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 | 276,250 | $18.53 | $38,530 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 42,830 | $14.10 | $29,330 |
| Sales and related occupations | 28,680 | $15.40 | $32,030 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 27,070 | $8.80 | $18,290 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 26,400 | $17.15 | $35,670 |
| Production occupations | 23,240 | $19.17 | $39,860 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 17,270 | $18.93 | $39,380 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 16,690 | $25.12 | $52,250 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 16,680 | $32.18 | $66,930 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 16,240 | $22.02 | $45,790 |
| Retail salespersons | 10,030 | $11.44 | $23,790 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 9,510 | $11.63 | $24,190 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 9,250 | $11.39 | $23,700 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 8,660 | $7.49 | $15,580 |
| Management occupations | 8,510 | $43.76 | $91,030 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 7,790 | $12.34 | $25,660 |
| Cashiers | 7,700 | $8.39 | $17,460 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 6,930 | $20.11 | $41,830 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 6,580 | $22.79 | $47,410 |
| Protective service occupations | 6,420 | $15.34 | $31,910 |
| Office clerks, general | 6,300 | $11.41 | $23,730 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 6,190 | $27.66 | $57,530 |
| Registered nurses | 6,130 | $29.12 | $60,570 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 5,330 | $11.02 | $22,930 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 5,170 | $8.68 | $18,060 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 4,800 | $13.86 | $28,820 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 4,220 | $14.03 | $29,180 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 3,740 | $16.49 | $34,300 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 3,730 | $10.43 | $21,690 |
| Customer service representatives | 3,380 | $12.83 | $26,680 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 3,340 | $32.55 | $67,700 |
| Teacher assistants | 3,270 | Not available | $19,650 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 3,240 | Not available | $47,590 |
| Carpenters | 3,210 | $21.29 | $44,280 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 2,960 | $20.97 | $43,630 |
| Community and social services occupations | 2,940 | $18.50 | $38,480 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 2,780 | $11.15 | $23,180 |
| Security guards | 2,750 | $11.43 | $23,780 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 2,670 | $23.65 | $49,200 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 2,650 | $20.85 | $43,370 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 2,330 | $15.42 | $32,080 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 2,320 | $27.40 | $57,000 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 2,280 | $18.34 | $38,150 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 2,220 | $21.21 | $44,120 |
| Food preparation workers | 2,190 | $9.27 | $19,280 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 2,160 | $10.79 | $22,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 2,060 | $13.85 | $28,810 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 2,020 | Not available | $47,780 |
| General and operations managers | 2,010 | $51.39 | $106,900 |
| Electricians | 1,940 | $30.38 | $63,200 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 1,930 | $12.04 | $25,050 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 1,900 | $27.75 | $57,730 |
| Construction laborers | 1,830 | $21.01 | $43,700 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 1,830 | $29.71 | $61,790 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 1,800 | Not available | $23,310 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 1,680 | $32.47 | $67,540 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 1,680 | $12.91 | $26,850 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 1,660 | $19.86 | $41,310 |
| Legal occupations | 1,640 | $35.26 | $73,350 |
| Personal and home care aides | 1,620 | $9.36 | $19,470 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 1,550 | $18.47 | $38,420 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 1,540 | $18.93 | $39,380 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,510 | $9.46 | $19,670 |
| Tellers | 1,500 | $10.95 | $22,780 |
| Bus drivers, school | 1,460 | $13.32 | $27,700 |
| Child care workers | 1,460 | $9.21 | $19,160 |
| Home health aides | 1,440 | $10.74 | $22,340 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 1,420 | $10.63 | $22,110 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 1,410 | $10.99 | $22,850 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 1,380 | $9.59 | $19,940 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 1,380 | $9.93 | $20,650 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 1,340 | $17.37 | $36,120 |
| Medical assistants | 1,340 | $12.64 | $26,290 |
| Accountants and auditors | 1,330 | $27.73 | $57,690 |
| Gaming dealers | 1,280 | Not available | Not available |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 1,240 | $26.56 | $55,250 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 1,240 | $20.76 | $43,180 |
