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 |
385,560 |
$19.45 |
$40,460 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
61,330 |
$15.78 |
$32,830 |
| Production occupations |
54,150 |
$16.05 |
$33,380 |
| Sales and related occupations |
40,250 |
$18.20 |
$37,860 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
29,960 |
$9.60 |
$19,970 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
29,530 |
$15.08 |
$31,360 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
21,960 |
$30.75 |
$63,970 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
19,440 |
$21.81 |
$45,360 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
16,740 |
$20.34 |
$42,310 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
16,580 |
$27.83 |
$57,880 |
| Management occupations |
16,210 |
$45.01 |
$93,610 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
13,550 |
$20.52 |
$42,670 |
| Retail salespersons |
12,330 |
$12.18 |
$25,330 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
12,070 |
$12.98 |
$27,000 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
11,310 |
$12.58 |
$26,170 |
| Office clerks, general |
9,100 |
$14.35 |
$29,840 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
8,800 |
$29.89 |
$62,160 |
| Team assemblers |
8,510 |
$14.37 |
$29,890 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
8,240 |
$13.07 |
$27,190 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
8,220 |
$8.55 |
$17,790 |
| Customer service representatives |
8,160 |
$15.24 |
$31,690 |
| Cashiers |
8,110 |
$9.23 |
$19,210 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
7,500 |
$11.48 |
$23,890 |
| Registered nurses |
7,380 |
$28.29 |
$58,850 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
6,650 |
$32.07 |
$66,700 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
6,050 |
$27.99 |
$58,220 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
5,660 |
$12.65 |
$26,310 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
5,470 |
$22.42 |
$46,630 |
| Protective service occupations |
5,380 |
$19.80 |
$41,170 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
5,310 |
$12.28 |
$25,540 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
4,930 |
$14.75 |
$30,670 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
4,690 |
$9.09 |
$18,900 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
4,690 |
$19.23 |
$39,990 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
4,670 |
$11.81 |
$24,570 |
| Community and social services occupations |
4,660 |
$22.29 |
$46,360 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
4,640 |
$16.11 |
$33,510 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
4,180 |
Not available |
$43,820 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
3,950 |
$18.02 |
$37,490 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
3,950 |
$14.88 |
$30,960 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
3,890 |
$14.78 |
$30,740 |
| Helpers--production workers |
3,770 |
$11.37 |
$23,650 |
| General and operations managers |
3,680 |
$44.77 |
$93,130 |
| Accountants and auditors |
3,380 |
$30.92 |
$64,310 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
3,270 |
Not available |
$52,420 |
| Teacher assistants |
3,220 |
Not available |
$23,820 |
| Food preparation workers |
3,140 |
$9.50 |
$19,760 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
3,110 |
$29.80 |
$61,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
3,050 |
$25.29 |
$52,600 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
2,990 |
$19.66 |
$40,880 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
2,900 |
$18.00 |
$37,430 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
2,890 |
$12.49 |
$25,980 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
2,870 |
$10.03 |
$20,870 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
2,810 |
$10.16 |
$21,130 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
2,790 |
$23.95 |
$49,820 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
2,780 |
$16.99 |
$35,330 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
2,740 |
$15.30 |
$31,820 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
2,560 |
$19.90 |
$41,400 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
2,500 |
$21.30 |
$44,310 |
| Home health aides |
2,340 |
$10.41 |
$21,650 |
| Production workers, all other |
2,340 |
$14.82 |
$30,840 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
2,300 |
$17.85 |
$37,130 |
| Tool and die makers |
2,180 |
$26.24 |
$54,580 |
| Electricians |
2,050 |
$23.66 |
$49,210 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1,980 |
$28.92 |
$60,140 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
1,950 |
$21.43 |
$44,580 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
1,930 |
$13.87 |
$28,860 |
| Carpenters |
1,830 |
$19.17 |
$39,870 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,830 |
$14.00 |
$29,120 |
| Bus drivers, school |
1,790 |
$15.78 |
$32,820 |
| Machinists |
1,790 |
