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 | 871,660 | $19.02 | $39,570 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 161,390 | $15.00 | $31,200 |
| Sales and related occupations | 94,700 | $16.86 | $35,060 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 76,480 | $16.49 | $34,290 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 75,250 | $8.87 | $18,450 |
| Production occupations | 68,700 | $14.96 | $31,120 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 51,010 | $21.22 | $44,140 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 46,920 | $16.04 | $33,370 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 41,780 | $18.72 | $38,940 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 38,680 | $31.24 | $64,980 |
| Management occupations | 38,130 | $45.38 | $94,380 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 32,770 | $29.26 | $60,860 |
| Retail salespersons | 31,860 | $11.70 | $24,330 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 24,590 | $10.49 | $21,810 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 24,470 | $12.21 | $25,400 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 23,910 | $7.75 | $16,120 |
| Cashiers | 21,300 | $8.74 | $18,190 |
| Customer service representatives | 21,090 | $14.38 | $29,900 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 20,450 | $34.23 | $71,210 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 20,380 | $10.86 | $22,580 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 19,160 | $35.74 | $74,350 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 16,530 | $12.52 | $26,040 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 15,650 | $8.26 | $17,170 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 15,330 | $10.91 | $22,690 |
| Office clerks, general | 14,990 | $11.47 | $23,860 |
| Protective service occupations | 14,670 | $19.31 | $40,170 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 14,010 | $13.70 | $28,500 |
| Registered nurses | 13,140 | $28.95 | $60,210 |
| General and operations managers | 12,930 | $51.45 | $107,020 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 12,310 | Not available | $48,230 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 11,830 | $9.87 | $20,530 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 11,710 | $18.50 | $38,470 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 10,790 | $18.75 | $38,990 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 10,660 | $15.45 | $32,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 10,420 | $22.34 | $46,470 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 10,240 | $28.64 | $59,560 |
| Construction laborers | 9,880 | $11.03 | $22,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 8,860 | $19.21 | $39,960 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 8,800 | $21.83 | $45,410 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 8,380 | $15.11 | $31,440 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 7,830 | $13.91 | $28,940 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 7,410 | $9.63 | $20,030 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 7,380 | $13.87 | $28,840 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 7,260 | Not available | $50,920 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 7,200 | $10.96 | $22,790 |
| Community and social services occupations | 7,190 | $20.63 | $42,910 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 6,840 | Not available | Not available |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 6,720 | $11.74 | $24,420 |
| Accountants and auditors | 6,400 | $31.74 | $66,030 |
| Teacher assistants | 6,000 | Not available | $17,400 |
| Team assemblers | 5,940 | $10.20 | $21,210 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 5,860 | Not available | $48,640 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 5,640 | $13.61 | $28,310 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 5,350 | $12.81 | $26,650 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 5,340 | $28.78 | $59,870 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 5,250 | $10.99 | $22,860 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 5,240 | $10.19 | $21,200 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 5,110 | $8.40 | $17,470 |
| Personal and home care aides | 5,000 | $7.64 | $15,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 4,930 | $24.28 | $50,490 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 4,900 | $30.11 | $62,630 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 4,770 | $19.53 | $40,620 |
| Security guards | 4,710 | $13.92 | $28,950 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 4,560 | $17.28 | $35,950 |
| Electricians | 4,510 | $19.94 | $41,470 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 4,380 | $24.68 | $51,330 |
| Legal occupations | 4,330 | $39.94 | $83,080 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 4,200 | $46.29 | $96,280 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 4,200 | $16.60 | $34,520 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 4,090 | $25.19 | $52,400 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 3,990 | $28.58 | $59,440 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 3,980 | $26.01 | $54,090 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 3,970 | $13.95 | $29,020 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 3,590 | $16.43 | $34,180 |
| Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers | 3,440 | Not available | Not available |
| Tellers | 3,400 | $12.25 | $25,470 |
| Bill and account collectors | 3,370 | $14.82 | $30,830 |
| Child care workers | 3,250 | $8.78 | $18,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 3,200 | $27.12 | $56,420 |
| Machinists | 3,110 | $16.56 | $34,450 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 3,080 | Not available | Not available |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 3,050 | $15.83 | $32,930 |
| Computer systems analysts | 3,010 | $35.82 | $74,520 |
| Computer support specialists | 2,970 | $20.38 | $42,380 |
| Driver/sales workers | 2,970 | $10.73 | $22,320 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 2,940 | $12.50 | $26,010 |
| Medical assistants | 2,930 | $13.20 | $27,450 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 2,810 | $7.77 | $16,170 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 2,800 | $9.05 | $18,820 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 2,770 | $11.48 | $23,870 |
| Helpers--production workers | 2,750 | $9.52 | $19,810 |
| Construction managers | 2,740 | $33.64 | $69,980 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 2,680 | Not available | $26,010 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 2,650 | $13.49 | $28,050 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 2,580 | $20.57 | $42,790 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 2,540 | $7.63 | $15,860 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 2,520 | $17.80 | $37,010 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 2,510 | $31.89 | $66,320 |
| Bartenders | 2,490 | $8.74 | $18,180 |
| Food preparation workers | 2,430 | $8.37 | $17,410 |
| Dishwashers | 2,420 | $7.85 | $16,330 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 2,350 | $8.19 | $17,040 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 2,310 | $11.32 | $23,540 |
| Carpenters | 2,210 | $15.31 | $31,840 |
| Bus drivers, school | 2,200 | $10.97 | $22,820 |
| Lawyers | 2,200 | $54.70 | $113,780 |
| Computer programmers | 2,180 | $35.87 | $74,600 |
| Medical secretaries | 2,170 | $12.25 | $25,480 |
| Cooks, fast food | 2,120 | $8.11 | $16,870 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 2,120 | $9.64 | $20,040 |
| Management analysts | 2,110 | $31.10 | $64,680 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 2,100 | $27.11 | $56,400 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 2,050 | $28.85 | $60,010 |
| Insurance sales agents | 2,050 | $33.91 | $70,540 |
| Financial managers | 2,040 | $53.62 | $111,540 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 2,040 | $14.53 | $30,220 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 2,010 | $20.43 | $42,500 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 2,000 | Not available | Not available |
| Pharmacists | 1,990 | $58.28 | $121,230 |
| Telemarketers | 1,990 | $9.75 | $20,270 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 1,970 | $19.88 | $41,350 |
| Fire fighters | 1,950 | $21.51 | $44,740 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 1,950 | $18.29 | $38,040 |
| Cost estimators | 1,920 | $27.21 | $56,600 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 1,920 | $20.64 | $42,930 |
| Industrial engineers | 1,920 | $37.15 | $77,260 |
| Home health aides | 1,910 | $11.00 | $22,890 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 1,900 | $38.82 | $80,740 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 1,890 | $14.24 | $29,610 |
| Helpers--electricians | 1,880 | $12.69 | $26,390 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 1,850 | $37.77 | $78,560 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 1,800 | $18.24 | $37,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 1,790 | $27.87 | $57,970 |
| Administrative services managers | 1,780 | $42.22 | $87,810 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 1,780 | $17.42 | $36,230 |
| Sales managers | 1,780 | $50.53 | $105,100 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 1,770 | $7.77 | $16,160 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 1,760 | $19.36 | $40,270 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 1,720 | $12.93 | $26,880 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 1,680 | $15.03 | $31,250 |
| Dental assistants | 1,680 | $16.12 | $33,540 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 1,680 | $12.91 | $26,860 |
| Loan officers | 1,670 | $31.52 | $65,550 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 1,660 | $14.72 | $30,620 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 1,650 | Not available | $41,970 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 1,640 | $26.97 | $56,110 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 1,630 | $23.10 | $48,040 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 1,620 | $42.14 | $87,660 |
| Mechanical engineers | 1,610 | $37.75 | $78,510 |
| Order clerks | 1,600 | $13.25 | $27,550 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 1,580 | Not available | $72,660 |
