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 |
332,270 |
$19.19 |
$39,920 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
57,000 |
$15.61 |
$32,480 |
| Sales and related occupations |
29,530 |
$16.53 |
$34,380 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
28,870 |
$26.99 |
$56,150 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
26,030 |
$9.68 |
$20,140 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
25,890 |
$9.06 |
$18,830 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
23,770 |
$14.28 |
$29,700 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
22,990 |
$8.73 |
$18,160 |
| Production occupations |
20,120 |
$13.48 |
$28,030 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
16,590 |
$20.47 |
$42,570 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
14,920 |
$39.30 |
$81,750 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
13,670 |
$27.98 |
$58,200 |
| Management occupations |
13,210 |
$43.54 |
$90,570 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
12,670 |
$19.52 |
$40,610 |
| Retail salespersons |
9,580 |
$11.52 |
$23,960 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
8,750 |
$13.07 |
$27,180 |
| Office clerks, general |
8,310 |
$13.00 |
$27,030 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
8,070 |
$11.70 |
$24,330 |
| Cashiers |
7,670 |
$10.06 |
$20,930 |
| Protective service occupations |
7,630 |
$21.13 |
$43,960 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
7,330 |
$9.07 |
$18,860 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
5,850 |
$11.69 |
$24,310 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
5,520 |
$11.10 |
$23,090 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
5,400 |
Not available |
$70,710 |
| Registered nurses |
5,190 |
$37.32 |
$77,630 |
| Community and social services occupations |
5,080 |
$22.53 |
$46,850 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
4,630 |
$16.43 |
$34,160 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
4,410 |
$9.51 |
$19,780 |
| General and operations managers |
4,150 |
$51.33 |
$106,770 |
| Customer service representatives |
4,000 |
$17.20 |
$35,780 |
| Teacher assistants |
3,930 |
Not available |
$26,930 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
3,910 |
$11.08 |
$23,050 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
3,810 |
$23.67 |
$49,230 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
3,770 |
Not available |
$62,510 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
3,690 |
$19.65 |
$40,880 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
3,640 |
$34.78 |
$72,350 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
3,640 |
$10.88 |
$22,640 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
3,600 |
$8.96 |
$18,650 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
3,580 |
Not available |
$64,450 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
3,400 |
$30.13 |
$62,660 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
3,390 |
$21.24 |
$44,180 |
| Construction laborers |
3,100 |
$16.06 |
$33,410 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
3,060 |
Not available |
$63,320 |
| Security guards |
2,830 |
$10.65 |
$22,140 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
2,700 |
$19.91 |
$41,410 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
2,690 |
$18.37 |
$38,210 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
2,680 |
$28.88 |
$60,080 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
2,640 |
$34.18 |
$71,090 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
2,560 |
$26.53 |
$55,180 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
2,560 |
$17.47 |
$36,340 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
2,510 |
$15.63 |
$32,510 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
2,480 |
$14.31 |
$29,760 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
2,440 |
$12.09 |
$25,140 |
| Cooks, fast food |
2,370 |
$8.83 |
$18,370 |
| Legal occupations |
2,350 |
$43.69 |
$90,880 |
| Carpenters |
2,290 |
$19.46 |
$40,470 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
2,290 |
$11.63 |
$24,180 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
2,280 |
$13.60 |
$28,290 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
2,140 |
$12.13 |
$25,240 |
| Food preparation workers |
2,090 |
$9.20 |
$19,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,980 |
$13.30 |
$27,650 |
| Medical assistants |
1,950 |
$13.58 |
$28,240 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
1,910 |
$9.40 |
$19,550 |
| Medical secretaries |
1,910 |
$14.10 |
$29,330 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
1,890 |
Not available |
$44,880 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
1,810 |
$9.29 |