$17.00 |
$35,360 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,780 |
$11.03 |
$22,940 |
| Legal occupations |
1,780 |
$40.16 |
$83,530 |
| Mechanical engineers |
1,750 |
$30.74 |
$63,940 |
| Construction laborers |
1,680 |
$14.15 |
$29,430 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
1,670 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,650 |
Not available |
$50,640 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
1,610 |
$15.41 |
$32,040 |
| Bartenders |
1,600 |
$8.85 |
$18,400 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
1,530 |
$13.30 |
$27,660 |
| Industrial engineers |
1,510 |
$32.76 |
$68,140 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
1,500 |
$14.02 |
$29,160 |
| Security guards |
1,460 |
$10.77 |
$22,390 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
1,430 |
$10.57 |
$21,990 |
| Tellers |
1,380 |
$10.41 |
$21,650 |
| Chief executives |
1,310 |
$76.05 |
$158,190 |
| Recreation workers |
1,310 |
$12.43 |
$25,860 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
1,290 |
$17.18 |
$35,740 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
1,260 |
$26.87 |
$55,880 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
1,260 |
$21.98 |
$45,710 |
| Computer support specialists |
1,220 |
$20.64 |
$42,940 |
| Insurance sales agents |
1,220 |
$28.05 |
$58,350 |
| Medical assistants |
1,200 |
$13.48 |
$28,040 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
1,190 |
$10.95 |
$22,770 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
1,190 |
$10.79 |
$22,440 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
1,180 |
$83.84 |
$174,400 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,150 |
Not available |
$54,820 |
| Financial managers |
1,120 |
$46.27 |
$96,250 |
| Personal and home care aides |
1,120 |
$9.78 |
$20,350 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
1,100 |
$24.06 |
$50,050 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
1,080 |
$13.11 |
$27,260 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
1,050 |
$8.87 |
$18,440 |
| Managers, all other |
1,040 |
$46.30 |
$96,310 |
| Lawyers |
1,010 |
$50.33 |
$104,680 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
1,010 |
$33.88 |
$70,460 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
1,000 |
$21.54 |
$44,810 |
| Cooks, fast food |
1,000 |
$9.00 |
$18,720 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
990 |
$23.59 |
$49,070 |
| Dishwashers |
990 |
$8.28 |
$17,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
990 |
$28.34 |
$58,940 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
980 |
$11.16 |
$23,220 |
| Dental assistants |
980 |
$17.31 |
$36,000 |
| Sales managers |
980 |
$50.17 |
$104,350 |
| Child care workers |
950 |
$10.88 |
$22,630 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
950 |
$10.74 |
$22,350 |
| Coaches and scouts |
950 |
Not available |
$32,260 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
940 |
$14.66 |
$30,490 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
940 |
$25.76 |
$53,590 |
| Computer programmers |
930 |
$27.86 |
$57,940 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
930 |
$21.18 |
$44,060 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
930 |
$17.10 |
$35,570 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
930 |
$26.62 |
$55,360 |
| Bill and account collectors |
910 |
$17.18 |
$35,730 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
890 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
870 |
$23.94 |
$49,790 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
870 |
$8.53 |
$17,740 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
870 |
$18.33 |
$38,130 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
860 |
$41.09 |
$85,460 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
860 |
$11.03 |
$22,950 |
| Industrial production managers |
860 |
$42.49 |
$88,380 |
| Loan officers |
860 |
$28.61 |
$59,500 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
860 |
$15.56 |
$32,370 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
850 |
$13.10 |
$27,260 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
840 |
$12.47 |
$25,940 |
| Medical secretaries |
830 |
$15.23 |
$31,670 |
| Food batchmakers |
820 |
$15.38 |
$31,990 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
810 |
$17.87 |
$37,160 |
| Cost estimators |
800 |
$26.57 |
$55,260 |
| Dental hygienists |
800 |
$27.24 |
$56,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
800 |
$36.41 |
$75,740 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
790 |
$9.61 |
$19,980 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
770 |
$28.47 |
$59,220 |
| Management analysts |
760 |
$35.71 |
$74,280 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
760 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
760 |
$17.10 |
$35,560 |
| Administrative services managers |
750 |
$31.93 |
$66,410 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
