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 |
167,090 |
$18.36 |
$38,190 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
28,210 |
$14.84 |
$30,870 |
| Production occupations |
20,480 |
$16.01 |
$33,310 |
| Sales and related occupations |
16,390 |
$16.18 |
$33,650 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
14,980 |
$14.54 |
$30,240 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
14,690 |
$9.35 |
$19,450 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
8,180 |
$22.53 |
$46,860 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
8,080 |
$20.57 |
$42,790 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
8,060 |
$31.08 |
$64,650 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
6,920 |
$21.82 |
$45,380 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
6,630 |
$24.71 |
$51,400 |
| Management occupations |
5,730 |
$44.27 |
$92,080 |
| Retail salespersons |
4,960 |
$11.16 |
$23,210 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
4,660 |
$11.60 |
$24,120 |
| Customer service representatives |
4,660 |
$15.02 |
$31,250 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
4,490 |
$17.34 |
$36,070 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
4,400 |
$10.21 |
$21,230 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
4,280 |
$12.84 |
$26,700 |
| Cashiers |
3,620 |
$8.58 |
$17,840 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
3,450 |
$8.50 |
$17,690 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
3,240 |
$8.57 |
$17,820 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
3,200 |
$12.05 |
$25,060 |
| Registered nurses |
3,060 |
$29.32 |
$60,980 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
2,940 |
$29.86 |
$62,110 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
2,870 |
$29.85 |
$62,090 |
| Protective service occupations |
2,860 |
$18.42 |
$38,310 |
| Office clerks, general |
2,850 |
$12.66 |
$26,340 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
2,720 |
$15.21 |
$31,630 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,340 |
$11.43 |
$23,780 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
2,190 |
$18.50 |
$38,480 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
2,170 |
$31.95 |
$66,450 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
2,150 |
$18.99 |
$39,500 |
| Team assemblers |
2,040 |
$12.46 |
$25,920 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
1,990 |
$14.13 |
$29,390 |
| Community and social services occupations |
1,830 |
$21.95 |
$45,660 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
1,810 |
$10.86 |
$22,590 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,650 |
$11.83 |
$24,610 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
1,620 |
$10.14 |
$21,080 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,540 |
$18.07 |
$37,590 |
| General and operations managers |
1,510 |
$56.03 |
$116,540 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,500 |
$13.77 |
$28,640 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,460 |
$23.29 |
$48,440 |
| Carpenters |
1,380 |
$19.75 |
$41,090 |
| Telemarketers |
1,350 |
$9.24 |
$19,220 |
| Bartenders |
1,310 |
$9.78 |
$20,350 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,310 |
$12.22 |
$25,420 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,270 |
$9.53 |
$19,820 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
1,250 |
$17.51 |
$36,410 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,200 |
$26.48 |
$55,090 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,190 |
$24.83 |
$51,650 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
1,190 |
$11.73 |
$24,390 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
1,150 |
$27.19 |
$56,560 |
| Helpers--production workers |
1,140 |
$14.10 |
$29,320 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,130 |
Not available |
$55,630 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,110 |
Not available |
$47,510 |
| Personal and home care aides |
1,060 |
$10.20 |
$21,220 |
| Child care workers |
1,050 |
$9.47 |
$19,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,050 |
$18.08 |
$37,610 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
1,040 |
$15.99 |
$33,250 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,030 |
$10.12 |
$21,040 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
990 |
Not available |
$52,100 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
990 |
$14.23 |
$29,590 |
| Teacher assistants |
960 |
Not available |
$25,910 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
880 |
$14.92 |
$31,040 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
880 |
$26.58 |
$55,280 |
| Home health aides |
860 |
$10.72 |
$22,290 |
| Tellers |
790 |
$11.20 |
$23,300 |
| Dishwashers |
780 |
$7.84 |
$16,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
770 |
$15.47 |
$32,180 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
750 |
$22.86 |
$47,550 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
730 |
$12.90 |
$26,830 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
710 |
Not available |
$38,650 |
| Printing machine operators |
700 |
$18.04 |
$37,530 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
700 |
$17.06 |
$35,490 |
| Electricians |
690 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Construction laborers |
670 |
$21.00 |
$43,690 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
660 |
$17.41 |
$36,210 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
660 |
$15.50 |
$32,230 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
650 |
$12.81 |
$26,640 |
| Cooks, fast food |
650 |
$8.37 |
$17,410 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
640 |
$28.61 |
$59,510 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