| Bartenders | 1,230 | $9.16 | $19,060 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 1,230 | $14.86 | $30,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 1,220 | $31.15 | $64,790 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,220 | Not available | $50,400 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 1,220 | $14.64 | $30,460 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 1,210 | $11.75 | $24,440 |
| Team assemblers | 1,160 | $14.89 | $30,970 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 1,150 | $15.54 | $32,310 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 1,130 | $34.50 | $71,760 |
| Cooks, fast food | 1,050 | $7.85 | $16,320 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 1,030 | $8.11 | $16,880 |
| Helpers--production workers | 1,010 | $13.58 | $28,240 |
| Machinists | 1,010 | $20.31 | $42,240 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 990 | $10.21 | $21,240 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 970 | $7.84 | $16,300 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 970 | $23.64 | $49,160 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 890 | $29.48 | $61,320 |
| Lawyers | 880 | $49.02 | $101,960 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 830 | $12.99 | $27,030 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 830 | $26.23 | $54,570 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 820 | $20.37 | $42,360 |
| Medical secretaries | 810 | $14.00 | $29,130 |
| Dishwashers | 780 | $8.02 | $16,690 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 780 | Not available | Not available |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 720 | $14.67 | $30,500 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 720 | $13.33 | $27,720 |
| Pharmacists | 720 | $47.17 | $98,120 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 700 | $23.48 | $48,840 |
| Computer support specialists | 680 | $18.99 | $39,500 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 670 | $8.06 | $16,770 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders | 670 | $21.79 | $45,330 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 670 | $44.18 | $91,900 |
| Dental assistants | 640 | $15.60 | $32,440 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 630 | $13.89 | $28,880 |
| Medical and health services managers | 630 | $40.74 | $84,740 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 620 | $26.64 | $55,410 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 620 | $25.75 | $53,550 |
| Construction managers | 620 | $40.30 | $83,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 600 | $27.04 | $56,250 |
| Parts salespersons | 600 | $14.48 | $30,120 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 600 | Not available | $50,720 |
| Insurance sales agents | 590 | $25.48 | $52,990 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 580 | $103.86 | $216,030 |
| Pourers and casters, metal | 580 | $22.84 | $47,500 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 580 | $24.18 | $50,300 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 570 | $20.81 | $43,280 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 560 | $8.48 | $17,630 |
| Bill and account collectors | 560 | $13.88 | $28,880 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 560 | $9.25 | $19,240 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 550 | $16.93 | $35,220 |
| Driver/sales workers | 550 | $16.74 | $34,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 550 | $40.91 | $85,090 |
| Legal secretaries | 550 | $14.21 | $29,550 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 540 | $12.47 | $25,940 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 530 | $17.73 | $36,890 |
| Fire fighters | 530 | $18.69 | $38,870 |
| Mechanical engineers | 520 | $37.92 | $78,870 |
| Recreation workers | 520 | $9.97 | $20,740 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 520 | $30.12 | $62,640 |
| Cost estimators | 510 | $31.43 | $65,380 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 510 | $16.53 | $34,390 |
| Training and development specialists | 510 | $22.48 | $46,770 |
| Industrial engineers | 490 | $37.04 | $77,040 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 480 | $13.30 | $27,660 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 480 | $12.11 | $25,200 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 480 | $13.24 | $27,530 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 470 | $16.08 | $33,440 |
| Physical therapists | 470 | $38.87 | $80,850 |
| Boilermakers | 460 | $27.79 | $57,810 |
| Coaches and scouts | 460 | Not available | $22,310 |
| Financial managers | 450 | $46.28 | $96,270 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 450 | $9.24 | $19,210 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 450 | $17.30 | $35,980 |
| Cooks, short order | 440 | $9.58 | $19,920 |
| Food service managers | 440 | $24.26 | $50,460 |
| Loan officers | 440 | $33.67 | $70,030 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 440 | $14.10 | $29,330 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 440 | $24.73 | $51,440 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 430 | Not available | $77,770 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 430 | $14.45 | $30,050 |
| Sales managers | 430 | $49.55 | $103,070 |
| Sheet metal workers | 430 | $29.60 | $61,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 420 | $13.48 | $28,040 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 420 | $21.56 | $44,840 |
| Millwrights | 420 | $27.27 | $56,720 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 420 | $28.22 | $58,690 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 410 | $25.75 | $53,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 410 | $23.57 | $49,030 |