| Food service managers | 1,580 | $23.83 | $49,570 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 1,580 | $16.35 | $34,020 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 1,580 | $40.41 | $84,060 |
| Medical and health services managers | 1,550 | $35.63 | $74,110 |
| Real estate sales agents | 1,540 | $27.06 | $56,280 |
| Data entry keyers | 1,520 | $12.49 | $25,970 |
| Printing machine operators | 1,510 | $18.41 | $38,290 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 1,510 | $23.93 | $49,780 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 1,470 | $16.86 | $35,060 |
| Market research analysts | 1,470 | $26.94 | $56,040 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 1,460 | $11.78 | $24,510 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 1,430 | $7.88 | $16,380 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 1,420 | $53.09 | $110,430 |
| Parts salespersons | 1,330 | $14.72 | $30,620 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 1,320 | $12.40 | $25,800 |
| Training and development specialists | 1,320 | $25.44 | $52,910 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 1,310 | $16.53 | $34,380 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 1,310 | $21.57 | $44,870 |
| Industrial production managers | 1,290 | $52.58 | $109,360 |
| Public relations specialists | 1,290 | $27.74 | $57,700 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 1,280 | Not available | Not available |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 1,270 | $15.07 | $31,340 |
| Financial analysts | 1,250 | $34.67 | $72,110 |
| All other information and record clerks | 1,220 | $12.64 | $26,290 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 1,220 | $15.51 | $32,250 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 1,210 | $16.49 | $34,290 |
| Graphic designers | 1,210 | $20.70 | $43,050 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 1,200 | $13.56 | $28,210 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 1,180 | $8.61 | $17,920 |
| Civil engineers | 1,170 | $37.04 | $77,040 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 1,170 | $11.33 | $23,560 |
| File clerks | 1,150 | $12.27 | $25,510 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 1,140 | $24.07 | $50,070 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 1,130 | $15.19 | $31,600 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 1,120 | $15.76 | $32,780 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 1,120 | $25.99 | $54,050 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 1,120 | $8.95 | $18,610 |
| Engineering managers | 1,110 | $55.16 | $114,730 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 1,110 | $10.72 | $22,290 |
| Managers, all other | 1,080 | $39.50 | $82,160 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 1,070 | $24.96 | $51,930 |
| Physical therapists | 1,060 | $38.45 | $79,970 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 1,050 | $27.23 | $56,630 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 1,030 | $18.68 | $38,860 |
| Electrical engineers | 1,030 | $37.08 | $77,140 |
| Mechanical drafters | 1,030 | $22.44 | $46,680 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 1,030 | $38.93 | $80,970 |
| Chief executives | 1,010 | $85.64 | $178,130 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 1,010 | $12.76 | $26,530 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 1,000 | $11.28 | $23,470 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 1,000 | $83.41 | $173,490 |
| Bakers | 990 | $9.46 | $19,670 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 990 | $17.94 | $37,320 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 980 | $12.19 | $25,350 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 980 | $15.33 | $31,890 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 970 | $36.28 | $75,460 |
| Personal financial advisors | 960 | $44.36 | $92,260 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 950 | $23.40 | $48,680 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 940 | $22.26 | $46,290 |
| Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining | 940 | $18.75 | $39,010 |
| Logisticians | 920 | $27.71 | $57,640 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 920 | $9.02 | $18,770 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 920 | $10.28 | $21,380 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | 910 | $13.79 | $28,680 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 900 | $14.60 | $30,370 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 890 | $15.56 | $32,360 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 890 | $10.61 | $22,060 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 880 | $8.07 | $16,790 |
| Legal secretaries | 880 | $19.36 | $40,270 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 870 | $18.47 | $38,420 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 860 | $37.19 | $77,340 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 860 | $16.05 | $33,380 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 850 | $20.60 | $42,850 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 850 | $8.37 | $17,410 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 840 | $29.24 | $60,810 |