640 |
$18.94 |
$39,400 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
630 |
$34.34 |
$71,430 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
630 |
$8.83 |
$18,370 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
630 |
$18.40 |
$38,270 |
| Security guards |
620 |
$11.77 |
$24,480 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
610 |
$8.37 |
$17,410 |
| Food preparation workers |
600 |
$9.45 |
$19,650 |
| Machinists |
600 |
$17.96 |
$37,350 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
580 |
$9.75 |
$20,280 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
580 |
$25.61 |
$53,270 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
570 |
$19.14 |
$39,820 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
570 |
$26.68 |
$55,490 |
| Medical assistants |
560 |
$13.73 |
$28,560 |
| Computer systems analysts |
550 |
$29.96 |
$62,310 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
550 |
$25.83 |
$53,720 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
550 |
$27.43 |
$57,050 |
| Computer support specialists |
520 |
$22.17 |
$46,110 |
| Bus drivers, school |
510 |
$12.05 |
$25,070 |
| Driver/sales workers |
510 |
$12.35 |
$25,680 |
| Fire fighters |
510 |
$18.26 |
$37,980 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
510 |
$9.24 |
$19,220 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
510 |
$15.84 |
$32,960 |
| Social and human service assistants |
490 |
$13.83 |
$28,760 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
480 |
$16.05 |
$33,380 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
480 |
$12.76 |
$26,540 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
480 |
$19.34 |
$40,220 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
460 |
$10.72 |
$22,290 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
460 |
$17.23 |
$35,830 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
460 |
$24.21 |
$50,350 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
450 |
$13.86 |
$28,840 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
440 |
$12.59 |
$26,200 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
440 |
$19.76 |
$41,110 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
440 |
$27.81 |
$57,850 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
440 |
$11.00 |
$22,880 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
430 |
$12.58 |
$26,160 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
430 |
$25.78 |
$53,620 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
430 |
$16.02 |
$33,320 |
| Medical secretaries |
430 |
$15.09 |
$31,380 |
| Food batchmakers |
420 |
$15.98 |
$33,240 |
| Management analysts |
420 |
$26.72 |
$55,580 |
| Cost estimators |
410 |
$23.22 |
$48,300 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
410 |
$9.88 |
$20,550 |
| Insurance sales agents |
410 |
$28.26 |
$58,770 |
| Financial managers |
400 |
$48.75 |
$101,400 |
| Managers, all other |
400 |
$38.02 |
$79,090 |
| Mechanical engineers |
390 |
$33.39 |
$69,450 |
| Industrial engineers |
380 |
$37.05 |
$77,060 |
| Order clerks |
370 |
$16.14 |
$33,560 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
370 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Computer programmers |
360 |
$32.91 |
$68,450 |
| Cooks, short order |
350 |
$9.48 |
$19,720 |
| Dental assistants |
350 |
$15.58 |
$32,420 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
350 |
$8.69 |
$18,070 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
350 |
$16.03 |
$33,340 |
| Sales managers |
350 |
$44.87 |
$93,330 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
350 |
$34.35 |
$71,460 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
350 |
$15.84 |
$32,940 |
| Bill and account collectors |
340 |
$14.89 |
$30,980 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
340 |
$23.48 |
$48,830 |
| Loan officers |
340 |
$29.48 |
$61,310 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
340 |
$15.96 |
$33,200 |
| Recreation workers |
340 |
$10.89 |
$22,650 |
| Data entry keyers |
330 |
$11.84 |
$24,620 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
330 |
$9.82 |
$20,430 |
| Industrial production managers |
330 |
$39.46 |
$82,080 |
| Insurance underwriters |
330 |
$22.09 |
$45,950 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
330 |
$13.21 |
$27,470 |
| Job printers |
320 |
$14.94 |
$31,060 |
| Civil engineers |
310 |
$30.14 |
$62,690 |
| Dental hygienists |
300 |
$28.56 |
$59,400 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
300 |
$16.19 |
$33,670 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
290 |
$23.94 |
$49,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
270 |
$31.28 |
$65,070 |
| Mechanical drafters |
270 |
$24.08 |
$50,080 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
270 |
$28.93 |
$60,170 |
| Pharmacists |
270 |
$55.00 |
$114,410 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
260 |
$26.71 |
$55,570 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
260 |
$17.81 |
$37,040 |
| Training and development specialists |
260 |
$22.45 |
$46,700 |
| Bakers |
250 |
$11.00 |
$22,890 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
250 |
$15.39 |
$32,020 |
| Electrical engineers |
250 |
$34.80 |
$72,390 |
| File clerks |
250 |
$11.93 |
$24,820 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
250 |
$19.98 |
$41,560 |
| Parts salespersons |
250 |
$15.06 |
$31,310 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
250 |
$11.90 |
$24,760 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
240 |
$48.16 |
$100,180 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
240 |
$11.95 |
$24,850 |
| Graphic designers |
240 |
$21.89 |
$45,520 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
240 |
$13.02 |
