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 |
122,380 |
$15.66 |
$32,580 |
| Production occupations |
18,680 |
$12.83 |
$26,680 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
17,090 |
$12.89 |
$26,800 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
12,520 |
$15.23 |
$31,680 |
| Sales and related occupations |
11,440 |
$12.93 |
$26,890 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
10,220 |
$16.05 |
$33,390 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
9,250 |
$8.36 |
$17,390 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
6,850 |
$26.36 |
$54,820 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
6,660 |
$18.64 |
$38,770 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
5,420 |
$16.83 |
$35,000 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
5,090 |
$18.95 |
$39,410 |
| Management occupations |
4,420 |
$36.00 |
$74,870 |
| Retail salespersons |
3,690 |
$10.53 |
$21,900 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
3,600 |
$10.02 |
$20,850 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
3,320 |
$9.74 |
$20,250 |
| Cashiers |
3,300 |
$7.82 |
$16,270 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
2,740 |
$23.23 |
$48,320 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
2,640 |
$8.94 |
$18,590 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
2,520 |
$10.69 |
$22,230 |
| Registered nurses |
2,470 |
$24.95 |
$51,900 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
2,310 |
$7.16 |
$14,890 |
| Protective service occupations |
2,170 |
$13.90 |
$28,920 |
| Team assemblers |
2,070 |
$12.23 |
$25,440 |
| Helpers--production workers |
1,980 |
$10.51 |
$21,850 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,910 |
$9.77 |
$20,320 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
1,880 |
$9.11 |
$18,960 |
| Office clerks, general |
1,880 |
$10.61 |
$22,060 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,800 |
$9.32 |
$19,380 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
1,770 |
$13.02 |
$27,080 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
1,620 |
$8.40 |
$17,480 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,480 |
Not available |
$41,440 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
1,460 |
$9.86 |
$20,500 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
1,440 |
$11.65 |
$24,240 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,370 |
$14.76 |
$30,700 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
1,340 |
$23.96 |
$49,830 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
1,320 |
$38.48 |
$80,050 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,260 |
$15.94 |
$33,160 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,210 |
$15.94 |
$33,160 |
| General and operations managers |
1,200 |
$42.48 |
$88,360 |
| Cooks, fast food |
1,150 |
$7.62 |
$15,840 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,150 |
Not available |
$44,810 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,120 |
$18.38 |
$38,240 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
1,060 |
$11.16 |
$23,210 |
| Customer service representatives |
1,010 |
$12.06 |
$25,090 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
990 |
$13.34 |
$27,740 |
| Community and social services occupations |
960 |
$17.54 |
$36,470 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
900 |
$23.78 |
$49,470 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
900 |
$21.08 |
$43,850 |
| Home health aides |
870 |
$8.02 |
$16,670 |
| Child care workers |
850 |
$7.76 |
$16,130 |
| Personal and home care aides |
830 |
$8.68 |
$18,040 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
810 |
$13.52 |
$28,120 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
800 |
$27.73 |
$57,680 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
740 |
$9.98 |
$20,760 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
740 |
$14.61 |
$30,380 |
| Teacher assistants |
720 |
Not available |
$17,740 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
710 |
$16.07 |
$33,430 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
710 |
$12.64 |
$26,290 |
| Tellers |
710 |
$10.27 |
$21,360 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
680 |
$9.33 |
$19,400 |
| Food preparation workers |
670 |
$8.24 |
$17,130 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
660 |
$8.07 |
$16,800 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
650 |
$8.84 |
$18,380 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
650 |
Not available |
$34,420 |
| Rotary drill operators, oil and gas |
640 |
$24.34 |
$50,630 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
640 |
$11.71 |
$24,350 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
630 |
$15.90 |
$33,070 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
620 |
$14.50 |
$30,150 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
610 |
$15.95 |
$33,180 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
