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 |
132,120 |
$20.19 |
$41,990 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
19,250 |
$15.44 |
$32,120 |
| Sales and related occupations |
16,200 |
$15.99 |
$33,260 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
13,630 |
$9.93 |
$20,660 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
9,280 |
$23.73 |
$49,350 |
| Production occupations |
7,880 |
$15.70 |
$32,660 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
7,870 |
$32.48 |
$67,560 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
7,690 |
$18.85 |
$39,210 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
6,820 |
$13.68 |
$28,450 |
| Retail salespersons |
6,210 |
$11.02 |
$22,930 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
5,320 |
$30.75 |
$63,960 |
| Management occupations |
5,150 |
$43.04 |
$89,530 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
5,090 |
$19.62 |
$40,810 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
4,700 |
$37.45 |
$77,900 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
4,450 |
$11.47 |
$23,850 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
3,600 |
$37.62 |
$78,240 |
| Cashiers |
3,300 |
$9.40 |
$19,550 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
3,280 |
$8.39 |
$17,450 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
3,040 |
$10.70 |
$22,260 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
3,030 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
2,960 |
$27.67 |
$57,540 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
2,930 |
$14.41 |
$29,980 |
| Registered nurses |
2,750 |
$29.96 |
$62,320 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
2,580 |
$13.76 |
$28,630 |
| Protective service occupations |
2,240 |
$20.53 |
$42,700 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
2,100 |
$19.57 |
$40,710 |
| General and operations managers |
1,990 |
$41.82 |
$86,990 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
1,950 |
$12.29 |
$25,570 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
1,840 |
$15.98 |
$33,230 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
1,800 |
$19.96 |
$41,520 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,770 |
$11.15 |
$23,190 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,650 |
$12.20 |
$25,380 |
| Community and social services occupations |
1,500 |
$18.92 |
$39,350 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,490 |
$16.40 |
$34,100 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
1,480 |
$30.75 |
$63,960 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,470 |
$10.89 |
$22,660 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
1,460 |
$12.08 |
$25,130 |
| Office clerks, general |
1,410 |
$12.31 |
$25,610 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,310 |
$18.40 |
$38,270 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,300 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,230 |
$11.25 |
$23,400 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
1,220 |
$33.10 |
$68,860 |
| Customer service representatives |
1,170 |
$15.02 |
$31,240 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,090 |
$30.17 |
$62,760 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,020 |
$12.03 |
$25,020 |
| Food preparation workers |
980 |
$9.38 |
$19,520 |
| Teacher assistants |
960 |
Not available |
$22,140 |
| Construction laborers |
930 |
$13.49 |
$28,060 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
930 |
$16.99 |
$35,330 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
910 |
$9.01 |
$18,740 |
| Carpenters |
880 |
$17.20 |
$35,780 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
850 |
$18.85 |
$39,200 |
| Computer support specialists |
810 |
$23.31 |
$48,490 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
810 |
$23.25 |
$48,360 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
790 |
$14.68 |
$30,530 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
730 |
$23.51 |
$48,890 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
730 |
Not available |
$47,670 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
730 |
$13.90 |
$28,920 |
| Electricians |
700 |
$20.10 |
$41,800 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
660 |
$13.24 |
$27,530 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
660 |
$16.87 |
$35,080 |
| Driver/sales workers |
630 |
$10.39 |
$21,600 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
620 |
$9.00 |
$18,710 |
| Bartenders |
610 |
$9.52 |
$19,790 |
| Civil engineers |
610 |
$34.57 |
$71,900 |
| Dishwashers |
610 |
$8.44 |
$17,560 |
| Team assemblers |
610 |
$13.89 |
$28,880 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
600 |
$8.89 |
$18,490 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
590 |
$25.65 |
$53,340 |
| Legal occupations |
580 |
$33.04 |
$68,720 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
570 |
$18.34 |
$38,150 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
560 |
$36.98 |
$76,920 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
560 |
$13.61 |
$28,310 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
540 |
$28.45 |
$59,180 |
| Medical assistants |
530 |
$15.63 |
$32,500 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
490 |
$14.55 |
$30,270 |
| Tellers |
490 |
$11.83 |