| Librarians | 840 | $24.93 | $51,850 |
| Service station attendants | 840 | $9.99 | $20,780 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 830 | $15.59 | $32,430 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 830 | $24.09 | $50,100 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 820 | $27.76 | $57,750 |
| Surgical technologists | 820 | $19.70 | $40,970 |
| Dental hygienists | 810 | $34.86 | $72,510 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 800 | $17.97 | $37,370 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | 800 | $18.78 | $39,060 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 790 | $16.97 | $35,290 |
| Transportation workers, all other | 790 | $10.69 | $22,230 |
| Computer operators | 780 | $17.94 | $37,310 |
| Counselors, all other | 780 | $26.91 | $55,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 780 | $17.04 | $35,450 |
| Recreation workers | 780 | $11.77 | $24,480 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 770 | $29.39 | $61,130 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 770 | $13.12 | $27,290 |
| Sewing machine operators | 770 | $9.58 | $19,930 |
| Sheet metal workers | 770 | $14.82 | $30,820 |
| Instructional coordinators | 760 | $29.84 | $62,070 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 760 | $12.05 | $25,060 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 750 | $13.96 | $29,030 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 740 | $13.52 | $28,130 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 720 | $20.20 | $42,010 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 720 | $27.65 | $57,520 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 710 | $22.27 | $46,330 |
| Parking lot attendants | 710 | $8.79 | $18,280 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 690 | Not available | $45,430 |
| Credit analysts | 660 | $30.64 | $63,740 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 660 | $17.65 | $36,700 |
| Cooks, short order | 650 | $9.10 | $18,930 |
| Marketing managers | 650 | $50.83 | $105,740 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 640 | $17.73 | $36,870 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 640 | $11.31 | $23,510 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 640 | $12.68 | $26,370 |
| Occupational therapists | 640 | $34.79 | $72,360 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 640 | $17.70 | $36,810 |
| Dentists, general | 630 | $53.58 | $111,450 |
| Glaziers | 630 | $16.45 | $34,220 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 630 | $22.91 | $47,650 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 620 | Not available | $48,720 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 620 | $16.54 | $34,410 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 610 | Not available | $53,010 |
| Avionics technicians | 600 | $20.35 | $42,330 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 600 | $31.95 | $66,460 |
| Social and human service assistants | 600 | $12.07 | $25,100 |
| Respiratory therapists | 590 | $24.22 | $50,370 |
| Rotary drill operators, oil and gas | 590 | $25.04 | $52,090 |
| Travel agents | 580 | $14.48 | $30,120 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 570 | $12.37 | $25,740 |
| Advertising sales agents | 560 | $20.31 | $42,240 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 560 | $12.27 | $25,510 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 560 | $29.65 | $61,670 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other | 560 | $26.57 | $55,270 |
| Production workers, all other | 560 | $13.03 | $27,110 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 560 | $11.47 | $23,860 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 550 | $13.71 | $28,510 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 550 | $22.49 | $46,770 |
| Database administrators | 550 | $32.61 | $67,820 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 550 | $13.00 | $27,030 |
| Editors | 540 | $25.56 | $53,160 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 540 | $15.60 | $32,450 |
| Aerospace engineering and operations technicians | 530 | $34.33 | $71,410 |
| Couriers and messengers | 530 | $13.85 | $28,800 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 530 | $11.69 | $24,310 |
| New accounts clerks | 530 | $16.37 | $34,040 |
| Tax preparers | 530 | $22.81 | $47,450 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 520 | $14.28 | $29,700 |
| Photographers | 520 | $16.37 | $34,040 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 520 | $19.75 | $41,080 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 510 | $21.54 | $44,800 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 510 | $10.55 | $21,950 |
| Roofers | 510 | $14.10 | $29,330 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 500 | $16.58 | $34,490 |
| Coaches and scouts | 490 | Not available | $39,690 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 490 | $15.96 | $33,200 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 480 | $27.93 | $58,090 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 480 | $16.49 | $34,310 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 480 | $16.71 | $34,770 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 480 | Not available | $48,890 |