590 |
$17.37 |
$36,140 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
570 |
$13.47 |
$28,010 |
| Carpenters |
550 |
$14.16 |
$29,440 |
| Security guards |
550 |
$9.70 |
$20,180 |
| Accountants and auditors |
540 |
$22.30 |
$46,390 |
| Legal occupations |
540 |
$38.21 |
$79,470 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
530 |
$19.09 |
$39,710 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
530 |
Not available |
$41,940 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
510 |
$12.00 |
$24,950 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
510 |
$10.49 |
$21,810 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
490 |
$25.99 |
$54,060 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
490 |
$25.35 |
$52,720 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
490 |
$9.31 |
$19,360 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
450 |
$9.89 |
$20,570 |
| Dishwashers |
430 |
$7.68 |
$15,980 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
410 |
$15.39 |
$32,000 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
410 |
$26.15 |
$54,390 |
| Bill and account collectors |
380 |
$12.07 |
$25,110 |
| Derrick operators, oil and gas |
380 |
$19.44 |
$40,430 |
| Fire fighters |
380 |
$14.64 |
$30,460 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
380 |
$16.03 |
$33,340 |
| Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining |
380 |
$18.98 |
$39,470 |
| Electricians |
370 |
$19.87 |
$41,320 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
370 |
$15.37 |
$31,970 |
| Administrative services managers |
340 |
$25.02 |
$52,040 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
330 |
$12.24 |
$25,460 |
| Bus drivers, school |
320 |
$10.08 |
$20,970 |
| Loan officers |
320 |
$23.79 |
$49,490 |
| Financial managers |
310 |
$42.39 |
$88,160 |
| Insurance sales agents |
310 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
310 |
Not available |
$41,260 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
300 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
300 |
$18.25 |
$37,970 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
290 |
$7.60 |
$15,810 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
290 |
$14.82 |
$30,830 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
290 |
$14.28 |
$29,710 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
290 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Dental assistants |
280 |
$12.40 |
$25,790 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
280 |
$13.42 |
$27,910 |
| Recreation workers |
280 |
$9.01 |
$18,750 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
270 |
$10.12 |
$21,060 |
| Food batchmakers |
270 |
$12.08 |
$25,130 |
| Lawyers |
270 |
$56.78 |
$118,100 |
| Chief executives |
260 |
$53.74 |
$111,780 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
260 |
$10.88 |
$22,620 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
260 |
$22.31 |
$46,410 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
250 |
$15.22 |
$31,650 |
| Computer support specialists |
250 |
$17.03 |
$35,410 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
250 |
$15.36 |
$31,960 |
| Machinists |
250 |
$15.47 |
$32,180 |
| Parts salespersons |
250 |
$12.66 |
$26,330 |
| Driver/sales workers |
240 |
$13.10 |
$27,240 |
| Printing machine operators |
240 |
$17.65 |
$36,710 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
230 |
Not available |
$70,150 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
230 |
$13.46 |
$27,990 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
230 |
$8.08 |
$16,800 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
230 |
$10.72 |
$22,300 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
230 |
$12.14 |
$25,250 |
| Sheet metal workers |
230 |
$13.47 |
$28,020 |
| Industrial production managers |
220 |
$37.99 |
$79,020 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
220 |
$8.40 |
$17,470 |
| Medical secretaries |
220 |
$12.25 |
$25,480 |
| Pharmacists |
220 |
$47.64 |
$99,090 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
210 |
$17.37 |
$36,140 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
210 |
$26.39 |
$54,900 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
210 |
$20.41 |
$42,460 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
210 |
$13.46 |
$28,000 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
210 |
$21.97 |
$45,690 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
200 |
$13.04 |
$27,120 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
200 |
$18.80 |
$39,110 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
190 |
$10.12 |
$21,050 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
190 |
$12.60 |
$26,200 |
| Data entry keyers |
190 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
190 |
$10.20 |
$21,210 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
190 |
$7.25 |
$15,070 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
