33,360 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
Not available |
$17.18 |
$35,740 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
Not available |
$8.19 |
$17,030 |
| Biological technicians |
Not available |
$20.06 |
$41,710 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
Not available |
$17.21 |
$35,790 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
Not available |
$12.05 |
$25,070 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
Not available |
$24.74 |
$51,470 |
| Crane and tower operators |
Not available |
$23.21 |
$48,290 |
| Dentists, general |
Not available |
$63.85 |
$132,800 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$15.08 |
$31,360 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
Not available |
$15.72 |
$32,690 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$13.23 |
$27,520 |
| Fallers |
Not available |
$12.93 |
$26,900 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
Not available |
$14.80 |
$30,790 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
Not available |
$10.32 |
$21,460 |
| Financial analysts |
Not available |
$31.47 |
$65,450 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
Not available |
$11.91 |
$24,770 |
| Glaziers |
Not available |
$15.49 |
$32,210 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$15.09 |
$31,390 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
Not available |
$10.27 |
$21,360 |
| Home appliance repairers |
Not available |
$10.82 |
$22,500 |
| Massage therapists |
Not available |
$17.63 |
$36,660 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
Not available |
$12.67 |
$26,350 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$12.85 |
$26,720 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
Not available |
$12.40 |
$25,800 |
| Pharmacy aides |
Not available |
$9.33 |
$19,400 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
Not available |
$9.12 |
$18,970 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products |
Not available |
$22.52 |
$46,840 |
| Real estate brokers |
Not available |
$31.38 |
$65,280 |
| Residential advisors |
Not available |
$11.64 |
$24,220 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
Not available |
$29.90 |
$62,190 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
Not available |
$15.75 |
$32,750 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
Not available |
Not available |
$45,330 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
Not available |
Not available |
$48,170 |
| Telemarketers |
Not available |
$11.25 |
$23,400 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
Not available |
$9.82 |
$20,420 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners |
Not available |
$12.30 |
$25,580 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
Not available |
$12.07 |
$25,110 |