| Bindery workers | 470 | $12.23 | $25,430 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other | 470 | $10.40 | $21,630 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 470 | $15.15 | $31,510 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 470 | $7.60 | $15,800 |
| Veterinarians | 470 | $54.11 | $112,560 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 460 | $14.05 | $29,230 |
| Pipelayers | 460 | $13.43 | $27,940 |
| Procurement clerks | 460 | $16.43 | $34,180 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 450 | Not available | $52,630 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers | 450 | $16.81 | $34,970 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 450 | $17.15 | $35,680 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 440 | $14.09 | $29,300 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | 440 | Not available | $117,160 |
| Interior designers | 440 | $18.64 | $38,770 |
| Operations research analysts | 440 | $38.41 | $79,890 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 440 | $16.76 | $34,860 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 430 | $27.77 | $57,770 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 430 | $8.88 | $18,480 |
| Purchasing managers | 430 | $43.86 | $91,230 |
| Transportation inspectors | 430 | $38.51 | $80,100 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 420 | $17.60 | $36,610 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 410 | $53.15 | $110,550 |
| Postal service clerks | 410 | Not available | Not available |
| Social and community service managers | 410 | $29.70 | $61,790 |
| Chemists | 400 | $30.50 | $63,450 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 400 | $11.44 | $23,790 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 400 | $11.89 | $24,730 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 400 | $17.20 | $35,780 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 390 | $16.80 | $34,940 |
| Food batchmakers | 390 | $10.32 | $21,470 |
| Physical therapist aides | 390 | $9.78 | $20,340 |
| Technical writers | 390 | $29.26 | $60,850 |
| Chemical technicians | 380 | $21.23 | $44,160 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 380 | $27.83 | $57,880 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 380 | $11.49 | $23,900 |
| Loan counselors | 380 | $18.78 | $39,060 |
| Materials engineers | 380 | $40.67 | $84,600 |
| Tool and die makers | 370 | $25.52 | $53,080 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders | 360 | $11.96 | $24,870 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 360 | $14.54 | $30,240 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | 360 | $13.14 | $27,340 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons | 360 | $11.33 | $23,570 |
| Library technicians | 360 | $12.43 | $25,850 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | 350 | $13.47 | $28,010 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 350 | $15.92 | $33,100 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 350 | $14.91 | $31,000 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 340 | $22.38 | $46,560 |
| Commercial pilots | 340 | Not available | $79,830 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | 340 | $15.96 | $33,190 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 330 | $25.67 | $53,380 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 330 | $17.29 | $35,970 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | 330 | $14.30 | $29,740 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 330 | $8.96 | $18,640 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 330 | $25.53 | $53,110 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 330 | $10.58 | $22,000 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 330 | $19.93 | $41,450 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 320 | $18.09 | $37,620 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 320 | $24.32 | $50,590 |
| Psychiatric aides | 320 | $9.82 | $20,420 |
| Sales engineers | 320 | $39.52 | $82,200 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 310 | $21.53 | $44,770 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 310 | $13.30 | $27,670 |
| Gaming and sports book writers and runners | 310 | $9.74 | $20,250 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers | 310 | $14.25 | $29,650 |
| Surgeons | 310 | $88.48 | $184,030 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 300 | $10.34 | $21,500 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 300 | $27.37 | $56,930 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 300 | $12.99 | $27,030 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians | 300 | $21.61 | $44,950 |
| Surveyors | 300 | $22.27 | $46,320 |
| Correspondence clerks | 290 | $14.30 | $29,750 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 290 | $18.77 | $39,040 |
| Environmental engineers | 280 | $43.21 | $89,880 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 280 | $18.85 | $39,210 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 280 | $10.50 | $21,840 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 280 | $12.29 | $25,560 |