750 |
$19.56 |
$40,680 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
750 |
$13.74 |
$28,580 |
| Pharmacists |
740 |
$48.30 |
$100,460 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
740 |
$14.80 |
$30,790 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
720 |
$17.11 |
$35,580 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
720 |
$18.09 |
$37,620 |
| Medical and health services managers |
710 |
$40.57 |
$84,390 |
| Computer systems analysts |
700 |
$31.31 |
$65,130 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
700 |
$26.73 |
$55,600 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
700 |
$20.05 |
$41,700 |
| Engineering managers |
670 |
$43.24 |
$89,940 |
| Legal secretaries |
670 |
$20.18 |
$41,960 |
| Parts salespersons |
670 |
$13.77 |
$28,640 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
660 |
$24.55 |
$51,070 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
660 |
$23.46 |
$48,790 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
660 |
$40.51 |
$84,260 |
| Graphic designers |
650 |
$18.42 |
$38,320 |
| Printing machine operators |
650 |
$18.64 |
$38,770 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
640 |
$24.10 |
$50,130 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
640 |
$15.46 |
$32,160 |
| Cooks, short order |
630 |
$9.11 |
$18,960 |
| Bakers |
620 |
$9.46 |
$19,680 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
620 |
$23.34 |
$48,550 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
620 |
$20.56 |
$42,760 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
620 |
$16.31 |
$33,920 |
| Engineers, all other |
610 |
$29.13 |
$60,580 |
| Driver/sales workers |
600 |
$13.20 |
$27,450 |
| Sheet metal workers |
600 |
$23.15 |
$48,150 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
590 |
$18.93 |
$39,370 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
590 |
$15.12 |
$31,450 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
590 |
$25.36 |
$52,750 |
| All other information and record clerks |
580 |
$14.34 |
$29,820 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
570 |
$17.92 |
$37,270 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
570 |
$15.03 |
$31,260 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
560 |
$17.17 |
$35,720 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
560 |
$16.59 |
$34,510 |
| Social and human service assistants |
550 |
$17.28 |
$35,940 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
550 |
$24.52 |
$50,990 |
| Marketing managers |
530 |
$46.23 |
$96,170 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
520 |
$10.26 |
$21,350 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
520 |
$29.00 |
$60,310 |
| Construction managers |
510 |
$63.75 |
$132,610 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
510 |
$24.40 |
$50,760 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
510 |
$11.00 |
$22,870 |
| Market research analysts |
500 |
$30.76 |
$63,970 |
| Order clerks |
500 |
$17.83 |
$37,090 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
490 |
$30.64 |
$63,720 |
| Food service managers |
490 |
$20.41 |
$42,440 |
| Mechanical drafters |
490 |
$25.20 |
$52,420 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
490 |
Not available |
$58,000 |
| Public relations specialists |
480 |
$27.35 |
$56,880 |
| Training and development specialists |
480 |
$22.99 |
$47,830 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
470 |
$19.31 |
$40,160 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
470 |
$15.34 |
$31,910 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
470 |
$15.28 |
$31,780 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
470 |
$27.04 |
$56,240 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
460 |
$32.86 |
$68,340 |
| Fire fighters |
460 |
$22.54 |
$46,890 |
| Physical therapists |
460 |
$34.10 |
$70,920 |
| Civil engineers |
450 |
$33.69 |
$70,070 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
450 |
$28.98 |
$60,280 |
| Data entry keyers |
450 |
$13.62 |
$28,330 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
450 |
$15.64 |
$32,540 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
440 |
$9.40 |
$19,560 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
440 |
$13.91 |
$28,940 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
440 |
Not available |
$85,490 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
440 |
$24.68 |
$51,330 |
| Millwrights |
440 |
$34.66 |
$72,100 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
430 |
$16.91 |
$35,180 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
430 |
$16.52 |
$34,360 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
430 |
$41.70 |
$86,740 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
430 |
Not available |
$54,940 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
430 |
$12.84 |
$26,710 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
420 |
$10.58 |
$22,010 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