190 |
$12.09 |
$25,140 |
| Social and human service assistants |
190 |
$11.89 |
$24,720 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
190 |
$13.89 |
$28,890 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
180 |
$18.15 |
$37,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
180 |
$31.59 |
$65,710 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
180 |
$8.27 |
$17,200 |
| Librarians |
180 |
$21.52 |
$44,770 |
| Medical and health services managers |
180 |
$32.57 |
$67,740 |
| Order clerks |
180 |
$11.56 |
$24,050 |
| Sales managers |
180 |
$43.69 |
$90,880 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
180 |
$28.60 |
$59,480 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
170 |
$10.42 |
$21,670 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
170 |
$12.46 |
$25,930 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
170 |
$13.00 |
$27,050 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
170 |
$20.73 |
$43,110 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
160 |
$14.94 |
$31,070 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
160 |
$25.09 |
$52,200 |
| Food service managers |
160 |
$18.80 |
$39,110 |
| Management analysts |
160 |
$28.48 |
$59,230 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
160 |
$18.03 |
$37,510 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
160 |
$14.09 |
$29,320 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
160 |
$30.96 |
$64,400 |
| All other information and record clerks |
150 |
$15.18 |
$31,580 |
| Family and general practitioners |
150 |
$88.91 |
$184,930 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
150 |
$11.93 |
$24,820 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
150 |
$14.53 |
$30,220 |
| Industrial engineers |
150 |
$35.29 |
$73,400 |
| Mechanical engineers |
150 |
$32.27 |
$67,130 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
150 |
$20.96 |
$43,610 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
150 |
$13.08 |
$27,210 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
150 |
$12.16 |
$25,290 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
150 |
$10.13 |
$21,070 |
| Tool and die makers |
150 |
$18.35 |
$38,170 |
| Construction managers |
140 |
$33.20 |
$69,060 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
140 |
$8.32 |
$17,300 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
140 |
$24.08 |
$50,080 |
| File clerks |
140 |
$9.00 |
$18,720 |
| Legal secretaries |
140 |
$13.04 |
$27,120 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
140 |
$12.15 |
$25,260 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
140 |
$15.30 |
$31,810 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
140 |
Not available |
$46,510 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
130 |
$21.30 |
$44,310 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
130 |
$13.27 |
$27,590 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
130 |
$12.44 |
$25,870 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
130 |
$12.27 |
$25,520 |
| Medical assistants |
130 |
$11.89 |
$24,720 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
130 |
$23.70 |
$49,300 |
| Rock splitters, quarry |
130 |
$11.16 |
$23,210 |
| Sewing machine operators |
130 |
$8.58 |
$17,850 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
130 |
$8.76 |
$18,220 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
130 |
$12.75 |
$26,520 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
120 |
$18.81 |
$39,130 |
| Advertising sales agents |
120 |
$16.42 |
$34,160 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
120 |
$18.61 |
$38,710 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
120 |
$29.16 |
$60,650 |
| Legislators |
120 |
Not available |
$31,250 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
120 |
Not available |
$45,970 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
120 |
$29.77 |
$61,930 |
| Bartenders |
110 |
$8.32 |
$17,300 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
110 |
$17.49 |
$36,380 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
110 |
$11.39 |
$23,690 |
| Computer systems analysts |
110 |
$20.68 |
$43,010 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
110 |
$14.04 |
$29,210 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
110 |
$11.78 |
$24,500 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
110 |
$10.48 |
$21,800 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
110 |
$19.50 |
$40,550 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
110 |
$10.24 |
$21,310 |
| Coaches and scouts |
100 |
Not available |
$37,160 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
100 |
$20.62 |
$42,880 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
100 |
$12.76 |
$26,540 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
100 |
$17.68 |
$36,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
100 |
$14.97 |