| Roofers | 410 | $22.09 | $45,940 |
| Industrial production managers | 400 | $49.60 | $103,180 |
| Chief executives | 390 | $67.87 | $141,170 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 390 | $17.58 | $36,580 |
| Power plant operators | 390 | $28.21 | $58,680 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 390 | $21.79 | $45,330 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 380 | $18.28 | $38,020 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 370 | $10.82 | $22,490 |
| Bakers | 360 | $11.77 | $24,480 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 360 | $9.15 | $19,040 |
| Library technicians | 360 | $10.24 | $21,310 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 360 | $27.40 | $57,000 |
| Respiratory therapists | 360 | $24.64 | $51,260 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 360 | $21.55 | $44,830 |
| Dental hygienists | 350 | $30.89 | $64,240 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 350 | $16.89 | $35,130 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 350 | $27.95 | $58,140 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 340 | $23.95 | $49,810 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 340 | $16.07 | $33,430 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 340 | $17.41 | $36,200 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 340 | $9.93 | $20,660 |
| Electrical engineers | 330 | $36.99 | $76,940 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 330 | $15.56 | $32,370 |
| Printing machine operators | 330 | $16.09 | $33,460 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 320 | $15.33 | $31,900 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 320 | $15.91 | $33,090 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 320 | $13.85 | $28,800 |
| Social and human service assistants | 320 | $13.16 | $27,370 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 310 | $12.81 | $26,640 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 310 | Not available | Not available |
| Family and general practitioners | 300 | $71.20 | $148,100 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 300 | $7.89 | $16,400 |
| File clerks | 290 | $9.94 | $20,670 |
| Graphic designers | 290 | $17.96 | $37,350 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 290 | $10.88 | $22,620 |
| Managers, all other | 290 | $30.12 | $62,650 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 290 | $22.31 | $46,410 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 290 | $19.12 | $39,760 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 290 | $20.11 | $41,830 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 290 | $11.11 | $23,110 |
| Administrative services managers | 280 | $33.97 | $70,650 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 280 | $16.02 | $33,330 |
| Gaming supervisors | 280 | $31.59 | $65,700 |
| New accounts clerks | 280 | $14.63 | $30,420 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 280 | $33.59 | $69,870 |
| Computer systems analysts | 270 | $32.37 | $67,330 |
| Gaming cage workers | 270 | $11.88 | $24,710 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 270 | $19.36 | $40,270 |
| Management analysts | 270 | $36.63 | $76,190 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 270 | $8.22 | $17,090 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 260 | $22.39 | $46,570 |
| Data entry keyers | 260 | $12.19 | $25,350 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 260 | $19.16 | $39,850 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 260 | $15.07 | $31,350 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 260 | $13.65 | $28,400 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 260 | Not available | $48,940 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 250 | $18.17 | $37,800 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 250 | $14.83 | $30,850 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 250 | $33.68 | $70,050 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 250 | Not available | Not available |
| Surgical technologists | 250 | $19.23 | $39,990 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 240 | $35.65 | $74,140 |
| Librarians | 240 | $23.37 | $48,620 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 240 | $25.61 | $53,280 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 240 | $26.06 | $54,210 |
| Public relations specialists | 240 | $19.15 | $39,840 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 230 | $14.27 | $29,680 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 230 | $14.71 | $30,590 |
| Floral designers | 230 | $11.57 | $24,060 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 230 | $14.72 | $30,620 |
| Social and community service managers | 230 | $27.22 | $56,620 |
| Tank car, truck, and ship loaders | 230 | $25.67 | $53,390 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 230 | $45.76 | $95,190 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 230 | $20.72 | $43,100 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 220 | $18.24 | $37,940 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 220 | $18.09 | $37,640 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | 220 | $22.94 | $47,710 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 220 | $8.66 | $18,010 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 220 | Not available | Not available |
| Civil engineers | 210 | $34.27 | $71,280 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 210 | $13.32 | $27,720 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 210 | $23.62 | $49,140 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 210 | $16.09 | $33,470 |