$19,330 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,750 |
$28.19 |
$58,640 |
| All other information and record clerks |
1,750 |
$15.26 |
$31,740 |
| Tellers |
1,710 |
$11.34 |
$23,590 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
1,690 |
$17.64 |
$36,690 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
1,660 |
$10.97 |
$22,820 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
1,630 |
$15.33 |
$31,880 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
1,570 |
$12.60 |
$26,210 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
1,540 |
$20.83 |
$43,320 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,530 |
$10.66 |
$22,170 |
| Home health aides |
1,510 |
$9.95 |
$20,690 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
1,450 |
$13.54 |
$28,170 |
| Child care workers |
1,420 |
$10.21 |
$21,240 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
1,390 |
$11.44 |
$23,800 |
| Electricians |
1,360 |
$23.30 |
$48,470 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,360 |
$22.85 |
$47,540 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
1,290 |
$32.38 |
$67,350 |
| Helpers--production workers |
1,270 |
$9.41 |
$19,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,250 |
$30.27 |
$62,960 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
1,220 |
$27.00 |
$56,150 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
1,200 |
$11.40 |
$23,710 |
| Dental assistants |
1,200 |
$15.73 |
$32,730 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,200 |
$25.05 |
$52,110 |
| Team assemblers |
1,190 |
$11.97 |
$24,890 |
| Dishwashers |
1,180 |
$8.63 |
$17,950 |
| Driver/sales workers |
1,120 |
$13.30 |
$27,670 |
| Lawyers |
1,120 |
$62.94 |
$130,920 |
| Slaughterers and meat packers |
1,120 |
$9.48 |
$19,710 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
1,100 |
$22.15 |
$46,060 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,100 |
$9.34 |
$19,430 |
| Social and human service assistants |
1,100 |
$14.81 |
$30,810 |
| Personal and home care aides |
1,080 |
$9.35 |
$19,450 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
1,040 |
$10.23 |
$21,270 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
1,010 |
$17.24 |
$35,860 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
1,010 |
$25.85 |
$53,760 |
| Financial managers |
1,000 |
$44.93 |
$93,450 |
| Pharmacists |
990 |
$58.90 |
$122,510 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
980 |
$11.00 |
$22,890 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
980 |
Not available |
$62,100 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
940 |
$11.60 |
$24,130 |
| Sales managers |
940 |
$40.81 |
$84,890 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
920 |
$26.82 |
$55,780 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
910 |
$16.53 |
$34,370 |
| Data entry keyers |
900 |
$15.16 |
$31,540 |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products |
880 |
$9.54 |
$19,850 |
| Coaches and scouts |
850 |
Not available |
$47,840 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
840 |
$23.30 |
$48,470 |
| Civil engineers |
830 |
$40.53 |
$84,300 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
810 |
Not available |
$94,520 |
| Production workers, all other |
810 |
$11.81 |
$24,570 |
| Agricultural equipment operators |
800 |
$9.72 |
$20,210 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
800 |
$29.26 |
$60,850 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
800 |
$15.34 |
$31,900 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
770 |
$8.77 |
$18,250 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
770 |
$13.77 |
$28,640 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
770 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Parts salespersons |
760 |
$14.69 |
$30,560 |
| Instructional coordinators |
750 |
$36.57 |
$76,070 |
| Management analysts |
750 |
$34.36 |
$71,460 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
750 |
$14.76 |
$30,690 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
740 |
$19.60 |
$40,770 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
740 |
$14.48 |
$30,120 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
740 |
$15.68 |
$32,610 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
720 |
$25.25 |
$52,520 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
720 |
$22.89 |
$47,610 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
720 |
$9.15 |
$19,040 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
710 |
Not available |
$71,760 |
| Computer support specialists |
690 |
$20.38 |
$42,400 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
690 |
$17.44 |
$36,280 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
690 |
$18.32 |
$38,100 |
| Bill and account collectors |
680 |