$24,610 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
480 |
$23.73 |
$49,360 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
460 |
$13.81 |
$28,730 |
| Security guards |
460 |
$11.13 |
$23,150 |
| Construction managers |
440 |
$25.12 |
$52,240 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
440 |
$14.90 |
$31,000 |
| Personal and home care aides |
430 |
$9.78 |
$20,340 |
| Insurance sales agents |
420 |
$19.45 |
$40,460 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
410 |
$11.15 |
$23,200 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
400 |
$41.91 |
$87,170 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
390 |
$15.02 |
$31,230 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
390 |
$49.22 |
$102,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
390 |
$28.83 |
$59,980 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
390 |
$20.49 |
$42,610 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
390 |
$10.33 |
$21,490 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
390 |
$29.92 |
$62,230 |
| Public relations specialists |
390 |
$25.28 |
$52,580 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
380 |
$8.91 |
$18,540 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
380 |
$16.01 |
$33,300 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
380 |
$17.38 |
$36,150 |
| All other information and record clerks |
350 |
$19.95 |
$41,500 |
| Dental assistants |
350 |
$17.73 |
$36,880 |
| Mechanical engineers |
350 |
$38.90 |
$80,910 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
350 |
$14.66 |
$30,490 |
| Helpers--production workers |
340 |
$12.05 |
$25,070 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
330 |
$15.40 |
$32,040 |
| Medical secretaries |
330 |
$18.61 |
$38,700 |
| Recreation workers |
330 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
320 |
$19.49 |
$40,550 |
| Managers, all other |
320 |
$46.25 |
$96,210 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
320 |
$104.21 |
$216,750 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
310 |
$12.13 |
$25,230 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
300 |
$13.30 |
$27,660 |
| Child care workers |
300 |
$9.55 |
$19,870 |
| Cost estimators |
300 |
$28.60 |
$59,490 |
| Dental hygienists |
300 |
$34.48 |
$71,710 |
| Engineering managers |
300 |
$62.11 |
$129,180 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
300 |
$15.92 |
$33,120 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
300 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
290 |
$21.30 |
$44,310 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
290 |
$17.04 |
$35,450 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
290 |
$29.48 |
$61,310 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
280 |
$8.88 |
$18,480 |
| Fire fighters |
280 |
$24.48 |
$50,920 |
| Machinists |
280 |
$18.09 |
$37,620 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
270 |
$20.40 |
$42,430 |
| Biological technicians |
270 |
$17.39 |
$36,160 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
270 |
$35.53 |
$73,900 |
| Electrical engineers |
260 |
$38.68 |
$80,450 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
260 |
$30.15 |
$62,720 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
260 |
$17.02 |
$35,410 |
| Cooks, fast food |
250 |
$8.68 |
$18,060 |
| Engineers, all other |
250 |
$41.59 |
$86,510 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
250 |
$13.48 |
$28,050 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
250 |
$40.23 |
$83,680 |
| Cooks, short order |
240 |
$8.78 |
$18,260 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
240 |
$15.62 |
$32,490 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
240 |
$15.88 |
$33,030 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
230 |
$9.13 |
$18,990 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
230 |
$20.39 |
$42,410 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
230 |
$9.76 |
$20,290 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
230 |
$22.27 |
$46,320 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
230 |
$14.50 |
$30,150 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
230 |
$19.86 |
$41,320 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
230 |
Not available |
$46,920 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
220 |
$12.24 |
$25,450 |
| Home health aides |
220 |
$10.12 |
$21,050 |
| Medical and health services managers |
220 |
$49.69 |
$103,360 |
| Pharmacists |
220 |
$52.93 |
$110,100 |
| Parts salespersons |
210 |
$15.54 |
$32,330 |
| Physical therapists |
210 |
$30.65 |
$63,750 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
210 |
$8.09 |
$16,820 |
| Bill and account collectors |
200 |
$17.46 |
$36,320 |
| Computer programmers |
200 |
$31.86 |
$66,260 |
| Graphic designers |
200 |
$18.51 |
$38,500 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
200 |
$17.92 |
$37,280 |
| Library technicians |
200 |
$15.09 |
$31,390 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
200 |
$26.02 |
$54,120 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
190 |
$17.67 |
$36,750 |
| Industrial engineers |
190 |
$36.65 |
$76,230 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
190 |
$16.98 |
$35,320 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
190 |
$17.96 |