| Gaming change persons and booth cashiers | 210 | $12.60 | $26,210 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical | 210 | $26.50 | $55,110 |
| Occupational therapists | 210 | $39.29 | $81,720 |
| Order clerks | 210 | $14.32 | $29,780 |
| Service station attendants | 210 | $8.26 | $17,180 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 210 | $9.09 | $18,900 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 200 | $14.87 | $30,940 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 200 | $15.14 | $31,490 |
| Engineering managers | 200 | $55.31 | $115,040 |
| Legislators | 200 | Not available | $101,480 |
| Social workers, all other | 200 | $18.56 | $38,600 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 200 | $11.47 | $23,850 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 200 | $13.62 | $28,340 |
| Advertising sales agents | 190 | $32.48 | $67,560 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 190 | $22.30 | $46,380 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 190 | $24.66 | $51,290 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 190 | $15.64 | $32,540 |
| Chemical technicians | 180 | $27.22 | $56,610 |
| Chemists | 180 | $32.12 | $66,810 |
| Dentists, general | 180 | $88.18 | $183,410 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 180 | $28.00 | $58,240 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 180 | $21.96 | $45,670 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 180 | $22.37 | $46,540 |
| Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons | 180 | $19.82 | $41,230 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 180 | $8.48 | $17,650 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 180 | $20.04 | $41,670 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 170 | $37.08 | $77,120 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 170 | Not available | $45,310 |
| Photographers | 170 | $11.45 | $23,820 |
| Postal service clerks | 170 | Not available | Not available |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 170 | Not available | $49,620 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 170 | Not available | $57,160 |
| All other information and record clerks | 160 | $13.41 | $27,900 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 160 | Not available | $72,430 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 160 | $22.95 | $47,730 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 160 | $13.44 | $27,960 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 160 | $22.12 | $46,010 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 160 | $12.53 | $26,050 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | 160 | $12.35 | $25,690 |
| Personal financial advisors | 160 | $42.27 | $87,920 |
| Production workers, all other | 160 | $18.41 | $38,290 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 160 | $14.32 | $29,790 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 150 | $44.85 | $93,280 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 150 | $27.73 | $57,670 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall | 150 | $18.16 | $37,760 |
| Mechanical drafters | 150 | $26.81 | $55,760 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 150 | $12.35 | $25,680 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | 150 | $17.35 | $36,080 |
| Clergy | 140 | $11.61 | $24,150 |
| Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators | 140 | $18.98 | $39,470 |
| Instructional coordinators | 140 | $30.66 | $63,770 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 140 | $24.90 | $51,800 |
| Public address system and other announcers | 140 | Not available | Not available |
| Sailors and marine oilers | 140 | $15.29 | $31,790 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 140 | $20.50 | $42,640 |
| Bailiffs | 130 | $16.27 | $33,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 130 | $28.71 | $59,730 |
| Marketing managers | 130 | $43.82 | $91,150 |
| Materials engineers | 130 | $33.05 | $68,740 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 130 | $22.54 | $46,890 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 130 | $14.85 | $30,880 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 130 | $26.23 | $54,560 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 120 | $16.80 | $34,940 |
| Couriers and messengers | 120 | $11.33 | $23,560 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 120 | $14.96 | $31,120 |
| Health educators | 120 | $27.48 | $57,160 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 120 | $14.08 | $29,290 |
| Market research analysts | 120 | $25.34 | $52,710 |
| Massage therapists | 120 | $13.76 | $28,620 |
| Parking lot attendants | 120 | $8.95 | $18,610 |
| Urban and regional planners | 120 | $23.99 | $49,900 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 110 | $21.36 | $44,420 |
| Chemical plant and system operators | 110 | $20.40 | $42,430 |
| Computer operators | 110 | $15.76 | $32,770 |
| Crossing guards | 110 | $9.50 | $19,770 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 110 | $22.59 | $46,990 |
| Engineers, all other | 110 | $25.88 | $53,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 110 | $20.79 | $43,240 |
| Motorboat mechanics | 110 | $14.83 | $30,840 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 100 | $17.87 | $37,180 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 100 | $34.40 | $71,550 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 100 | $19.05 | $39,620 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 100 | $32.55 | $67,710 |