$15.27 |
$31,760 |
| Cost estimators |
650 |
$26.39 |
$54,900 |
| Library technicians |
650 |
$14.31 |
$29,770 |
| Medical and health services managers |
650 |
$46.73 |
$97,200 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
640 |
$35.55 |
$73,950 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
640 |
$16.09 |
$33,470 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
630 |
$15.00 |
$31,200 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
630 |
$26.35 |
$54,820 |
| Managers, all other |
620 |
$42.09 |
$87,540 |
| Loan officers |
610 |
$31.42 |
$65,350 |
| File clerks |
590 |
$11.80 |
$24,550 |
| Legal secretaries |
580 |
$22.41 |
$46,610 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
570 |
$33.44 |
$69,560 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
550 |
$9.84 |
$20,460 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
540 |
$8.82 |
$18,350 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
540 |
$17.46 |
$36,310 |
| Insurance sales agents |
540 |
$35.58 |
$74,010 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
540 |
$18.32 |
$38,110 |
| Bus drivers, school |
530 |
$14.36 |
$29,860 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
530 |
$21.15 |
$44,000 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
530 |
$15.73 |
$32,710 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
510 |
$12.05 |
$25,060 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
510 |
$24.35 |
$50,640 |
| Order clerks |
490 |
$13.55 |
$28,190 |
| Food service managers |
480 |
$22.22 |
$46,220 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
480 |
$9.60 |
$19,970 |
| Social workers, all other |
480 |
$24.44 |
$50,840 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
470 |
$24.48 |
$50,920 |
| Recreation workers |
470 |
$11.88 |
$24,710 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
470 |
$19.15 |
$39,840 |
| Word processors and typists |
470 |
$17.49 |
$36,390 |
| Administrative services managers |
460 |
$34.27 |
$71,270 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
460 |
$17.58 |
$36,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
460 |
$33.20 |
$69,050 |
| Food batchmakers |
460 |
$11.90 |
$24,760 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
460 |
$16.51 |
$34,350 |
| Chief executives |
450 |
$72.31 |
$150,410 |
| Bartenders |
440 |
$9.39 |
$19,530 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
430 |
$22.60 |
$47,010 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
430 |
$35.93 |
$74,730 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
420 |
$21.40 |
$44,520 |
| Machinists |
420 |
$17.18 |
$35,740 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
420 |
$11.99 |
$24,950 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons |
410 |
$18.40 |
$38,280 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
410 |
Not available |
$58,720 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
400 |
$31.38 |
$65,280 |
| Physical therapists |
400 |
$39.30 |
$81,740 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
400 |
$39.11 |
$81,350 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
390 |
$30.06 |
$62,520 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
390 |
$12.66 |
$26,330 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
390 |
$91.14 |
$189,580 |
| Dental hygienists |
380 |
$31.79 |
$66,130 |
| Fire fighters |
380 |
$20.04 |
$41,680 |
| Mental health counselors |
380 |
$27.10 |
$56,370 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
380 |
$22.42 |
$46,640 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
370 |
$16.42 |
$34,150 |
| Computer systems analysts |
370 |
$32.27 |
$67,110 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
370 |
$16.41 |
$34,140 |
| Telemarketers |
370 |
$11.82 |
$24,580 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
370 |
$12.07 |
$25,120 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
360 |
$19.64 |
$40,850 |
| Construction managers |
360 |
$43.75 |
$91,000 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
350 |
$12.90 |
$26,830 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
350 |
$17.83 |
$37,080 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
350 |
$15.38 |
$31,990 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
350 |
$21.93 |
$45,620 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
340 |
$38.46 |
$80,010 |
| Sheet metal workers |
340 |
$25.96 |
$54,000 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
330 |
$15.08 |
$31,360 |
| Graphic designers |
330 |
$22.54 |
$46,880 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
330 |
$11.42 |
$23,740 |
| Advertising sales agents |
320 |
$24.12 |
$50,160 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
320 |
$24.83 |
$51,650 |