410 |
$22.19 |
$46,160 |
| Grounds maintenance workers, all other |
410 |
$13.97 |
$29,060 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
410 |
$20.07 |
$41,740 |
| Sales engineers |
410 |
$33.26 |
$69,190 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
400 |
$9.65 |
$20,070 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
380 |
$18.01 |
$37,460 |
| Logisticians |
380 |
$24.95 |
$51,890 |
| Occupational therapists |
380 |
$29.63 |
$61,630 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
370 |
$23.32 |
$48,500 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
370 |
$20.50 |
$42,630 |
| Respiratory therapists |
360 |
$23.88 |
$49,660 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
350 |
$16.36 |
$34,030 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
350 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
340 |
$16.96 |
$35,270 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
340 |
$12.93 |
$26,890 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
340 |
$14.90 |
$30,990 |
| Real estate sales agents |
340 |
$14.73 |
$30,640 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
330 |
$9.49 |
$19,730 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
330 |
$12.87 |
$26,770 |
| Bindery workers |
320 |
$14.83 |
$30,840 |
| Couriers and messengers |
320 |
$11.63 |
$24,190 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
320 |
$19.39 |
$40,320 |
| Editors |
310 |
$20.52 |
$42,680 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
310 |
$13.13 |
$27,310 |
| File clerks |
310 |
$12.28 |
$25,540 |
| Furniture finishers |
310 |
$14.99 |
$31,180 |
| Word processors and typists |
310 |
$17.29 |
$35,960 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
300 |
$19.53 |
$40,630 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
300 |
$13.20 |
$27,450 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
300 |
$11.02 |
$22,920 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
300 |
$23.26 |
$48,390 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
300 |
$35.07 |
$72,950 |
| Financial analysts |
290 |
$31.07 |
$64,620 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
290 |
$19.75 |
$41,070 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers |
290 |
$21.53 |
$44,770 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
290 |
$18.68 |
$38,860 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
290 |
$14.65 |
$30,470 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
290 |
$16.54 |
$34,410 |
| Social and community service managers |
290 |
$34.66 |
$72,090 |
| Telemarketers |
290 |
$9.38 |
$19,510 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
290 |
$11.40 |
$23,720 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
280 |
$19.76 |
$41,090 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
280 |
$17.63 |
$36,660 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
280 |
$26.14 |
$54,380 |
| Health educators |
280 |
$30.79 |
$64,030 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
280 |
$18.03 |
$37,510 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
280 |
$12.34 |
$25,670 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
280 |
$25.78 |
$53,620 |
| Physician assistants |
280 |
$38.33 |
$79,730 |
| Purchasing managers |
280 |
$42.67 |
$88,760 |
| Carpet installers |
270 |
$18.89 |
$39,290 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
270 |
$18.38 |
$38,220 |
| Photographers |
270 |
$17.01 |
$35,390 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
270 |
$29.79 |
$61,960 |
| Surgical technologists |
260 |
$20.68 |
$43,010 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
250 |
$23.85 |
$49,600 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
250 |
$15.74 |
$32,730 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
250 |
$17.78 |
$36,990 |
| Advertising sales agents |
240 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
240 |
$26.65 |
$55,430 |
| Instructional coordinators |
240 |
$29.65 |
$61,670 |
| Insurance underwriters |
240 |
$28.20 |
$58,650 |
| Librarians |
240 |
$25.61 |
$53,270 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
240 |
$13.35 |
$27,770 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
240 |
$20.29 |
$42,200 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
240 |
$8.49 |
$17,650 |
| Computer operators |
230 |
$15.96 |
$33,200 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
230 |
$38.08 |
$79,210 |
| Electrical engineers |
230 |
$35.08 |
$72,970 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
230 |
$15.79 |
$32,850 |
| Mental health counselors |
230 |
$21.40 |
$44,520 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
230 |
$37.57 |
$78,150 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
220 |
$14.05 |
$29,220 |
| Dentists, general |
220 |
$75.42 |
$156,880 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
220 |
$18.69 |
$38,870 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