$37,370 |
| Veterinarians |
190 |
$33.70 |
$70,090 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
180 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Computer systems analysts |
180 |
$36.63 |
$76,180 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
180 |
$11.44 |
$23,790 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
180 |
$15.73 |
$32,720 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
180 |
$19.90 |
$41,400 |
| Umpires, referees, and other sports officials |
180 |
Not available |
$21,560 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
170 |
$19.38 |
$40,310 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
170 |
Not available |
$89,710 |
| Lawyers |
170 |
$58.76 |
$122,220 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
170 |
$15.65 |
$32,560 |
| Loan officers |
170 |
$33.66 |
$70,010 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
170 |
$27.01 |
$56,190 |
| Natural sciences managers |
170 |
$52.89 |
$110,010 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
170 |
$24.92 |
$51,840 |
| Production workers, all other |
170 |
$11.18 |
$23,250 |
| Social and human service assistants |
170 |
$13.69 |
$28,480 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
170 |
$10.54 |
$21,930 |
| Advertising sales agents |
160 |
$29.12 |
$60,580 |
| Financial analysts |
160 |
$35.21 |
$73,240 |
| Librarians |
160 |
$28.48 |
$59,240 |
| Mental health counselors |
160 |
$18.69 |
$38,880 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
160 |
$31.15 |
$64,790 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
150 |
$31.39 |
$65,290 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
150 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Occupational therapists |
150 |
$29.77 |
$61,930 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
150 |
$29.78 |
$61,940 |
| Training and development specialists |
150 |
$26.80 |
$55,740 |
| Boilermakers |
140 |
$22.92 |
$47,680 |
| Family and general practitioners |
140 |
$51.05 |
$106,180 |
| File clerks |
140 |
$12.72 |
$26,450 |
| Financial managers |
140 |
$53.88 |
$112,060 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
140 |
$20.37 |
$42,380 |
| Food service managers |
140 |
$24.60 |
$51,170 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
140 |
$9.20 |
$19,140 |
| Printing machine operators |
140 |
$14.74 |
$30,650 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
140 |
$25.19 |
$52,390 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
140 |
$31.08 |
$64,640 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
130 |
$59.95 |
$124,700 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
130 |
$24.61 |
$51,180 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
130 |
$23.30 |
$48,460 |
| Forest and conservation technicians |
130 |
$17.74 |
$36,900 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
130 |
$13.90 |
$28,910 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
130 |
$15.13 |
$31,470 |
| Order clerks |
130 |
$13.88 |
$28,870 |
| Chemists |
120 |
$25.61 |
$53,260 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
120 |
$24.65 |
$51,270 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
120 |
$16.10 |
$33,490 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
120 |
$20.20 |
$42,030 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
120 |
$21.66 |
$45,050 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
110 |
$23.17 |
$48,190 |
| Bakers |
110 |
$11.51 |
$23,940 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
110 |
$18.30 |
$38,070 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
110 |
$35.46 |
$73,760 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
110 |
$26.16 |
$54,420 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
110 |
$17.42 |
$36,240 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
110 |
$25.09 |
$52,190 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
110 |
$15.13 |
$31,470 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
110 |
$15.13 |
$31,460 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
110 |
$15.52 |
$32,270 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
110 |
$17.15 |
$35,680 |
| Sales managers |
110 |
$44.88 |
$93,350 |
| Biological scientists, all other |
100 |
$32.80 |
$68,230 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
100 |
$20.74 |
$43,130 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
100 |
$10.59 |
$22,030 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
100 |
$13.56 |
$28,200 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
100 |
$14.77 |
$30,720 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
100 |
$20.86 |
$43,390 |
| Floral designers |
100 |
$10.34 |
$21,510 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall |
100 |
$14.67 |
$30,520 |
| Legal secretaries |
100 |
$16.64 |
$34,600 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
Not available |
$92,620 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
100 |
$18.01 |
$37,460 |
| Personal financial advisors |
100 |
$36.61 |
$76,140 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
100 |
$20.70 |
$43,060 |
| Travel agents |
100 |
$15.67 |
$32,590 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
$19.92 |
$41,430 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
90 |
$27.05 |