| Cooks, short order |
320 |
$10.68 |
$22,220 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
320 |
$16.42 |
$34,150 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
320 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
320 |
$27.07 |
$56,300 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
310 |
$20.20 |
$42,010 |
| Pipelayers |
310 |
$16.81 |
$34,960 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
300 |
$26.45 |
$55,020 |
| Couriers and messengers |
300 |
$10.17 |
$21,140 |
| Industrial production managers |
300 |
$40.57 |
$84,380 |
| Pest control workers |
300 |
$15.54 |
$32,330 |
| Printing machine operators |
300 |
$17.16 |
$35,690 |
| Public relations specialists |
300 |
$22.58 |
$46,970 |
| Roofers |
300 |
$19.19 |
$39,910 |
| Social and community service managers |
300 |
$27.48 |
$57,150 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
290 |
$9.60 |
$19,960 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
290 |
$26.70 |
$55,530 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
280 |
$20.77 |
$43,190 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
280 |
$16.99 |
$35,330 |
| Bakers |
280 |
$14.35 |
$29,840 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
280 |
$25.83 |
$53,720 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
280 |
$10.34 |
$21,510 |
| Family and general practitioners |
280 |
$81.16 |
$168,820 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
280 |
$15.00 |
$31,200 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
280 |
$30.81 |
$64,080 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
280 |
$10.30 |
$21,420 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
280 |
$21.85 |
$45,440 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
280 |
$10.69 |
$22,230 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
270 |
$14.78 |
$30,740 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
270 |
$18.13 |
$37,710 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
270 |
$14.64 |
$30,460 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
270 |
$15.80 |
$32,860 |
| Respiratory therapists |
270 |
$30.69 |
$63,830 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
270 |
Not available |
$51,190 |
| Tile and marble setters |
270 |
$19.10 |
$39,720 |
| Training and development specialists |
270 |
$30.68 |
$63,810 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
260 |
$30.88 |
$64,240 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
260 |
$25.19 |
$52,400 |
| Engineers, all other |
260 |
$39.21 |
$81,560 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
260 |
$20.81 |
$43,280 |
| Agricultural inspectors |
250 |
$18.26 |
$37,970 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
250 |
$18.48 |
$38,440 |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders |
250 |
$10.69 |
$22,240 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
240 |
$43.98 |
$91,470 |
| Librarians |
240 |
$25.53 |
$53,100 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
240 |
$14.57 |
$30,300 |
| Physician assistants |
240 |
$46.47 |
$96,650 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
240 |
$9.73 |
$20,230 |
| Service station attendants |
240 |
$9.91 |
$20,620 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
230 |
$31.66 |
$65,860 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
230 |
$28.57 |
$59,420 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
230 |
$28.18 |
$58,620 |
| Forest and conservation technicians |
230 |
$16.07 |
$33,420 |
| Market research analysts |
230 |
$25.39 |
$52,820 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
230 |
$30.61 |
$63,680 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
230 |
$16.58 |
$34,500 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
220 |
$13.46 |
$27,990 |
| Home appliance repairers |
220 |
$18.42 |
$38,320 |
| Marketing managers |
220 |
$49.96 |
$103,910 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
220 |
$10.88 |
$22,630 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
220 |
$22.87 |
$47,570 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
220 |
$23.68 |
$49,240 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders |
210 |
$9.93 |
$20,660 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall |
210 |
$20.04 |
$41,690 |
| Mechanical engineers |
210 |
$37.90 |
$78,830 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
210 |
$32.45 |
$67,500 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
210 |
$32.36 |
$67,310 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
200 |
$29.28 |
$60,910 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
200 |
$25.70 |
$53,450 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
200 |
$36.07 |
$75,020 |
| Computer programmers |
190 |
$24.95 |
