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 | 760,950 | $19.25 | $40,040 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 156,170 | $14.82 | $30,820 |
| Sales and related occupations | 107,640 | $18.27 | $37,990 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 66,700 | $10.07 | $20,950 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 45,600 | $13.86 | $28,820 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 40,520 | $18.14 | $37,740 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 38,280 | $31.57 | $65,670 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 37,750 | $30.44 | $63,310 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 36,580 | Not available | Not available |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 32,890 | $18.78 | $39,070 |
| Production occupations | 27,870 | $14.27 | $29,680 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 27,340 | $11.24 | $23,370 |
| Retail salespersons | 26,490 | $14.15 | $29,430 |
| Management occupations | 23,950 | $52.40 | $108,990 |
| Cashiers | 23,350 | $8.76 | $18,220 |
| Protective service occupations | 21,100 | $20.21 | $42,040 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 20,620 | $11.48 | $23,870 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 20,170 | $12.46 | $25,920 |
| Customer service representatives | 19,340 | $14.29 | $29,710 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 18,640 | $28.83 | $59,960 |
| Office clerks, general | 17,810 | $11.91 | $24,760 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 16,820 | $8.28 | $17,230 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 16,510 | $10.15 | $21,110 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 16,030 | $10.58 | $22,000 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 14,030 | $13.69 | $28,480 |
| Registered nurses | 13,430 | $30.89 | $64,240 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 11,760 | $11.31 | $23,520 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 11,500 | $26.54 | $55,210 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 11,260 | $16.52 | $34,360 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 10,440 | $18.81 | $39,110 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 10,350 | $10.67 | $22,200 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 10,210 | $30.07 | $62,540 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 9,660 | $25.86 | $53,780 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 8,970 | $22.65 | $47,110 |
| Security guards | 8,470 | $10.49 | $21,810 |
| Accountants and auditors | 8,430 | $31.87 | $66,290 |
| Legal occupations | 8,040 | $38.06 | $79,160 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 7,800 | $12.63 | $26,280 |
| Community and social services occupations | 7,740 | $20.94 | $43,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 7,710 | $24.36 | $50,680 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 7,690 | $11.66 | $24,240 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 7,530 | $15.90 | $33,070 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 7,000 | $10.94 | $22,760 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 6,730 | $9.02 | $18,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 6,430 | $22.07 | $45,900 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 6,040 | $11.48 | $23,880 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 6,030 | $14.72 | $30,620 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 6,000 | $17.22 | $35,820 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 5,920 | $29.61 | $61,600 |
| General and operations managers | 5,800 | $52.17 | $108,500 |
| Carpenters | 5,790 | $17.05 | $35,470 |
| Construction laborers | 5,380 | $12.11 | $25,180 |
| Computer support specialists | 5,290 | $17.84 | $37,110 |
| Telemarketers | 5,230 | $11.39 | $23,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 4,870 | $30.21 | $62,830 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 4,570 | $17.57 | $36,550 |
| Lawyers | 4,420 | $50.89 | $105,860 |
| Insurance sales agents | 4,340 | $28.71 | $59,720 |
| Teacher assistants | 4,250 | Not available | $21,600 |
| Child care workers | 4,140 | $9.86 | $20,510 |
| Home health aides | 4,080 | $9.66 | $20,090 |
| Electricians | 4,050 | $19.69 | $40,960 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 4,030 | $13.03 | $27,100 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 3,980 | $30.98 | $64,450 |
| Bill and account collectors | 3,940 | $14.40 | $29,950 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 3,900 | $11.75 | $24,440 |
| Food preparation workers | 3,900 | $9.76 | $20,290 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 3,890 | $17.75 | $36,920 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 3,850 | $28.16 | $58,570 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 3,740 | $30.52 | $63,470 |
| Dishwashers | 3,690 | $8.42 | $17,510 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 3,580 | $9.59 | $19,950 |
| Medical assistants | 3,550 | $14.03 | $29,180 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 3,320 | $19.68 | $40,940 |
| Bartenders | 3,290 | $10.45 | $21,730 |
| Management analysts | 3,100 | $42.90 | $89,220 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 3,070 | $15.05 | $31,300 |
| Team assemblers | 3,010 | $11.91 | $24,760 |
| Medical secretaries | 2,910 | $13.75 | $28,600 |