$27,070 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
240 |
$20.91 |
$43,490 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
240 |
$11.86 |
$24,670 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
240 |
$17.55 |
$36,500 |
| Surgical technologists |
240 |
$20.42 |
$42,470 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
230 |
$25.18 |
$52,370 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
230 |
$21.09 |
$43,870 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
230 |
Not available |
$45,710 |
| Legislators |
230 |
Not available |
$19,300 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
230 |
$14.56 |
$30,290 |
| Sheet metal workers |
230 |
$19.93 |
$41,440 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
220 |
$10.17 |
$21,150 |
| Lawyers |
220 |
$57.77 |
$120,160 |
| Millwrights |
220 |
$25.58 |
$53,210 |
| Public relations specialists |
220 |
$21.16 |
$44,010 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
220 |
$40.04 |
$83,280 |
| Advertising sales agents |
210 |
$23.73 |
$49,350 |
| Chief executives |
210 |
$69.87 |
$145,330 |
| Coaches and scouts |
210 |
Not available |
$29,200 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
210 |
$20.72 |
$43,090 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
210 |
Not available |
$92,340 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
210 |
$16.77 |
$34,880 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
210 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Administrative services managers |
200 |
$40.67 |
$84,590 |
| Food service managers |
200 |
$19.89 |
$41,360 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
200 |
$18.29 |
$38,040 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
200 |
$16.60 |
$34,530 |
| Physical therapists |
200 |
$35.89 |
$74,660 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
190 |
$8.79 |
$18,280 |
| Carpet installers |
190 |
$27.61 |
$57,430 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
190 |
$15.59 |
$32,430 |
| Medical and health services managers |
190 |
$38.48 |
$80,050 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
190 |
Not available |
$55,900 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
190 |
$30.23 |
$62,870 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
180 |
$23.75 |
$49,400 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
180 |
$17.61 |
$36,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
180 |
$22.46 |
$46,720 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
180 |
$17.09 |
$35,540 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
180 |
$9.14 |
$19,010 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
180 |
$10.94 |
$22,760 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
180 |
$25.93 |
$53,930 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
180 |
$15.49 |
$32,230 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
180 |
$11.08 |
$23,040 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
180 |
$14.35 |
$29,850 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
180 |
$16.41 |
$34,130 |
| Real estate sales agents |
180 |
$34.44 |
$71,640 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
180 |
$18.41 |
$38,290 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
170 |
$18.03 |
$37,510 |
| Engineering managers |
170 |
$45.56 |
$94,760 |
| Engineers, all other |
170 |
$36.07 |
$75,020 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
170 |
$16.58 |
$34,490 |
| Occupational therapists |
170 |
$29.06 |
$60,450 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
170 |
$95.30 |
$198,210 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
170 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
170 |
Not available |
$53,100 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
160 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Civil engineering technicians |
160 |
$21.61 |
$44,960 |
| Personal financial advisors |
160 |
$29.57 |
$61,500 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
160 |
Not available |
$59,130 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
160 |
$9.98 |
$20,770 |
| Construction managers |
150 |
$38.18 |
$79,420 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
150 |
$15.89 |
$33,050 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
150 |
$13.55 |
$28,190 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
150 |
$11.84 |
$24,620 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
150 |
$12.19 |
$25,360 |
| All other information and record clerks |
140 |
$15.36 |
$31,960 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
140 |
$23.96 |
$49,830 |
| Legal secretaries |
140 |
$16.04 |
$33,370 |
| Logisticians |
140 |
$27.06 |
$56,280 |
| Market research analysts |
140 |
$25.79 |
$53,640 |
| Procurement clerks |
140 |
$14.54 |
$30,240 |
| Respiratory therapists |
140 |
$23.59 |
$49,070 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
130 |
$14.67 |
$30,510 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers |
130 |
$22.01 |
$45,770 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
130 |
$14.93 |
$31,060 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
130 |
$14.71 |
$30,590 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
120 |
$18.26 |
$37,990 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
120 |
$23.55 |
$48,980 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
120 |
$20.55 |
$42,750 |
| Dentists, general |
120 |
$79.93 |
$166,240 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
120 |
$39.04 |
$81,200 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
120 |
$24.01 |
$49,940 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
120 |
$19.04 |
$39,600 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
120 |