| Education administrators, all other | 100 | $34.93 | $72,650 |
| Environmental engineers | 100 | $44.39 | $92,330 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 100 | $14.83 | $30,840 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 100 | $48.27 | $100,390 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 100 | $28.66 | $59,620 |
| Occupational health and safety technicians | 100 | $16.64 | $34,620 |
| Physical therapist aides | 100 | $12.06 | $25,090 |
| Physician assistants | 100 | $36.57 | $76,070 |
| Surgeons | 100 | $106.40 | $221,320 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | 90 | $23.18 | $48,220 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 90 | $18.92 | $39,360 |
| Court reporters | 90 | $17.13 | $35,640 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 90 | $24.27 | $50,470 |
| Embalmers | 90 | $19.76 | $41,100 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 90 | $13.05 | $27,140 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 90 | $17.25 | $35,870 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 90 | $13.26 | $27,580 |
| Optometrists | 90 | $38.49 | $80,050 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 90 | $25.73 | $53,530 |
| Tool and die makers | 90 | $24.21 | $50,360 |
| Travel agents | 90 | $9.42 | $19,590 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 80 | $34.27 | $71,280 |
| Biological technicians | 80 | $16.78 | $34,900 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 80 | $29.06 | $60,440 |
| Coil winders, tapers, and finishers | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Computer programmers | 80 | $25.54 | $53,120 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | 80 | $18.74 | $38,970 |
| Credit analysts | 80 | $35.28 | $73,380 |
| Directors, religious activities and education | 80 | $13.94 | $29,000 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 80 | $20.05 | $41,710 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 80 | $24.42 | $50,790 |
| Funeral attendants | 80 | $10.14 | $21,100 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 80 | $42.56 | $88,530 |
| Musicians and singers | 80 | $12.16 | Not available |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 80 | $10.40 | $21,620 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 80 | Not available | $58,430 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 80 | $15.12 | $31,460 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians | 80 | $22.30 | $46,380 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 80 | $15.89 | $33,040 |
| Surveyors | 80 | $29.38 | $61,110 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 80 | $13.09 | $27,230 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 70 | $23.07 | $47,990 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay | 70 | $30.51 | $63,460 |
| Financial analysts | 70 | $29.34 | $61,040 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 70 | $27.73 | $57,690 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 70 | $18.32 | $38,100 |
| Purchasing managers | 70 | $36.44 | $75,790 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 70 | $18.86 | $39,230 |
| Tax preparers | 70 | $13.08 | $27,200 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 60 | $21.48 | $44,670 |
| Commercial pilots | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 60 | $18.43 | $38,330 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 60 | $36.89 | $76,730 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 60 | $26.11 | $54,310 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 60 | $39.80 | $82,790 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 60 | $21.14 | $43,980 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | 60 | $15.84 | $32,950 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 60 | $13.45 | $27,980 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other | 60 | $19.18 | $39,890 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 60 | $34.32 | $71,380 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 60 | $24.85 | $51,680 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 60 | $13.35 | $27,770 |
| Pest control workers | 60 | $15.43 | $32,100 |
| Procurement clerks | 60 | $15.88 | $33,020 |
| Sales engineers | 60 | $38.47 | $80,010 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners | 60 | $14.79 | $30,770 |
| Word processors and typists | 60 | $13.47 | $28,010 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 50 | $25.11 | $52,230 |
| Anesthesiologists | 50 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 50 | $18.80 | $39,110 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $59,530 |
| Chemical engineers | 50 | $41.97 | $87,300 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $66,990 |
| Database administrators | 50 | $29.45 | $61,250 |
| Dietetic technicians | 50 | $12.90 | $26,830 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 50 | $11.21 | $23,310 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 50 | $25.85 | $53,760 |
| Food batchmakers | 50 | $10.04 | $20,880 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 50 | $10.44 | $21,720 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $57,020 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 50 | $14.18 | $29,480 |
| Interior designers | 50 | $13.88 | $28,860 |
| Logisticians | 50 | $26.15 | $54,400 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $58,680 |
| Natural sciences managers | 50 | $31.09 | $64,670 |