| Tellers | 2,890 | $12.07 | $25,110 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 2,690 | $9.82 | $20,420 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 2,620 | $8.39 | $17,460 |
| Parking lot attendants | 2,600 | $8.88 | $18,460 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 2,570 | $9.32 | $19,380 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 2,570 | $20.11 | $41,830 |
| Legal secretaries | 2,540 | $19.50 | $40,570 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 2,510 | $12.83 | $26,680 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 2,500 | $8.76 | $18,210 |
| Loan officers | 2,470 | $27.36 | $56,900 |
| Fire fighters | 2,420 | $26.78 | $55,690 |
| Roofers | 2,380 | $17.19 | $35,760 |
| Computer systems analysts | 2,360 | $30.25 | $62,920 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 2,360 | $22.77 | $47,370 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 2,310 | $37.16 | $77,290 |
| Computer programmers | 2,250 | $32.83 | $68,280 |
| Financial managers | 2,210 | $50.90 | $105,880 |
| Real estate sales agents | 2,200 | $25.44 | $52,910 |
| Data entry keyers | 2,170 | $13.15 | $27,360 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 2,170 | $29.67 | $61,710 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 2,170 | $20.35 | $42,330 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 2,150 | Not available | Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 2,140 | $40.12 | $83,450 |
| Recreation workers | 2,110 | $11.00 | $22,890 |
| Chief executives | 2,100 | $87.36 | $181,710 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 2,070 | $22.91 | $47,650 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 2,040 | $15.62 | $32,500 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 2,040 | $15.60 | $32,460 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 2,030 | $14.27 | $29,690 |
| Order clerks | 2,000 | $13.77 | $28,640 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 1,970 | $30.94 | $64,340 |
| Sales managers | 1,960 | $60.96 | $126,810 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 1,890 | $9.80 | $20,380 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 1,850 | $13.10 | $27,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 1,820 | $25.66 | $53,370 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 1,780 | $13.45 | $27,980 |
| Helpers--production workers | 1,720 | $9.26 | $19,270 |
| Construction managers | 1,710 | $48.55 | $100,990 |
| Pharmacists | 1,690 | $50.49 | $105,030 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 1,680 | $25.76 | $53,570 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 1,680 | $33.40 | $69,470 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 1,680 | $84.67 | $176,100 |
| Civil engineers | 1,630 | $35.76 | $74,380 |
| Advertising sales agents | 1,620 | $27.69 | $57,600 |
| Driver/sales workers | 1,620 | $13.41 | $27,890 |
| Dental assistants | 1,600 | $15.97 | $33,210 |
| Graphic designers | 1,560 | $21.34 | $44,390 |
| Personal financial advisors | 1,500 | $45.08 | $93,770 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 1,490 | $14.55 | $30,270 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 1,480 | $24.73 | $51,440 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 1,470 | $16.47 | $34,250 |
| Public relations specialists | 1,470 | $27.78 | $57,780 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 1,470 | $17.16 | $35,680 |
| File clerks | 1,440 | $12.19 | $25,350 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 1,410 | $10.53 | $21,900 |
| Cooks, fast food | 1,400 | $8.10 | $16,850 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 1,370 | $14.58 | $30,320 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 1,350 | $22.85 | $47,530 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 1,340 | Not available | $73,090 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 1,330 | $25.71 | $53,470 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 1,320 | $16.63 | $34,590 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 1,310 | $26.27 | $54,650 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 1,290 | $14.21 | $29,570 |
| Financial analysts | 1,290 | $39.76 | $82,700 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 1,290 | $16.32 | $33,940 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 1,280 | $18.81 | $39,120 |
| Parts salespersons | 1,280 | $14.30 | $29,730 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 1,280 | $17.14 | $35,650 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 1,270 | $33.53 | $69,750 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 1,260 | $26.38 | $54,860 |
| All other information and record clerks | 1,240 | $15.65 | $32,540 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 1,240 | $39.00 | $81,110 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 1,240 | $12.24 | $25,460 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 1,230 | $28.56 | $59,410 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 1,200 | $15.37 | $31,980 |
| Managers, all other | 1,190 | $44.55 | $92,670 |
| Travel agents | 1,190 | $13.34 | $27,750 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | 1,180 | $18.79 | $39,090 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 1,170 | $15.86 | $33,000 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 1,160 | $25.24 | $52,490 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 1,160 | $9.51 | $19,790 |