$56,270 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
90 |
$13.49 |
$28,050 |
| Database administrators |
90 |
$31.95 |
$66,450 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
90 |
$26.38 |
$54,880 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
90 |
$10.43 |
$21,690 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
90 |
$19.38 |
$40,320 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
90 |
$33.25 |
$69,150 |
| Marketing managers |
90 |
$58.79 |
$122,270 |
| New accounts clerks |
90 |
$13.89 |
$28,890 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
90 |
$20.54 |
$42,730 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
90 |
Not available |
$74,130 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
90 |
$17.84 |
$37,110 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
90 |
$23.46 |
$48,810 |
| Administrative services managers |
80 |
$40.63 |
$84,510 |
| Chemical technicians |
80 |
$21.74 |
$45,230 |
| Environmental engineers |
80 |
$32.21 |
$67,000 |
| Industrial production managers |
80 |
$41.40 |
$86,100 |
| Instructional coordinators |
80 |
$28.62 |
$59,540 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
80 |
$11.21 |
$23,310 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
80 |
$20.49 |
$42,620 |
| Respiratory therapists |
80 |
$25.35 |
$52,730 |
| Social and community service managers |
80 |
$29.28 |
$60,900 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
70 |
$15.54 |
$32,320 |
| Chief executives |
70 |
$69.12 |
$143,760 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
70 |
$11.88 |
$24,720 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
70 |
$17.17 |
$35,720 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
70 |
$15.62 |
$32,500 |
| Roofers |
70 |
$14.86 |
$30,900 |
| Surgical technologists |
70 |
$19.73 |
$41,040 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
70 |
$12.31 |
$25,610 |
| Tapers |
70 |
$18.78 |
$39,070 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
60 |
$20.35 |
$42,320 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists |
60 |
$23.59 |
$49,070 |
| Couriers and messengers |
60 |
$12.28 |
$25,550 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
60 |
$16.61 |
$34,540 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
60 |
$21.00 |
$43,680 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
60 |
$36.16 |
$75,200 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
60 |
$23.62 |
$49,140 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
60 |
$13.99 |
$29,110 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
60 |
$23.30 |
$48,460 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
60 |
$21.52 |
$44,760 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
60 |
$12.17 |
$25,310 |
| Photographers |
60 |
$18.03 |
$37,510 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
60 |
$10.90 |
$22,680 |
| Physician assistants |
60 |
$39.36 |
$81,860 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$86,540 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians |
60 |
$17.86 |
$37,150 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
60 |
$20.86 |
$43,380 |
| Social workers, all other |
60 |
$18.84 |
$39,190 |
| Surveyors |
60 |
$30.95 |
$64,380 |
| Technical writers |
60 |
$31.52 |
$65,560 |
| Urban and regional planners |
60 |
$30.92 |
$64,310 |
| Word processors and typists |
60 |
$15.08 |
$31,360 |
| Chiropractors |
50 |
$21.82 |
$45,390 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
50 |
$20.93 |
$43,530 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
50 |
$27.03 |
$56,230 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
50 |
$31.71 |
$65,950 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
50 |
$31.87 |
$66,300 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
50 |
$19.84 |
$41,270 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
50 |
$21.97 |
$45,690 |
| Hydrologists |
50 |
$37.57 |
$78,140 |
| Mechanical drafters |
50 |
$23.36 |
$48,590 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
50 |
$16.67 |
$34,670 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
50 |
$17.59 |
$36,590 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
50 |
$34.15 |
$71,020 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
50 |
$13.57 |
$28,230 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
50 |
$19.42 |
$40,400 |
| Postal service clerks |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
50 |
$15.93 |
$33,130 |
| Agricultural engineers |
40 |
$50.52 |
$105,070 |
| Art directors |
40 |
$23.56 |
$49,010 |
| Brokerage clerks |
40 |
$15.07 |
$31,340 |
| Budget analysts |
40 |
$34.06 |
$70,850 |
| Clergy |
40 |
$19.62 |
$40,800 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
40 |
$15.36 |
$31,950 |
| Computer operators |
40 |
$14.58 |
$30,330 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
40 |
$16.80 |
$34,940 |
| Education administrators, all other |
40 |
$31.77 |
$66,070 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
40 |
$14.46 |
$30,080 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
40 |
$25.96 |
$54,010 |
| Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators |
40 |
$25.80 |
$53,650 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
40 |
$11.03 |
$22,930 |
| Health educators |
40 |
$20.59 |
$42,830 |