$31,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
100 |
$12.60 |
$26,210 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
100 |
$15.88 |
$33,020 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
100 |
$14.84 |
$30,860 |
| Managers, all other |
100 |
$31.96 |
$66,470 |
| New accounts clerks |
100 |
$12.98 |
$27,010 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
100 |
$14.95 |
$31,100 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
100 |
$24.25 |
$50,440 |
| Physical therapists |
100 |
$37.63 |
$78,270 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
100 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
100 |
$10.60 |
$22,050 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
100 |
Not available |
$41,270 |
| Surgical technologists |
100 |
$14.98 |
$31,160 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
100 |
$14.19 |
$29,510 |
| Training and development specialists |
100 |
$20.91 |
$43,500 |
| Wellhead pumpers |
100 |
$18.38 |
$38,240 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders |
90 |
$9.75 |
$20,270 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
90 |
$10.08 |
$20,960 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
90 |
$14.18 |
$29,500 |
| Graphic designers |
90 |
$15.09 |
$31,380 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
90 |
$14.64 |
$30,450 |
| Personal financial advisors |
90 |
$33.40 |
$69,460 |
| Real estate sales agents |
90 |
$12.04 |
$25,040 |
| Social and community service managers |
90 |
$15.25 |
$31,720 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
90 |
$8.85 |
$18,400 |
| Bindery workers |
80 |
$11.12 |
$23,130 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
80 |
$15.75 |
$32,750 |
| Cost estimators |
80 |
$22.96 |
$47,750 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
80 |
$11.88 |
$24,700 |
| Market research analysts |
80 |
$23.59 |
$49,060 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
80 |
$15.38 |
$31,990 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
80 |
$18.40 |
$38,280 |
| Pest control workers |
80 |
$12.73 |
$26,480 |
| Postal service clerks |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Procurement clerks |
80 |
$15.17 |
$31,540 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
80 |
$21.76 |
$45,260 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
80 |
$19.49 |
$40,540 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
80 |
$20.21 |
$42,030 |
| Bakers |
70 |
$8.41 |
$17,490 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
70 |
$21.69 |
$45,110 |
| Electrical engineers |
70 |
$29.80 |
$61,990 |
| Engineering managers |
70 |
$42.18 |
$87,730 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
70 |
$16.35 |
$34,020 |
| Helpers--electricians |
70 |
$14.23 |
$29,610 |
| Instructional coordinators |
70 |
$28.06 |
$58,370 |
| Marketing managers |
70 |
$39.70 |
$82,570 |
| Mechanical drafters |
70 |
$21.77 |
$45,280 |
| Mental health counselors |
70 |
$23.55 |
$48,990 |
| Public relations specialists |
70 |
$18.89 |
$39,300 |
| Respiratory therapists |
70 |
$21.41 |
$44,530 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders |
60 |
$13.55 |
$28,170 |
| Civil engineers |
60 |
$32.59 |
$67,790 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
60 |
$26.91 |
$55,980 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
60 |
$18.12 |
$37,690 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
60 |
$48.93 |
$101,770 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
60 |
$24.67 |
$51,320 |
| Editors |
60 |
$17.93 |
$37,290 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
60 |
$9.62 |
$20,010 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
60 |
$12.89 |
$26,810 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
60 |
$19.90 |
$41,380 |
| Occupational therapists |
60 |
$34.84 |
$72,480 |
| Purchasing managers |
60 |
$53.59 |
$111,470 |
| Roustabouts, oil and gas |
60 |
$12.36 |
$25,700 |
| Statistical assistants |
60 |
$10.22 |
$21,270 |
| Surveyors |
60 |
$17.12 |
$35,600 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
60 |
$10.91 |
$22,690 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
50 |
$17.29 |
$35,950 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
50 |
$15.74 |
$32,740 |
| Computer operators |
50 |
$14.80 |
$30,780 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
50 |
$21.25 |
$44,200 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
50 |
$13.09 |
$27,230 |
| Crane and tower operators |
50 |
$17.53 |
$36,460 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
50 |
$16.25 |
$33,800 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay |
50 |
$20.50 |
$42,630 |
| Floral designers |
50 |
$9.25 |
$19,240 |
| Helpers--extraction workers |
50 |
$11.06 |
$23,000 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
50 |
$39.03 |
$81,190 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
50 |
$21.67 |
$45,060 |
| Logisticians |
50 |
$28.23 |