| Cost estimators | 1,130 | $28.96 | $60,230 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 1,130 | $26.34 | $54,790 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 1,120 | $39.80 | $82,790 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 1,120 | $16.24 | $33,770 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 1,120 | $22.52 | $46,850 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 1,110 | $20.98 | $43,630 |
| Training and development specialists | 1,090 | $26.79 | $55,720 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 1,080 | $20.74 | $43,150 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 1,080 | $12.86 | $26,750 |
| Helpers--electricians | 1,070 | $12.01 | $24,970 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 1,060 | $11.15 | $23,190 |
| Social and human service assistants | 1,050 | $16.65 | $34,630 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 1,040 | $24.74 | $51,460 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 1,030 | Not available | Not available |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 1,020 | $12.45 | $25,890 |
| Dental hygienists | 1,020 | $29.16 | $60,650 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 1,020 | $14.32 | $29,790 |
| Administrative services managers | 1,010 | $45.47 | $94,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 1,010 | $19.40 | $40,360 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 1,010 | $16.12 | $33,530 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 990 | $18.26 | $37,970 |
| Personal and home care aides | 990 | $9.09 | $18,910 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 980 | $21.69 | $45,120 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 970 | $9.84 | $20,460 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 960 | $17.54 | $36,480 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 950 | $11.28 | $23,460 |
| Market research analysts | 940 | $26.36 | $54,830 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 940 | $17.43 | $36,260 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 910 | $14.25 | $29,640 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 910 | $12.93 | $26,900 |
| Physical therapists | 910 | $38.86 | $80,820 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 900 | $17.12 | $35,620 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 890 | $17.38 | $36,140 |
| Medical and health services managers | 880 | $49.14 | $102,210 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 870 | $24.77 | $51,520 |
| Sheet metal workers | 870 | $18.06 | $37,560 |
| Printing machine operators | 860 | $16.21 | $33,710 |
| Real estate brokers | 860 | $30.43 | $63,300 |
| Sewing machine operators | 860 | $11.47 | $23,850 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 850 | $59.69 | $124,160 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 810 | $13.13 | $27,310 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 800 | $9.75 | $20,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 790 | $20.78 | $43,210 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 790 | $18.78 | $39,060 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 780 | $19.98 | $41,560 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 770 | $21.43 | $44,580 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 770 | $10.54 | $21,920 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 750 | $27.44 | $57,070 |
| Industrial engineers | 750 | $29.16 | $60,660 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 750 | $16.72 | $34,770 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 750 | $18.54 | $38,560 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 740 | $22.40 | $46,590 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 740 | $13.60 | $28,280 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 720 | $28.95 | $60,210 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 700 | $17.95 | $37,340 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 700 | $21.21 | $44,120 |
| Food service managers | 700 | $23.05 | $47,940 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 700 | $18.59 | $38,660 |
| Machinists | 690 | $17.61 | $36,630 |
| Pest control workers | 690 | $13.81 | $28,730 |
| Job printers | 680 | $13.82 | $28,750 |
| Marketing managers | 680 | $54.31 | $112,960 |
| Motorboat mechanics | 680 | $19.10 | $39,720 |
| Psychiatric technicians | 670 | $12.87 | $26,760 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 660 | $13.11 | $27,270 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 660 | $12.79 | $26,610 |
| Family and general practitioners | 640 | $62.44 | $129,870 |
| Transportation workers, all other | 640 | $16.07 | $33,420 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 630 | $17.68 | $36,780 |
| Database administrators | 630 | $31.86 | $66,270 |
| Librarians | 630 | $28.95 | $60,210 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 620 | $20.74 | $43,140 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 620 | $22.89 | $47,610 |
| Coaches and scouts | 610 | Not available | $43,220 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 610 | $34.91 | $72,610 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 610 | $11.80 | $24,530 |