| Chiropractors | 270 | $24.31 | $50,560 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 270 | $15.38 | $32,000 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 270 | $17.47 | $36,340 |
| Desktop publishers | 270 | $20.14 | $41,900 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 270 | $47.71 | $99,240 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 270 | $11.63 | $24,200 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 270 | $26.88 | $55,900 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 270 | $17.53 | $36,460 |
| Physician assistants | 270 | $38.91 | $80,940 |
| Tile and marble setters | 270 | $15.37 | $31,970 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 260 | $9.35 | $19,460 |
| Job printers | 260 | $14.73 | $30,630 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 260 | $12.55 | $26,100 |
| Floral designers | 250 | $11.08 | $23,050 |
| Health educators | 250 | $20.97 | $43,610 |
| Interpreters and translators | 250 | $15.30 | $31,830 |
| Lodging managers | 250 | $25.68 | $53,410 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 250 | Not available | $54,350 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians | 250 | $13.85 | $28,820 |
| Brokerage clerks | 240 | $17.84 | $37,110 |
| Family and general practitioners | 240 | $97.05 | $201,860 |
| Insurance underwriters | 240 | $27.94 | $58,120 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 240 | $14.07 | $29,260 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 240 | $21.08 | $43,860 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 240 | $20.29 | $42,200 |
| Musicians and singers | 240 | $26.95 | Not available |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 240 | $17.41 | $36,220 |
| Budget analysts | 230 | $31.05 | $64,590 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 230 | $47.04 | $97,850 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand | 230 | $10.12 | $21,060 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators | 230 | $11.46 | $23,830 |
| Funeral attendants | 230 | $10.10 | $21,010 |
| Graduate teaching assistants | 230 | Not available | $40,960 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 230 | $10.49 | $21,830 |
| Producers and directors | 230 | $40.59 | $84,430 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 230 | $9.12 | $18,980 |
| Art directors | 220 | $35.93 | $74,730 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 220 | $12.96 | $26,950 |
| Slaughterers and meat packers | 220 | Not available | Not available |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 220 | $12.74 | $26,490 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 210 | Not available | $82,000 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 210 | $24.62 | $51,210 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 210 | $11.82 | $24,590 |
| Residential advisors | 210 | $8.72 | $18,130 |
| Crossing guards | 200 | $9.36 | $19,470 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 200 | $30.18 | $62,770 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | 200 | $10.32 | $21,470 |
| Upholsterers | 200 | $11.19 | $23,280 |
| Word processors and typists | 200 | $15.57 | $32,390 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 190 | $17.03 | $35,420 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 190 | Not available | $55,310 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 190 | $13.09 | $27,230 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 190 | $12.46 | $25,920 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 190 | Not available | Not available |
| Telephone operators | 190 | $20.28 | $42,180 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 180 | $31.75 | $66,040 |
| Computer hardware engineers | 180 | $44.47 | $92,510 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical | 180 | $15.64 | $32,540 |
| Lay-out workers, metal and plastic | 180 | $22.19 | $46,150 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 180 | $17.12 | $35,600 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 170 | $23.46 | $48,790 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | 170 | $32.11 | $66,790 |
| Optometrists | 170 | Not available | Not available |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | 170 | $9.96 | $20,710 |
| Tour guides and escorts | 170 | $10.51 | $21,860 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders | 160 | $10.72 | $22,310 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 160 | $32.56 | $67,730 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 160 | $45.44 | $94,520 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | 160 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 160 | Not available | $98,200 |
| Public relations managers | 160 | $48.74 | $101,370 |
| Social workers, all other | 160 | $17.14 | $35,640 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | 150 | $17.04 | $35,450 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 150 | $19.73 | $41,030 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 150 | $16.33 | $33,970 |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders | 150 | $12.20 | $25,370 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 150 | Not available | $46,280 |