$19.76 |
$41,110 |
| Librarians |
120 |
$25.91 |
$53,880 |
| Travel agents |
120 |
$14.27 |
$29,690 |
| Chemical technicians |
110 |
$18.05 |
$37,540 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
110 |
$31.87 |
$66,300 |
| Database administrators |
110 |
$29.86 |
$62,110 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
110 |
$13.85 |
$28,800 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
110 |
$14.92 |
$31,040 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
110 |
$19.51 |
$40,590 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
110 |
$18.47 |
$38,420 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
110 |
$53.47 |
$111,210 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
110 |
$13.68 |
$28,460 |
| Public address system and other announcers |
110 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
110 |
$22.65 |
$47,110 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
110 |
$8.50 |
$17,680 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
110 |
$21.41 |
$44,530 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
100 |
$23.22 |
$48,300 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
100 |
$15.70 |
$32,660 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
100 |
$16.07 |
$33,430 |
| Editors |
100 |
$19.52 |
$40,590 |
| Floral designers |
100 |
$10.92 |
$22,710 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
100 |
$20.14 |
$41,880 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
100 |
$13.28 |
$27,630 |
| Marketing managers |
100 |
$44.07 |
$91,660 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
100 |
$9.51 |
$19,780 |
| Photographers |
100 |
$16.32 |
$33,940 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
100 |
$20.82 |
$43,310 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
100 |
$20.90 |
$43,470 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
90 |
$38.25 |
$79,550 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
90 |
$17.07 |
$35,510 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
90 |
$13.35 |
$27,760 |
| Library technicians |
90 |
$12.62 |
$26,250 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
90 |
$21.40 |
$44,520 |
| Roofers |
90 |
$15.16 |
$31,520 |
| Veterinarians |
90 |
$36.20 |
$75,300 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
90 |
Not available |
$57,210 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
80 |
$21.32 |
$44,340 |
| Bindery workers |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
80 |
$24.29 |
$50,520 |
| Couriers and messengers |
80 |
$13.36 |
$27,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
80 |
$20.79 |
$43,250 |
| Furniture finishers |
80 |
$14.58 |
$30,330 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
80 |
$21.08 |
$43,840 |
| Interpreters and translators |
80 |
$15.89 |
$33,050 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
80 |
$12.18 |
$25,320 |
| Physician assistants |
80 |
$46.06 |
$95,800 |
| Producers and directors |
80 |
$19.27 |
$40,090 |
| Purchasing managers |
80 |
$43.24 |
$89,940 |
| Surgeons |
80 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
80 |
$8.95 |
$18,610 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
70 |
$29.55 |
$61,460 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
70 |
$20.53 |
$42,700 |
| Brokerage clerks |
70 |
$15.72 |
$32,690 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
70 |
$16.16 |
$33,620 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
70 |
$19.20 |
$39,940 |
| Computer operators |
70 |
$18.66 |
$38,810 |
| Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders |
70 |
$14.29 |
$29,720 |
| Credit analysts |
70 |
$26.96 |
$56,090 |
| Crossing guards |
70 |
$11.95 |
$24,850 |
| Drafters, all other |
70 |
$17.92 |
$37,260 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
70 |
$20.20 |
$42,020 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$63,660 |
| Environmental engineers |
70 |
$35.56 |
$73,970 |
| Etchers and engravers |
70 |
$20.38 |
$42,400 |
| Financial analysts |
70 |
$29.11 |
$60,550 |
| New accounts clerks |
70 |
$16.70 |
$34,730 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
70 |
$12.42 |
$25,830 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
70 |
$11.56 |
$24,030 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
70 |
$17.41 |
$36,220 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
70 |
$16.56 |
$34,450 |
| Sewing machine operators |
70 |
$11.51 |
$23,950 |
| Tax preparers |
70 |
$20.92 |
$43,520 |
| Actuaries |
60 |
$38.49 |
$80,060 |
| Art directors |
60 |
$26.44 |
$55,000 |
| Broadcast technicians |
60 |
$13.85 |
$28,810 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
60 |
$32.31 |
$67,190 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
60 |
$26.86 |
$55,880 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
60 |
$15.65 |
$32,540 |
| Home appliance repairers |
60 |
$15.30 |
$31,820 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
60 |
$49.52 |
$102,990 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
60 |
$23.05 |
$47,930 |
| Instructional coordinators |
60 |
$30.92 |
$64,320 |
| Lodging managers |
60 |
$21.70 |
$45,130 |
| Mental health counselors |
60 |
$22.85 |
$47,530 |
| Pipelayers |
60 |
$28.48 |
$59,240 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
60 |
$16.38 |
$34,070 |
| Surveyors |
60 |
$24.35 |
$50,650 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
60 |
$19.18 |
$39,890 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
60 |
$13.48 |
$28,040 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
60 |
$16.04 |
$33,360 |
| Writers and authors |
60 |
$20.99 |
$43,650 |
| Anesthesiologists |
50 |
$81.34 |
$169,180 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
50 |
$23.98 |
$49,880 |