| Respiratory therapists | 600 | $25.60 | $53,240 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 590 | $22.16 | $46,100 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 570 | $10.68 | $22,210 |
| Couriers and messengers | 560 | $13.00 | $27,030 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 540 | $18.55 | $38,580 |
| Surgical technologists | 540 | $18.33 | $38,130 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 530 | $21.47 | $44,660 |
| Editors | 530 | $26.81 | $55,770 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 520 | $19.16 | $39,850 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 520 | $22.55 | $46,910 |
| Mental health counselors | 520 | $21.88 | $45,500 |
| Operations research analysts | 520 | $26.18 | $54,440 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | 520 | $10.47 | $21,780 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 520 | $16.25 | $33,790 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 510 | $19.51 | $40,580 |
| Electrical engineers | 510 | $43.55 | $90,580 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 510 | $11.59 | $24,110 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 500 | $28.09 | $58,430 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 500 | $20.21 | $42,040 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 500 | $21.54 | $44,800 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 500 | $12.44 | $25,880 |
| Massage therapists | 500 | $16.92 | $35,180 |
| Instructional coordinators | 490 | $31.13 | $64,740 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 480 | $16.93 | $35,210 |
| Cooks, short order | 480 | $8.76 | $18,230 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 480 | $21.77 | $45,280 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 480 | $12.56 | $26,120 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 480 | $13.15 | $27,340 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 470 | $25.62 | $53,290 |
| Food batchmakers | 470 | $9.96 | $20,710 |
| Material moving workers, all other | 470 | $8.20 | $17,060 |
| Occupational therapists | 470 | $36.12 | $75,120 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 470 | $10.31 | $21,440 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 470 | $13.95 | $29,010 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 470 | $13.34 | $27,740 |
| Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers | 460 | Not available | Not available |
| Bakers | 460 | $14.07 | $29,260 |
| Insurance underwriters | 460 | $24.97 | $51,940 |
| Interior designers | 460 | $23.31 | $48,480 |
| Photographers | 460 | $14.32 | $29,790 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 460 | $37.52 | $78,040 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 450 | $25.57 | $53,180 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 450 | $25.40 | $52,820 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | 440 | $17.48 | $36,360 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 440 | $34.50 | $71,770 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | 440 | Not available | $50,210 |
| Word processors and typists | 440 | $14.52 | $30,210 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 430 | $16.85 | $35,050 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 430 | $17.95 | $37,340 |
| New accounts clerks | 430 | $13.76 | $28,620 |
| Counselors, all other | 420 | $16.82 | $34,990 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 420 | $11.44 | $23,800 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 410 | $15.38 | $32,000 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 410 | $26.82 | $55,790 |
| Glaziers | 410 | $20.39 | $42,420 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | 410 | $17.27 | $35,930 |
| Postal service clerks | 410 | Not available | Not available |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 410 | $9.50 | $19,770 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 400 | $18.65 | $38,780 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 400 | $12.38 | $25,750 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 400 | $27.33 | $56,860 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 390 | $12.88 | $26,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 390 | $41.65 | $86,620 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 390 | $24.18 | $50,290 |
| Pharmacy aides | 380 | $10.09 | $20,980 |
| Computer operators | 370 | $17.45 | $36,300 |
| Mechanical engineers | 370 | $31.41 | $65,340 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 360 | $12.46 | $25,910 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 360 | $20.36 | $42,350 |
| Pipelayers | 360 | $15.41 | $32,050 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 360 | $25.40 | $52,830 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 350 | $12.46 | $25,910 |
| Dentists, general | 350 | $74.66 | $155,300 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 350 | $28.30 | $58,860 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 350 | $30.51 | $63,450 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 350 | $9.31 | $19,360 |
| Credit analysts | 340 | $28.57 | $59,420 |
| Environmental engineers | 340 | $47.56 | $98,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 340 | $19.07 | $39,670 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | 340 | $10.50 | $21,840 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 340 | $13.09 | $27,240 |