| Religious workers, all other | 50 | $13.95 | $29,010 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 50 | $16.13 | $33,550 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 50 | $19.01 | $39,530 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 50 | $13.36 | $27,790 |
| Tour guides and escorts | 50 | $12.57 | $26,150 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school | 50 | Not available | $45,370 |
| Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels | 40 | $35.88 | $74,630 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $57,830 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 40 | $29.23 | $60,790 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 40 | $38.60 | $80,290 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 40 | $33.02 | $68,680 |
| Drafters, all other | 40 | $26.61 | $55,350 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 40 | $25.78 | $53,620 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | 40 | $14.97 | $31,140 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 40 | $15.68 | $32,620 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | 40 | $7.39 | $15,360 |
| Helpers--electricians | 40 | $11.89 | $24,720 |
| Interpreters and translators | 40 | $14.38 | $29,910 |
| Law clerks | 40 | $15.95 | $33,180 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | 40 | $10.66 | $22,170 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents | 40 | $30.25 | $62,930 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 40 | $13.47 | $28,010 |
| Public relations managers | 40 | $37.25 | $77,480 |
| Real estate brokers | 40 | $34.60 | $71,980 |
| Recreational therapists | 40 | $14.42 | $29,990 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 40 | $20.02 | $41,640 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | 40 | $25.24 | $52,510 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners | 40 | $17.16 | $35,690 |
| Training and development managers | 40 | $43.08 | $89,610 |
| Writers and authors | 40 | $27.73 | $57,680 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Audio-visual collections specialists | 30 | $13.64 | $28,370 |
| Broadcast technicians | 30 | $12.69 | $26,390 |
| Budget analysts | 30 | $31.48 | $65,490 |
| Chiropractors | 30 | $29.71 | $61,800 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 30 | $21.46 | $44,640 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | 30 | $21.77 | $45,280 |
| Furniture finishers | 30 | $13.78 | $28,660 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants | 30 | $9.30 | $19,350 |
| Microbiologists | 30 | $19.57 | $40,710 |
| Podiatrists | 30 | $81.10 | $168,680 |
| Skin care specialists | 30 | $13.20 | $27,450 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | 30 | $13.19 | $27,440 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians | Not available | $11.30 | $23,500 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $54,260 |
| Brokerage clerks | Not available | $17.27 | $35,910 |
| Building cleaning workers, all other | Not available | $26.04 | $54,160 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | Not available | $9.25 | $19,250 |
| Crane and tower operators | Not available | $19.56 | $40,680 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | Not available | $16.93 | $35,210 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | Not available | $20.25 | $42,110 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | Not available | $20.77 | $43,200 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | Not available | $10.28 | $21,390 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | Not available | $27.60 | $57,410 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers | Not available | $14.04 | $29,200 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $50,900 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | Not available | $30.54 | $63,510 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders | Not available | $18.79 | $39,080 |
| Gas plant operators | Not available | $24.35 | $50,640 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | Not available | $17.28 | $35,950 |
| Helpers--roofers | Not available | $10.34 | $21,500 |
| Home appliance repairers | Not available | $14.59 | $30,350 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | Not available | $19.78 | $41,140 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | Not available | $28.51 | $59,300 |
| Internists, general | Not available | $101.69 | $211,520 |
| Loan counselors | Not available | $32.84 | $68,300 |
| Marriage and family therapists | Not available | $25.95 | $53,980 |
| Medical equipment repairers | Not available | $15.84 | $32,940 |
| Mental health counselors | Not available | $18.91 | $39,330 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | Not available | $83.30 | $173,260 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | Not available | $16.92 | $35,200 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | Not available | $9.56 | $19,880 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | Not available | $8.00 | $16,650 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $54,230 |
| Rail car repairers | Not available | $22.06 | $45,890 |
| Real estate sales agents | Not available | $19.22 | $39,980 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers | Not available | $21.52 | $44,760 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | Not available | $10.61 | $22,070 |
| Sewing machine operators | Not available | $9.95 | $20,690 |
| Statistical assistants | Not available | $15.27 | $31,770 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | Not available | $13.74 | $28,580 |