| Natural sciences managers | 150 | $54.20 | $112,740 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers | 150 | $17.15 | $35,680 |
| Urban and regional planners | 150 | $25.75 | $53,560 |
| Court reporters | 140 | Not available | Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 140 | $23.36 | $48,590 |
| Funeral directors | 140 | $17.85 | $37,130 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders | 140 | $14.17 | $29,470 |
| Furniture finishers | 140 | $11.39 | $23,690 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 140 | $37.22 | $77,410 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 140 | $15.74 | $32,740 |
| Internists, general | 140 | $66.39 | $138,090 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | 140 | $12.23 | $25,430 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | 140 | $10.55 | $21,950 |
| Motorcycle mechanics | 140 | $18.05 | $37,540 |
| Photographic process workers | 140 | $14.52 | $30,200 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 130 | $39.75 | $82,670 |
| Forensic science technicians | 130 | $22.54 | $46,880 |
| Gaming change persons and booth cashiers | 130 | $13.00 | $27,040 |
| Mental health counselors | 130 | $18.93 | $39,370 |
| Airfield operations specialists | 120 | $30.31 | $63,050 |
| Anesthesiologists | 120 | $80.47 | $167,380 |
| Animal control workers | 120 | $15.39 | $32,020 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 120 | $54.90 | $114,200 |
| Law clerks | 120 | $17.35 | $36,090 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $55,230 |
| Private detectives and investigators | 120 | $23.51 | $48,890 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school | 120 | Not available | $52,050 |
| Writers and authors | 120 | $29.59 | $61,540 |
| Aircraft cargo handling supervisors | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | 110 | $9.01 | $18,750 |
| Financial examiners | 110 | $31.40 | $65,300 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 110 | $22.17 | $46,110 |
| Massage therapists | 110 | $16.76 | $34,860 |
| Millwrights | 110 | $15.71 | $32,670 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers | 110 | $13.80 | $28,700 |
| Actors | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Athletic trainers | 100 | Not available | $48,890 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 100 | $23.81 | $49,520 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 100 | $13.82 | $28,740 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 100 | $34.51 | $71,780 |
| Training and development managers | 100 | $41.07 | $85,420 |
| Animal trainers | 90 | $14.32 | $29,780 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | 90 | $12.60 | $26,210 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | 90 | $16.66 | $34,660 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 90 | $13.68 | $28,450 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants | 90 | $9.44 | $19,640 |
| Marriage and family therapists | 90 | $18.79 | $39,080 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | 90 | $14.88 | $30,940 |
| Foundry mold and coremakers | 80 | $12.94 | $26,910 |
| Gas plant operators | 80 | $26.13 | $54,350 |
| Material moving workers, all other | 80 | $12.23 | $25,450 |
| Museum technicians and conservators | 80 | $19.05 | $39,610 |
| Psychiatrists | 80 | $64.46 | $134,080 |
| Real estate brokers | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Education administrators, all other | 70 | $28.01 | $58,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 70 | $33.40 | $69,470 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 70 | $15.15 | $31,510 |
| Legislators | 70 | Not available | $24,460 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 70 | $33.51 | $69,690 |
| Tank car, truck, and ship loaders | 70 | $14.53 | $30,220 |
| Audio-visual collections specialists | 60 | $26.39 | $54,890 |
| Audiologists | 60 | $33.81 | $70,320 |
| Biological scientists, all other | 60 | $36.68 | $76,300 |
| Bookbinders | 60 | $36.66 | $76,240 |
| Model makers, metal and plastic | 60 | $23.35 | $48,570 |
| Pharmacy aides | 60 | $10.30 | $21,410 |
| Pourers and casters, metal | 60 | $11.93 | $24,820 |
| Bailiffs | 50 | $17.80 | $37,030 |
| Biological technicians | 50 | $23.06 | $47,970 |
| Coil winders, tapers, and finishers | 50 | $13.70 | $28,490 |
| Commercial and industrial designers | 50 | $22.56 | $46,930 |
| Concierges | 50 | $11.32 | $23,550 |
| Economists | 50 | $29.80 | $61,990 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 50 | $21.73 | $45,200 |
| Emergency management specialists | 50 | $29.34 | $61,020 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers | 50 | $26.55 | $55,220 |
| Food scientists and technologists | 50 | $25.95 | $53,970 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 50 | $26.67 | $55,460 |
| Physicists | 50 | $39.37 | $81,890 |
| Traffic technicians | 50 | $21.48 | $44,680 |
| Curators | 40 | $25.66 | $53,380 |
| Epidemiologists | 40 | $21.07 | $43,830 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators | 40 | $26.46 | $55,040 |
| Landscape architects | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Microbiologists | 40 | $27.26 | $56,710 |