220 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Engine and other machine assemblers |
220 |
$14.20 |
$29,530 |
| Family and general practitioners |
220 |
$70.68 |
$147,020 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
220 |
$14.81 |
$30,790 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
220 |
$38.40 |
$79,860 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
220 |
$21.52 |
$44,760 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
210 |
$18.90 |
$39,310 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
210 |
$20.58 |
$42,810 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
210 |
$27.73 |
$57,680 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
210 |
Not available |
$52,490 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
200 |
$39.36 |
$81,870 |
| Chemists |
200 |
$26.20 |
$54,490 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
200 |
$35.95 |
$74,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
200 |
$24.06 |
$50,050 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
200 |
$9.74 |
$20,260 |
| Personal financial advisors |
200 |
$34.04 |
$70,800 |
| Procurement clerks |
200 |
$17.75 |
$36,910 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
200 |
$14.63 |
$30,430 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
200 |
Not available |
$54,530 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
190 |
$28.59 |
$59,460 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
190 |
$20.56 |
$42,770 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
190 |
$18.32 |
$38,100 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
190 |
$16.81 |
$34,960 |
| Travel agents |
190 |
$13.99 |
$29,100 |
| Veterinarians |
190 |
$39.35 |
$81,850 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
190 |
$20.18 |
$41,980 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
180 |
$10.62 |
$22,080 |
| Library technicians |
170 |
$13.76 |
$28,620 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
170 |
$19.62 |
$40,810 |
| Postal service clerks |
170 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
160 |
$14.59 |
$30,340 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
160 |
$24.63 |
$51,230 |
| Chemical technicians |
160 |
$19.42 |
$40,390 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
160 |
$37.08 |
$77,130 |
| Funeral attendants |
160 |
$12.07 |
$25,100 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
160 |
$13.69 |
$28,470 |
| Database administrators |
150 |
$31.16 |
$64,820 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
150 |
$17.43 |
$36,250 |
| Parking lot attendants |
150 |
$9.47 |
$19,690 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
150 |
$18.84 |
$39,200 |
| Roofers |
150 |
$14.98 |
$31,170 |
| Brokerage clerks |
140 |
$19.08 |
$39,690 |
| Massage therapists |
140 |
$13.72 |
$28,530 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
140 |
$20.94 |
$43,560 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
140 |
$19.82 |
$41,230 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
140 |
$15.20 |
$31,610 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
140 |
$16.44 |
$34,190 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
140 |
$20.27 |
$42,150 |
| Transportation workers, all other |
140 |
$11.49 |
$23,900 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders |
130 |
$11.17 |
$23,230 |
| Clergy |
130 |
$17.96 |
$37,350 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
130 |
$26.04 |
$54,170 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
130 |
$29.79 |
$61,970 |
| Floral designers |
130 |
$12.55 |
$26,110 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
130 |
$27.50 |
$57,210 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
130 |
$19.10 |
$39,730 |
| New accounts clerks |
130 |
$15.34 |
$31,900 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers |
130 |
$15.26 |
$31,730 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
130 |
$27.30 |
$56,780 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
120 |
$22.93 |
$47,690 |
| Credit analysts |
120 |
$22.86 |
$47,560 |
| Directors, religious activities and education |
120 |
$21.59 |
$44,910 |
| Job printers |
120 |
$18.20 |
$37,860 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
120 |
Not available |
$49,020 |
| Legislators |
120 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
120 |
$12.46 |
$25,920 |
| Real estate brokers |
120 |
$45.73 |
$95,120 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
120 |
$10.49 |
$21,820 |
| Writers and authors |
120 |
$22.51 |
$46,830 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
110 |
$40.67 |
$84,600 |
| Foundry mold and coremakers |
110 |
$18.30 |
$38,070 |
| Internists, general |
110 |
$67.77 |
$140,960 |
| Media and communication workers, all other |
110 |
$24.48 |
$50,920 |
| Crossing guards |
100 |
$11.93 |
$24,810 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
100 |
$35.06 |