$58,720 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
50 |
$9.15 |
$19,030 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
50 |
$99.50 |
$206,960 |
| Pipelayers |
50 |
$12.65 |
$26,310 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
50 |
$28.04 |
$58,310 |
| Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers |
50 |
$18.41 |
$38,300 |
| Service station attendants |
50 |
$10.63 |
$22,110 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
50 |
Not available |
$41,680 |
| Tax preparers |
50 |
$11.71 |
$24,350 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
50 |
$15.80 |
$32,870 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
40 |
$12.57 |
$26,140 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
40 |
$16.63 |
$34,580 |
| Broadcast technicians |
40 |
$11.07 |
$23,020 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
40 |
$27.62 |
$57,450 |
| Couriers and messengers |
40 |
$10.92 |
$22,710 |
| Database administrators |
40 |
$31.51 |
$65,530 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
40 |
$22.77 |
$47,360 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
40 |
$15.89 |
$33,050 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
40 |
$17.61 |
$36,620 |
| Financial analysts |
40 |
$21.18 |
$44,060 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
40 |
$25.54 |
$53,120 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
40 |
$19.54 |
$40,640 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
40 |
$9.77 |
$20,320 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
40 |
$14.32 |
$29,790 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
40 |
$25.70 |
$53,460 |
| Pharmacy aides |
40 |
$9.02 |
$18,760 |
| Residential advisors |
40 |
$11.77 |
$24,470 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
40 |
$24.24 |
$50,420 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
40 |
$17.22 |
$35,820 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
40 |
$21.87 |
$45,490 |
| Upholsterers |
40 |
$13.19 |
$27,440 |
| Veterinarians |
40 |
$30.41 |
$63,260 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
30 |
$24.10 |
$50,130 |
| Credit analysts |
30 |
$24.04 |
$50,010 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
30 |
$25.29 |
$52,590 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
30 |
$23.91 |
$49,740 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
30 |
$15.31 |
$31,840 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
30 |
$15.40 |
$32,020 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
30 |
$10.23 |
$21,290 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
30 |
$16.59 |
$34,510 |
| Optometrists |
30 |
$29.50 |
$61,370 |
| Producers and directors |
30 |
$24.24 |
$50,420 |
| Radio and television announcers |
30 |
$12.71 |
$26,440 |
| Social workers, all other |
30 |
$14.76 |
$30,690 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
Not available |
$11.55 |
$24,020 |
| Commercial pilots |
Not available |
Not available |
$65,600 |
| Computer programmers |
Not available |
$26.86 |
$55,870 |
| Construction laborers |
Not available |
$12.87 |
$26,770 |
| Cooks, short order |
Not available |
$8.06 |
$16,770 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
Not available |
$12.64 |
$26,290 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
Not available |
$13.61 |
$28,320 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$12.83 |
$26,690 |
| Dental hygienists |
Not available |
$29.39 |
$61,140 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$15.26 |
$31,740 |
| Dentists, general |
Not available |
$54.66 |
$113,680 |
| Embalmers |
Not available |
$15.63 |
$32,500 |
| Farm and home management advisors |
Not available |
$15.63 |
$32,510 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
Not available |
$20.15 |
$41,920 |
| Glaziers |
Not available |
$14.83 |
$30,840 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
Not available |
$31.45 |
$65,430 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
Not available |
$11.00 |
$22,880 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
Not available |
$9.32 |
$19,380 |
| Library technicians |
Not available |
$14.65 |
$30,470 |
| Lodging managers |
Not available |
$15.83 |
$32,930 |
| Millwrights |
Not available |
$18.50 |
$38,480 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
Not available |
$9.98 |
$20,750 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
Not available |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
Not available |
$11.65 |
$24,220 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
Not available |
$8.21 |
$17,070 |
| Production workers, all other |
Not available |
$13.90 |
$28,910 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
Not available |
$18.08 |
$37,610 |
| Roofers |
Not available |
$12.36 |
$25,710 |
| Surgeons |
Not available |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Word processors and typists |
Not available |
$12.36 |
$25,710 |