| Landscape architects |
40 |
$32.76 |
$68,140 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
40 |
$11.62 |
$24,180 |
| Physical therapist aides |
40 |
$12.67 |
$26,350 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
40 |
$17.25 |
$35,880 |
| Purchasing managers |
40 |
$57.74 |
$120,090 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
40 |
$11.28 |
$23,460 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
40 |
$11.39 |
$23,700 |
| Therapists, all other |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Tour guides and escorts |
40 |
$10.68 |
$22,210 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
40 |
$44.76 |
$93,100 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
30 |
$32.74 |
$68,100 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
30 |
$12.49 |
$25,980 |
| Interior designers |
30 |
$20.98 |
$43,650 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
30 |
$15.62 |
$32,480 |
| Optometrists |
30 |
$32.63 |
$67,870 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
30 |
$23.20 |
$48,260 |
| Producers and directors |
30 |
$14.15 |
$29,430 |
| Public relations managers |
30 |
$50.34 |
$104,700 |
| Sewing machine operators |
30 |
$10.74 |
$22,350 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians |
Not available |
$14.14 |
$29,420 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
Not available |
$37.28 |
$77,530 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
Not available |
$12.62 |
$26,250 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers |
Not available |
$17.88 |
$37,200 |
| Bindery workers |
Not available |
$14.12 |
$29,370 |
| Biomedical engineers |
Not available |
$47.13 |
$98,020 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
Not available |
$26.64 |
$55,410 |
| Coaches and scouts |
Not available |
Not available |
$30,460 |
| Computer and information scientists, research |
Not available |
$43.93 |
$91,370 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
Not available |
$18.26 |
$37,980 |
| Data entry keyers |
Not available |
$11.97 |
$24,890 |
| Dentists, general |
Not available |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Editors |
Not available |
$22.37 |
$46,540 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
Not available |
$23.24 |
$48,330 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
Not available |
$18.03 |
$37,510 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
Not available |
$11.11 |
$23,110 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
Not available |
$27.22 |
$56,610 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
Not available |
$32.15 |
$66,880 |
| Food scientists and technologists |
Not available |
$25.46 |
$52,960 |
| Foundry mold and coremakers |
Not available |
$14.66 |
$30,490 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
Not available |
$30.18 |
$62,780 |
| Glaziers |
Not available |
$17.27 |
$35,910 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
Not available |
$20.15 |
$41,910 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
Not available |
$10.54 |
$21,920 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
Not available |
$24.85 |
$51,700 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
Not available |
$16.92 |
$35,190 |
| Job printers |
Not available |
$11.82 |
$24,590 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
Not available |
$9.61 |
$20,000 |
| Lodging managers |
Not available |
$25.86 |
$53,790 |
| Logisticians |
Not available |
$31.98 |
$66,510 |
| Management analysts |
Not available |
$46.56 |
$96,840 |
| Materials engineers |
Not available |
$39.04 |
$81,200 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
Not available |
$22.98 |
$47,790 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
Not available |
$10.81 |
$22,480 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
Not available |
$13.73 |
$28,570 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation |
Not available |
$15.61 |
$32,470 |
| Pipelayers |
Not available |
$16.05 |
$33,380 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons |
Not available |
$14.34 |
$29,820 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
Not available |
$20.92 |
$43,500 |
| Private detectives and investigators |
Not available |
$20.99 |
$43,650 |
| Procurement clerks |
Not available |
$16.67 |
$34,660 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
Not available |
$25.72 |
$53,490 |
| Real estate sales agents |
Not available |
$21.94 |
$45,630 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
Not available |
$21.86 |
$45,470 |
| Sales engineers |
Not available |
$36.36 |
$75,620 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
Not available |
$29.27 |
$60,890 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$15.63 |
$32,520 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$13.22 |
$27,490 |
| Sheet metal workers |
Not available |
$18.27 |
$38,000 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
Not available |
Not available |
$40,400 |
| Telemarketers |
Not available |
$10.61 |
$22,070 |
| Tool and die makers |
Not available |
$25.72 |
$53,500 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
Not available |
$9.88 |
$20,550 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
Not available |
$12.59 |
$26,190 |