$51,900 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
190 |
$41.54 |
$86,410 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
190 |
$8.84 |
$18,390 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
190 |
$20.23 |
$42,080 |
| Interpreters and translators |
190 |
$18.65 |
$38,780 |
| New accounts clerks |
190 |
$14.55 |
$30,260 |
| Power plant operators |
190 |
$34.81 |
$72,410 |
| Urban and regional planners |
190 |
$31.94 |
$66,440 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
180 |
$13.65 |
$28,380 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
180 |
$27.64 |
$57,500 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
180 |
$40.15 |
$83,510 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
180 |
$27.03 |
$56,220 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
180 |
$11.75 |
$24,430 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
180 |
$41.62 |
$86,570 |
| Tapers |
180 |
$19.70 |
$40,980 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
180 |
$22.45 |
$46,700 |
| Computer operators |
170 |
$16.77 |
$34,880 |
| Cooks, all other |
170 |
$11.63 |
$24,190 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
170 |
$23.48 |
$48,850 |
| Floral designers |
170 |
$11.62 |
$24,170 |
| Gaming dealers |
170 |
$15.25 |
$31,710 |
| Law clerks |
170 |
$14.85 |
$30,880 |
| Occupational therapists |
170 |
$38.89 |
$80,900 |
| Personal financial advisors |
170 |
$33.03 |
$68,710 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
170 |
$19.41 |
$40,380 |
| Sewing machine operators |
170 |
$10.38 |
$21,590 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
170 |
$10.90 |
$22,680 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
170 |
Not available |
$62,630 |
| Budget analysts |
160 |
$24.69 |
$51,350 |
| Credit analysts |
160 |
$34.07 |
$70,860 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
160 |
$9.31 |
$19,350 |
| Broadcast technicians |
150 |
$14.81 |
$30,800 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
150 |
$13.06 |
$27,170 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
150 |
$32.55 |
$67,700 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
150 |
$38.78 |
$80,660 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
150 |
$11.00 |
$22,880 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
150 |
$25.98 |
$54,050 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
150 |
$26.18 |
$54,460 |
| Pharmacy aides |
150 |
$9.65 |
$20,070 |
| Postal service clerks |
150 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Radio and television announcers |
150 |
$18.71 |
$38,930 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
150 |
$20.13 |
$41,880 |
| Surgical technologists |
150 |
$24.22 |
$50,380 |
| Telephone operators |
150 |
$22.45 |
$46,690 |
| Brokerage clerks |
140 |
$21.24 |
$44,190 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
140 |
$34.87 |
$72,520 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
140 |
$13.05 |
$27,130 |
| Engineering managers |
140 |
$50.55 |
$105,140 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
140 |
$50.24 |
$104,490 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
140 |
$23.51 |
$48,890 |
| Psychiatric technicians |
140 |
$21.96 |
$45,680 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
140 |
$18.18 |
$37,810 |
| Surveyors |
140 |
$31.43 |
$65,380 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians |
130 |
$19.89 |
$41,360 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
130 |
$11.00 |
$22,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
130 |
$18.45 |
$38,380 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
130 |
$12.05 |
$25,070 |
| Health educators |
130 |
$23.62 |
$49,130 |
| Legislators |
130 |
Not available |
$39,560 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
130 |
$14.47 |
$30,100 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
130 |
$19.73 |
$41,040 |
| Physical therapist aides |
130 |
$13.60 |
$28,290 |
| Procurement clerks |
130 |
$18.34 |
$38,150 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
130 |
$17.61 |
$36,620 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
130 |
$16.58 |
$34,490 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
130 |
$11.25 |
$23,400 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
120 |
$27.11 |
$56,380 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
120 |
$18.58 |
$38,650 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
120 |
$28.03 |
$58,300 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
120 |
$13.94 |
$29,000 |
| Financial analysts |
120 |
$46.70 |
$97,140 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
120 |
$8.92 |
$18,540 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
120 |
$21.54 |