$72,930 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
100 |
$20.16 |
$41,930 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
100 |
$32.09 |
$66,740 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
100 |
$15.17 |
$31,560 |
| Recreational therapists |
100 |
$18.98 |
$39,490 |
| Social workers, all other |
100 |
$22.60 |
$47,010 |
| Telephone operators |
100 |
$18.55 |
$38,570 |
| Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other |
100 |
$9.69 |
$20,160 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
90 |
$24.13 |
$50,200 |
| Education administrators, all other |
90 |
$27.84 |
$57,910 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
90 |
$19.84 |
$41,260 |
| Loan counselors |
90 |
$18.70 |
$38,890 |
| Pourers and casters, metal |
90 |
$14.24 |
$29,620 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
90 |
$19.69 |
$40,940 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
80 |
$41.18 |
$85,650 |
| Designers, all other |
80 |
$23.20 |
$48,260 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
80 |
$25.25 |
$52,520 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators |
80 |
$14.53 |
$30,210 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
80 |
$15.21 |
$31,640 |
| Optometrists |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
80 |
$24.49 |
$50,940 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
80 |
$33.96 |
$70,640 |
| Training and development managers |
80 |
$36.98 |
$76,920 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
80 |
$14.63 |
$30,430 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
70 |
$32.75 |
$68,110 |
| Audiologists |
70 |
$33.68 |
$70,050 |
| Broadcast technicians |
70 |
$15.35 |
$31,930 |
| Drafters, all other |
70 |
$21.07 |
$43,820 |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders |
70 |
$12.63 |
$26,280 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
70 |
$14.73 |
$30,630 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
70 |
$16.23 |
$33,750 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
70 |
$13.42 |
$27,920 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
70 |
$21.24 |
$44,180 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
70 |
$17.17 |
$35,710 |
| Pest control workers |
70 |
$15.30 |
$31,830 |
| Producers and directors |
70 |
$21.79 |
$45,330 |
| Public relations managers |
70 |
$43.87 |
$91,240 |
| Radio and television announcers |
70 |
$16.85 |
$35,040 |
| Religious workers, all other |
70 |
$17.03 |
$35,420 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Transportation inspectors |
70 |
$33.19 |
$69,030 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Budget analysts |
60 |
$27.78 |
$57,790 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders |
60 |
$15.64 |
$32,540 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
60 |
$38.88 |
$80,870 |
| Desktop publishers |
60 |
$17.68 |
$36,760 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other |
60 |
$9.36 |
$19,460 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
60 |
$32.90 |
$68,430 |
| Interpreters and translators |
60 |
$21.90 |
$45,560 |
| Operations research analysts |
60 |
$29.18 |
$60,690 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
60 |
$15.31 |
$31,850 |
| Psychologists, all other |
60 |
$31.98 |
$66,510 |
| Surveyors |
60 |
$29.31 |
$60,970 |
| Art directors |
50 |
$31.30 |
$65,100 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture |
50 |
$13.12 |
$27,300 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles |
50 |
$11.44 |
$23,790 |
| Environmental engineers |
50 |
$35.09 |
$72,990 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
50 |
$23.38 |
$48,630 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates |
50 |
$41.01 |
$85,310 |
| Landscape architects |
50 |
$29.80 |
$61,990 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
50 |
$22.51 |
$46,820 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
50 |
$31.35 |
$65,210 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
50 |
$91.47 |
$190,260 |
| Occupational therapist aides |
50 |
$16.11 |
$33,510 |
| Patternmakers, wood |
50 |
$32.32 |
$67,220 |
| Pediatricians, general |
50 |
$57.75 |
$120,120 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
50 |
$11.89 |
$24,720 |
| Power plant operators |
50 |
$25.48 |
$53,010 |
| Residential advisors |
50 |
$13.34 |
$27,740 |
| Surgeons |
50 |
$105.20 |
$218,820 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
50 |
$19.79 |
$41,160 |
| Tour guides and escorts |
50 |
$10.07 |
$20,950 |
| Upholsterers |
50 |
$13.66 |
$28,410 |
| Urban and regional planners |
50 |
$29.87 |
$62,120 |
| Crane and tower operators |
40 |
$22.48 |
$46,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers |
40 |
$25.95 |
$53,980 |
| Forensic science technicians |
40 |
$28.28 |
$58,830 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
40 |
$17.70 |
$36,820 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
40 |
$32.66 |