| Engineering managers | 330 | $54.28 | $112,890 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 330 | $13.46 | $28,000 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 330 | $14.00 | $29,110 |
| Producers and directors | 330 | $30.20 | $62,820 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 330 | $43.22 | $89,900 |
| Tile and marble setters | 320 | $13.11 | $27,270 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | 310 | $16.51 | $34,340 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 310 | $16.82 | $34,990 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 310 | $16.15 | $33,600 |
| Bindery workers | 300 | $13.25 | $27,570 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 300 | $11.97 | $24,900 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 300 | $29.00 | $60,320 |
| Engineers, all other | 300 | $35.92 | $74,710 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 300 | Not available | Not available |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 300 | $15.60 | $32,460 |
| Sailors and marine oilers | 300 | $20.55 | $42,750 |
| Commercial pilots | 290 | Not available | Not available |
| Sales engineers | 290 | $42.79 | $89,010 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | 280 | $14.08 | $29,290 |
| Marriage and family therapists | 280 | Not available | Not available |
| Upholsterers | 280 | $14.41 | $29,960 |
| Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels | 270 | $23.47 | $48,810 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 270 | $43.67 | $90,830 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 270 | $51.36 | $106,830 |
| Production workers, all other | 270 | $13.14 | $27,320 |
| Health educators | 260 | $17.56 | $36,520 |
| Physician assistants | 260 | $41.36 | $86,020 |
| Veterinarians | 260 | $49.34 | $102,620 |
| Writers and authors | 260 | $22.42 | $46,640 |
| Chiropractors | 250 | $36.54 | $75,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 250 | $47.64 | $99,100 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 250 | $10.52 | $21,880 |
| Procurement clerks | 250 | $15.40 | $32,030 |
| Surveyors | 250 | $32.92 | $68,470 |
| Crossing guards | 240 | $12.07 | $25,100 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other | 240 | $25.09 | $52,190 |
| Public relations managers | 240 | $57.37 | $119,340 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 230 | $13.69 | $28,470 |
| Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment | 230 | $17.43 | $36,250 |
| Loan counselors | 230 | $17.70 | $36,820 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 230 | $13.68 | $28,450 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 230 | $14.83 | $30,850 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 230 | $10.64 | $22,120 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 220 | $17.39 | $36,160 |
| Funeral attendants | 220 | $10.63 | $22,100 |
| Psychiatric aides | 220 | $12.49 | $25,980 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians | 220 | $20.61 | $42,860 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | 220 | $10.46 | $21,760 |
| Therapists, all other | 220 | $20.12 | $41,850 |
| Athletes and sports competitors | 210 | Not available | $93,900 |
| Flight attendants | 210 | Not available | $26,920 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 210 | $46.34 | $96,390 |
| Logisticians | 210 | $31.50 | $65,510 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | 210 | $14.66 | $30,490 |
| Public address system and other announcers | 210 | $16.51 | $34,350 |
| Urban and regional planners | 210 | $31.60 | $65,730 |
| Art directors | 200 | $33.51 | $69,690 |
| Budget analysts | 200 | $29.21 | $60,750 |
| Floral designers | 200 | $12.36 | $25,710 |
| Industrial production managers | 200 | $42.38 | $88,140 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 190 | Not available | $63,730 |
| Clergy | 190 | $21.70 | $45,130 |
| Concierges | 190 | $12.10 | $25,170 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | 190 | $21.02 | $43,730 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | 190 | $11.64 | $24,220 |
| Physical therapist aides | 190 | $12.13 | $25,230 |
| Social workers, all other | 190 | $21.15 | $43,980 |
| Crane and tower operators | 180 | $17.57 | $36,540 |
| Landscape architects | 180 | $30.39 | $63,210 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 170 | $20.40 | $42,440 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 170 | $22.40 | $46,600 |
| Social and community service managers | 170 | $41.53 | $86,380 |
| Drafters, all other | 160 | $22.57 | $46,940 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 160 | $22.73 | $47,270 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons | 160 | $11.09 | $23,070 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 160 | $14.66 | $30,480 |
| Home appliance repairers | 160 | $18.59 | $38,670 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 160 | $10.32 | $21,460 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 160 | $37.00 | $76,970 |
| Purchasing managers | 160 | $42.87 | $89,180 |
| Broadcast technicians | 150 | $18.17 | $37,790 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 150 | $26.09 | $54,270 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 150 | $55.85 | $116,160 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 150 | $8.89 | $18,490 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 150 | $13.14 | $27,340 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 150 | $14.06 | $29,240 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 150 | $22.17 | $46,110 |