| Occupational health and safety technicians | 40 | $25.84 | $53,750 |
| Patternmakers, wood | 40 | $10.64 | $22,120 |
| Physical scientists, all other | 40 | $40.61 | $84,470 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents | 40 | $35.86 | $74,590 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other | 40 | $22.72 | $47,260 |
| Psychologists, all other | 40 | $33.69 | $70,080 |
| Public address system and other announcers | 40 | $14.66 | $30,490 |
| Recreational therapists | 40 | $16.99 | $35,340 |
| Skin care specialists | 40 | $18.96 | $39,450 |
| Sound engineering technicians | 40 | $19.23 | $39,990 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners | 40 | $13.31 | $27,680 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists | 30 | $31.38 | $65,270 |
| Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Film and video editors | 30 | $15.64 | $32,530 |
| Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators | 30 | $19.07 | $39,660 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | 30 | $11.41 | $23,720 |
| Power plant operators | 30 | $31.08 | $64,640 |
| Survey researchers | 30 | $18.20 | $37,850 |
| Actuaries | Not available | $71.34 | $148,380 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | Not available | $15.92 | $33,120 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians | Not available | $15.39 | $32,010 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians | Not available | $10.49 | $21,830 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers | Not available | $15.38 | $31,990 |
| Biomedical engineers | Not available | $33.92 | $70,560 |
| Broadcast technicians | Not available | $23.58 | $49,050 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | Not available | $15.17 | $31,560 |
| Carpet installers | Not available | $11.85 | $24,650 |
| Chemical engineers | Not available | $49.27 | $102,470 |
| Choreographers | Not available | $17.86 | $37,140 |
| Clergy | Not available | $17.80 | $37,030 |
| Commercial divers | Not available | $18.14 | $37,730 |
| Computer and information scientists, research | Not available | $40.86 | $84,980 |
| Crane and tower operators | Not available | $18.70 | $38,900 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | Not available | $15.04 | $31,280 |
| Dietetic technicians | Not available | $13.08 | $27,210 |
| Drafters, all other | Not available | $20.24 | $42,100 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | Not available | $17.64 | $36,700 |
| Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment | Not available | $19.30 | $40,140 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay | Not available | $28.39 | $59,040 |
| Embalmers | Not available | $16.98 | $35,310 |
| Engineers, all other | Not available | $43.48 | $90,430 |
| Etchers and engravers | Not available | $22.98 | $47,800 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | Not available | $7.53 | $15,670 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | Not available | $10.09 | $20,990 |
| Gaming service workers, all other | Not available | $19.81 | $41,200 |
| Geological and petroleum technicians | Not available | $23.97 | $49,850 |
| Grounds maintenance workers, all other | Not available | $15.31 | $31,850 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $12.12 | $25,210 |
| Home appliance repairers | Not available | $12.43 | $25,860 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall | Not available | $14.11 | $29,350 |
| Insurance appraisers, auto damage | Not available | $26.66 | $55,450 |
| Mechanical door repairers | Not available | $19.19 | $39,920 |
| Media and communication workers, all other | Not available | $18.14 | $37,720 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders | Not available | $14.72 | $30,620 |
| Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers | Not available | $42.94 | $89,320 |
| Motorboat mechanics | Not available | $15.34 | $31,900 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | Not available | $12.47 | $25,940 |
| Orthodontists | Not available | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Pest control workers | Not available | $16.53 | $34,380 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | Not available | $16.78 | $34,910 |
| Petroleum engineers | Not available | $56.69 | $117,920 |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers | Not available | $21.33 | $44,380 |
| Podiatrists | Not available | $73.80 | $153,490 |
| Riggers | Not available | $20.08 | $41,760 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $12.08 | $25,120 |
| Roustabouts, oil and gas | Not available | $15.03 | $31,260 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | Not available | $12.97 | $26,980 |
| Shoe and leather workers and repairers | Not available | $14.12 | $29,360 |
| Stonemasons | Not available | $14.32 | $29,780 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | Not available | $13.42 | $27,910 |
| Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other | Not available | $10.73 | $22,320 |
| Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters | Not available | $11.17 | $23,220 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners | Not available | $12.37 | $25,730 |