$67,930 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products |
40 |
$27.60 |
$57,410 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
40 |
$16.69 |
$34,710 |
| Boilermakers |
30 |
$27.88 |
$57,990 |
| Court reporters |
30 |
$22.05 |
$45,850 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
30 |
$22.97 |
$47,770 |
| Photographic process workers |
30 |
$12.34 |
$25,660 |
| Podiatrists |
30 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Psychiatrists |
30 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners |
30 |
$18.61 |
$38,710 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
Not available |
$20.05 |
$41,700 |
| Agricultural workers, all other |
Not available |
$20.95 |
$43,580 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
Not available |
$23.85 |
$49,610 |
| Artists and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$15.36 |
$31,940 |
| Chemical engineers |
Not available |
$46.85 |
$97,440 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders |
Not available |
$19.74 |
$41,050 |
| Chiropractors |
Not available |
$49.82 |
$103,610 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
Not available |
$18.35 |
$38,170 |
| Counselors, all other |
Not available |
$19.35 |
$40,260 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
Not available |
$19.10 |
$39,730 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand |
Not available |
$12.49 |
$25,980 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$16.05 |
$33,380 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$13.60 |
$28,290 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
Not available |
$22.31 |
$46,410 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas |
Not available |
$16.14 |
$33,560 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
Not available |
$35.81 |
$74,480 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
Not available |
$26.11 |
$54,300 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
Not available |
$8.99 |
$18,710 |
| Financial examiners |
Not available |
$35.97 |
$74,810 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
Not available |
$20.21 |
$42,040 |
| Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles |
Not available |
$17.36 |
$36,110 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
Not available |
$11.21 |
$23,310 |
| Funeral directors |
Not available |
$24.75 |
$51,470 |
| Glaziers |
Not available |
$21.01 |
$43,700 |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products |
Not available |
$9.61 |
$20,000 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
Not available |
$12.71 |
$26,440 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
Not available |
$11.90 |
$24,750 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
Not available |
$20.60 |
$42,860 |
| Home appliance repairers |
Not available |
$16.31 |
$33,930 |
| Interior designers |
Not available |
$50.37 |
$104,760 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants |
Not available |
$9.23 |
$19,210 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
Not available |
$10.06 |
$20,930 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
Not available |
$24.61 |
$51,180 |
| Medical appliance technicians |
Not available |
$20.13 |
$41,860 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
Not available |
$12.23 |
$25,430 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
Not available |
$20.11 |
$41,830 |
| Model makers, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$21.56 |
$44,840 |
| Orthotists and prosthetists |
Not available |
$29.24 |
$60,820 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
Not available |
$21.24 |
$44,170 |
| Patternmakers, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$25.64 |
$53,330 |
| Pharmacy aides |
Not available |
$10.46 |
$21,750 |
| Physical therapist aides |
Not available |
$12.43 |
$25,860 |
| Pipelayers |
Not available |
$16.22 |
$33,730 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons |
Not available |
$22.00 |
$45,760 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians |
Not available |
$16.43 |
$34,180 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$16.31 |
$33,920 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
Not available |
$26.01 |
$54,100 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$10.63 |
$22,110 |
| Sewing machine operators |
Not available |
$11.57 |
$24,060 |
| Statisticians |
Not available |
$22.02 |
$45,800 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
Not available |
$12.56 |
$26,130 |
| Tapers |
Not available |
$17.23 |
$35,830 |
| Tax preparers |
Not available |
$15.01 |
$31,230 |
| Tile and marble setters |
Not available |
$20.75 |
$43,160 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
Not available |
$18.29 |
$38,050 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners |
Not available |
$14.04 |
$29,210 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
$23.24 |
$48,350 |