| Radio and television announcers | 150 | $20.64 | $42,930 |
| Technical writers | 150 | $27.82 | $57,860 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 150 | $10.90 | $22,670 |
| Chemists | 140 | $28.42 | $59,110 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | 140 | $12.67 | $26,360 |
| Law clerks | 140 | $20.27 | $42,160 |
| Legislators | 140 | Not available | $35,200 |
| Mechanical drafters | 140 | $22.17 | $46,110 |
| Shampooers | 140 | $9.41 | $19,570 |
| Avionics technicians | 130 | $22.98 | $47,800 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 130 | $27.61 | $57,430 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 130 | $12.10 | $25,180 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers | 130 | $16.96 | $35,270 |
| Skin care specialists | 130 | $12.78 | $26,580 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 120 | $46.03 | $95,730 |
| Desktop publishers | 120 | $15.49 | $32,220 |
| Education administrators, all other | 120 | $45.64 | $94,920 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 120 | $10.87 | $22,620 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 120 | $32.92 | $68,470 |
| Ship engineers | 120 | $32.78 | $68,180 |
| Brokerage clerks | 110 | $15.26 | $31,750 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | $71,250 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 110 | $28.43 | $59,130 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 110 | $18.37 | $38,210 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 110 | $32.55 | $67,700 |
| Surgeons | 110 | $61.03 | $126,940 |
| Training and development managers | 110 | $47.15 | $98,070 |
| Chemical technicians | 100 | $18.52 | $38,530 |
| Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other | 100 | $16.30 | Not available |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators | 100 | $15.23 | $31,670 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | $65,700 |
| Social science research assistants | 100 | $16.67 | $34,670 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 100 | $29.77 | $61,930 |
| Transportation inspectors | 100 | $33.33 | $69,330 |
| Animal trainers | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 90 | Not available | $70,340 |
| Correspondence clerks | 90 | $13.66 | $28,410 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 90 | $13.18 | $27,410 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators | 90 | $33.34 | $69,350 |
| Forensic science technicians | 90 | $25.98 | $54,040 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | 90 | $12.35 | $25,690 |
| Pile-driver operators | 90 | $19.92 | $41,430 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 90 | $15.98 | $33,230 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers | 90 | $13.73 | $28,550 |
| Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes | 80 | $25.84 | $53,750 |
| Furniture finishers | 80 | $15.54 | $32,330 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 80 | $11.70 | $24,340 |
| Library technicians | 80 | $16.34 | $34,000 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers | 80 | $15.42 | $32,060 |
| Interpreters and translators | 70 | $21.29 | $44,280 |
| Media and communication workers, all other | 70 | $21.64 | $45,010 |
| Multi-media artists and animators | 70 | $23.77 | $49,450 |
| Optometrists | 70 | $44.38 | $92,310 |
| Recreational therapists | 70 | $19.51 | $40,580 |
| Tool and die makers | 70 | $20.18 | $41,980 |
| Woodworkers, all other | 70 | $14.79 | $30,770 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | 60 | $14.38 | $29,900 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 60 | $18.24 | $37,930 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 60 | $13.42 | $27,910 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 60 | $10.33 | $21,490 |
| Grounds maintenance workers, all other | 60 | $15.18 | $31,570 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall | 60 | $23.93 | $49,780 |
| Terrazzo workers and finishers | 60 | $16.32 | $33,950 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 60 | $11.42 | $23,750 |
| Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other | 60 | $13.21 | $27,490 |
| Aircraft cargo handling supervisors | 50 | $15.87 | $33,010 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians | 50 | $9.87 | $20,520 |
| Athletic trainers | 50 | Not available | $47,190 |
| Biological scientists, all other | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $59,460 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 50 | $16.97 | $35,290 |
| Designers, all other | 50 | $20.46 | $42,560 |
| Dietetic technicians | 50 | $13.61 | $28,300 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians | 50 | $18.48 | $38,440 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | 50 | $18.13 | $37,700 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 50 | $20.59 | $42,830 |
| Motion picture projectionists | 50 | $10.21 | $21,240 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 50 | $11.97 | $24,900 |
| Parking enforcement workers | 50 | $16.86 | $35,060 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products | 50 | $27.89 | $58,010 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 50 | $15.02 | $31,230 |