$44,810 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
120 |
$9.90 |
$20,590 |
| Photographers |
120 |
$15.02 |
$31,250 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
120 |
$10.99 |
$22,850 |
| Agricultural workers, all other |
110 |
$15.21 |
$31,630 |
| Chemical technicians |
110 |
$15.08 |
$31,380 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
110 |
$40.56 |
$84,370 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
110 |
$18.80 |
$39,110 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
110 |
$14.83 |
$30,850 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
110 |
$18.64 |
$38,780 |
| Plant and system operators, all other |
110 |
$36.67 |
$76,280 |
| Purchasing managers |
110 |
$35.09 |
$72,990 |
| Surgeons |
110 |
$90.91 |
$189,090 |
| Biological technicians |
100 |
$15.40 |
$32,030 |
| Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders |
100 |
$10.38 |
$21,600 |
| Dentists, general |
100 |
$90.91 |
$189,100 |
| Editors |
100 |
$25.23 |
$52,470 |
| Education administrators, all other |
100 |
$40.54 |
$84,320 |
| Environmental engineers |
100 |
$32.69 |
$67,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
100 |
$28.28 |
$58,820 |
| Funeral attendants |
100 |
$12.01 |
$24,990 |
| Pediatricians, general |
100 |
$85.57 |
$177,980 |
| Private detectives and investigators |
100 |
$26.79 |
$55,710 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
100 |
$21.43 |
$44,570 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
100 |
$20.66 |
$42,980 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
100 |
$29.78 |
$61,940 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
90 |
$12.62 |
$26,250 |
| Clergy |
90 |
$24.01 |
$49,940 |
| Database administrators |
90 |
$27.79 |
$57,810 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
90 |
$29.02 |
$60,360 |
| Electrical engineers |
90 |
$37.24 |
$77,460 |
| Massage therapists |
90 |
$19.65 |
$40,870 |
| Mechanical drafters |
90 |
$19.10 |
$39,740 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
90 |
$16.98 |
$35,320 |
| Producers and directors |
90 |
$29.00 |
$60,310 |
| Psychiatrists |
90 |
$88.86 |
$184,830 |
| Tax preparers |
90 |
$19.43 |
$40,420 |
| Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators |
80 |
$17.59 |
$36,590 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
80 |
$26.03 |
$54,140 |
| Chemists |
80 |
$22.75 |
$47,320 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
80 |
$23.83 |
$49,570 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
80 |
$13.98 |
$29,090 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
80 |
$20.05 |
$41,700 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
80 |
$10.54 |
$21,930 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
80 |
$25.08 |
$52,160 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
80 |
$27.76 |
$57,730 |
| Technical writers |
80 |
$32.91 |
$68,450 |
| Transportation workers, all other |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
70 |
$20.93 |
$43,540 |
| Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers |
70 |
$33.19 |
$69,030 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
70 |
$37.66 |
$78,330 |
| Interior designers |
70 |
$25.28 |
$52,580 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
70 |
$15.33 |
$31,880 |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers |
70 |
$26.10 |
$54,290 |
| Transportation inspectors |
70 |
$29.22 |
$60,780 |
| Travel agents |
70 |
$12.19 |
$25,360 |
| Veterinarians |
70 |
$38.69 |
$80,480 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
60 |
$40.04 |
$83,280 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
60 |
$17.23 |
$35,830 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
60 |
$15.16 |
$31,530 |
| Industrial engineers |
60 |
$34.56 |
$71,880 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$72,200 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
60 |
$16.33 |
$33,960 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
60 |
$41.42 |
$86,150 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation |
60 |
$12.55 |
$26,100 |
| Public relations managers |
60 |
$44.71 |
$93,000 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
50 |
$31.52 |
$65,570 |
| Dietetic technicians |
50 |
$15.87 |
$33,020 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
50 |
$13.50 |
$28,080 |
| Farm labor contractors |
50 |
$12.59 |
$26,190 |
| Job printers |
50 |
$19.26 |
$40,060 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
50 |
$20.41 |
$42,460 |
| Natural sciences managers |
50 |
$41.04 |
$85,350 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers |
50 |
$16.17 |
$33,630 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
50 |
$12.84 |
$26,710 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
50 |
$18.97 |