| Biomedical engineers | 40 | $36.93 | $76,820 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand | 40 | $12.36 | $25,710 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers | 40 | $16.98 | $35,320 |
| Engineering teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $56,250 |
| Etchers and engravers | 40 | $18.54 | $38,560 |
| Financial examiners | 40 | $41.08 | $85,460 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders | 40 | $15.00 | $31,200 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants | 40 | $9.67 | $20,110 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 40 | $18.02 | $37,490 |
| Natural sciences managers | 40 | $62.50 | $130,000 |
| Physical scientists, all other | 40 | $29.13 | $60,590 |
| Psychiatrists | 40 | $70.70 | $147,050 |
| Commercial and industrial designers | 30 | $29.40 | $61,150 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 30 | $25.88 | $53,820 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 30 | $11.75 | $24,440 |
| Actuaries | Not available | $54.61 | $113,590 |
| Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers | Not available | $18.48 | $38,440 |
| Anesthesiologists | Not available | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Animal control workers | Not available | $18.68 | $38,850 |
| Audiologists | Not available | $31.76 | $66,070 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers | Not available | $20.00 | $41,590 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $70,380 |
| Biological technicians | Not available | $15.37 | $31,980 |
| Building cleaning workers, all other | Not available | $15.10 | $31,410 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture | Not available | $18.25 | $37,960 |
| Carpet installers | Not available | $20.82 | $43,310 |
| Computer hardware engineers | Not available | $32.80 | $68,210 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | Not available | $16.92 | $35,190 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | Not available | $12.83 | $26,690 |
| Directors, religious activities and education | Not available | $17.11 | $35,580 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | Not available | $21.26 | $44,230 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | Not available | $15.32 | $31,870 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | Not available | $18.75 | $39,000 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | Not available | $26.10 | $54,280 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $16.57 | $34,470 |
| Film and video editors | Not available | $22.42 | $46,640 |
| Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators | Not available | $21.55 | $44,810 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | Not available | $16.42 | $34,160 |
| Funeral directors | Not available | $24.62 | $51,210 |
| Gaming dealers | Not available | $9.42 | $19,590 |
| Helpers--roofers | Not available | $12.58 | $26,160 |
| Hydrologists | Not available | $42.35 | $88,090 |
| Library assistants, clerical | Not available | $13.07 | $27,190 |
| Life scientists, all other | Not available | $34.49 | $71,730 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | Not available | $11.09 | $23,080 |
| Lodging managers | Not available | $34.88 | $72,550 |
| Marine engineers and naval architects | Not available | $31.59 | $65,700 |
| Medical equipment repairers | Not available | $17.08 | $35,520 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | Not available | $26.46 | $55,030 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other | Not available | $14.82 | $30,820 |
| Meter readers, utilities | Not available | $15.22 | $31,670 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $18.28 | $38,030 |
| Millwrights | Not available | $21.18 | $44,060 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | Not available | $19.00 | $39,530 |
| Music directors and composers | Not available | $21.85 | $45,450 |
| Musicians and singers | Not available | $12.50 | Not available |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | Not available | $101.92 | $212,000 |
| Occupational health and safety technicians | Not available | $21.58 | $44,890 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | Not available | $14.31 | $29,760 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | Not available | $14.36 | $29,870 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | Not available | $15.63 | $32,500 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | Not available | $15.09 | $31,380 |
| Photographic process workers | Not available | $11.96 | $24,880 |
| Physicists | Not available | $54.26 | $112,870 |
| Power plant operators | Not available | $28.22 | $58,700 |
| Private detectives and investigators | Not available | $27.60 | $57,400 |
| Psychologists, all other | Not available | $33.30 | $69,270 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | Not available | $11.97 | $24,900 |
| Residential advisors | Not available | $12.48 | $25,970 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | Not available | $13.63 | $28,350 |
| Service station attendants | Not available | $8.80 | $18,300 |
| Statistical assistants | Not available | $15.96 | $33,200 |
| Tax preparers | Not available | $10.20 | $21,210 |
| Telephone operators | Not available | $11.13 | $23,140 |
| Tour guides and escorts | Not available | $14.76 | $30,690 |
| Travel guides | Not available | $17.36 | $36,110 |