$39,460 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers |
50 |
$15.31 |
$31,840 |
| Public address system and other announcers |
50 |
$19.57 |
$40,710 |
| Training and development managers |
50 |
$44.42 |
$92,390 |
| Bindery workers |
40 |
$18.90 |
$39,310 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders |
40 |
$26.26 |
$54,620 |
| Chiropractors |
40 |
$43.91 |
$91,340 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$59,510 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$67,480 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
40 |
$23.73 |
$49,360 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons |
40 |
$10.36 |
$21,560 |
| Lodging managers |
40 |
$23.23 |
$48,330 |
| Logisticians |
40 |
$32.08 |
$66,730 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
40 |
$19.54 |
$40,650 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
40 |
$17.34 |
$36,080 |
| Occupational therapist aides |
40 |
$11.72 |
$24,380 |
| Optometrists |
40 |
$44.47 |
$92,500 |
| Writers and authors |
40 |
$19.68 |
$40,930 |
| Art directors |
30 |
$37.50 |
$78,000 |
| Desktop publishers |
30 |
$14.75 |
$30,680 |
| Drafters, all other |
30 |
$26.79 |
$55,720 |
| Furniture finishers |
30 |
$12.83 |
$26,680 |
| Landscape architects |
30 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
30 |
$25.98 |
$54,050 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
30 |
$29.64 |
$61,650 |
| Soil and plant scientists |
30 |
$29.57 |
$61,500 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
Not available |
$41.76 |
$86,870 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$49,030 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture |
Not available |
$22.79 |
$47,400 |
| Carpet installers |
Not available |
$18.84 |
$39,180 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
Not available |
$50.41 |
$104,850 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
Not available |
$23.90 |
$49,720 |
| Counselors, all other |
Not available |
$22.13 |
$46,030 |
| Court reporters |
Not available |
$30.89 |
$64,260 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
Not available |
$21.64 |
$45,010 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$11.23 |
$23,350 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$22.10 |
$45,970 |
| Directors, religious activities and education |
Not available |
$26.25 |
$54,590 |
| Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers |
Not available |
$15.74 |
$32,740 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
Not available |
$40.53 |
$84,310 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
Not available |
$17.12 |
$35,620 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
Not available |
$11.63 |
$24,180 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
Not available |
$23.58 |
$49,040 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles |
Not available |
$11.07 |
$23,030 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
Not available |
$22.63 |
$47,060 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers |
Not available |
$14.64 |
$30,450 |
| Foresters |
Not available |
$30.85 |
$64,170 |
| Glaziers |
Not available |
$14.76 |
$30,690 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
Not available |
$13.90 |
$28,900 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$45,150 |
| Helpers--electricians |
Not available |
$16.30 |
$33,910 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
Not available |
$12.55 |
$26,110 |
| Insurance underwriters |
Not available |
$35.47 |
$73,780 |
| Internists, general |
Not available |
$81.59 |
$169,700 |
| Loan counselors |
Not available |
$18.40 |
$38,260 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
Not available |
$16.66 |
$34,650 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
Not available |
$101.62 |
$211,370 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
Not available |
$38.12 |
$79,290 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
Not available |
$11.14 |
$23,170 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$15.25 |
$31,720 |
| Parking lot attendants |
Not available |
$9.81 |
$20,400 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
Not available |
$22.54 |
$46,870 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$65,990 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products |
Not available |
$27.88 |
$57,980 |
| Real estate brokers |
Not available |
$39.98 |
$83,160 |
| Sales engineers |
Not available |
$47.56 |
$98,930 |
| Skin care specialists |
Not available |
$13.11 |
$27,260 |
| Survey researchers |
Not available |
$33.11 |
$68,880 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
Not available |
$23.08 |
$48,000 |
| Woodworkers, all other |
Not available |
$9.60 |
$19,970 |