| Chemists |
50 |
$33.15 |
$68,960 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
50 |
$22.32 |
$46,430 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
50 |
$23.04 |
$47,920 |
| Designers, all other |
50 |
$26.63 |
$55,400 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
50 |
$24.06 |
$50,040 |
| Family and general practitioners |
50 |
$71.24 |
$148,180 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
50 |
$31.55 |
$65,630 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
50 |
$12.02 |
$24,990 |
| Interior designers |
50 |
$24.32 |
$50,580 |
| Multi-media artists and animators |
50 |
$20.43 |
$42,500 |
| Parking lot attendants |
50 |
$11.06 |
$23,010 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
50 |
$17.91 |
$37,250 |
| Postal service clerks |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Public relations managers |
50 |
$40.29 |
$83,790 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
50 |
$19.23 |
$40,000 |
| Residential advisors |
50 |
$11.45 |
$23,820 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
50 |
$16.46 |
$34,250 |
| Social and community service managers |
50 |
$25.08 |
$52,160 |
| Urban and regional planners |
50 |
$27.28 |
$56,740 |
| Agricultural inspectors |
40 |
$18.48 |
$38,440 |
| Broadcast news analysts |
40 |
$37.88 |
$78,800 |
| Clergy |
40 |
$22.10 |
$45,960 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
40 |
$31.77 |
$66,080 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$19.19 |
$39,920 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$46,830 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
40 |
$15.66 |
$32,560 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
40 |
$38.27 |
$79,590 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
40 |
$28.46 |
$59,190 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers |
40 |
$10.93 |
$22,730 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$18.60 |
$38,690 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
40 |
$29.83 |
$62,040 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
40 |
$19.77 |
$41,110 |
| Pharmacy aides |
40 |
$9.05 |
$18,830 |
| Sales engineers |
40 |
$35.78 |
$74,410 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
40 |
$13.31 |
$27,690 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
40 |
$20.28 |
$42,180 |
| Tool and die makers |
40 |
$18.74 |
$38,980 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school |
40 |
Not available |
$63,240 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
40 |
$16.28 |
$33,860 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists |
30 |
$17.59 |
$36,590 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
30 |
Not available |
$66,090 |
| Conservation scientists |
30 |
$30.35 |
$63,130 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
30 |
$16.67 |
$34,680 |
| Health educators |
30 |
$22.08 |
$45,930 |
| Internists, general |
30 |
$85.55 |
$177,940 |
| Motorboat mechanics |
30 |
$11.91 |
$24,770 |
| Physical therapist aides |
30 |
$12.66 |
$26,340 |
| Psychiatrists |
30 |
$103.71 |
$215,710 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products |
30 |
$28.99 |
$60,300 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
30 |
$12.58 |
$26,160 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
30 |
$19.64 |
$40,840 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians |
Not available |
$16.59 |
$34,510 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
Not available |
$23.68 |
$49,250 |
| Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators |
Not available |
$23.17 |
$48,200 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$61,100 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture |
Not available |
$16.32 |
$33,940 |
| Choreographers |
Not available |
$11.44 |
$23,800 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
Not available |
$17.59 |
$36,600 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
Not available |
$16.14 |
$33,580 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$19.07 |
$39,670 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$20.38 |
$42,390 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
Not available |
$24.92 |
$51,830 |
| Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment |
Not available |
$19.59 |
$40,750 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
Not available |
$18.19 |
$37,840 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
Not available |
$8.82 |
$18,340 |
| Film and video editors |
Not available |
$20.45 |
$42,530 |
| Helpers--electricians |
Not available |
$14.64 |
$30,450 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
Not available |
$12.81 |
$26,650 |
| Legal occupations |
Not available |
$27.30 |
$56,790 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
Not available |
$16.09 |
$33,470 |
| Marriage and family therapists |
Not available |
$22.47 |
$46,740 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
Not available |
$10.68 |
$22,220 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
Not available |
$11.36 |
$23,630 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
Not available |
$23.65 |
$49,190 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
Not available |
$24.77 |
$51,530 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$13.03 |
$27,100 |
| Motorcycle mechanics |
Not available |
$16.84 |
$35,040 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$16.09 |
$33,460 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers |
Not available |
$26.11 |
$54,320 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$63,310 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$16.23 |
$33,750 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
Not available |
$13.56 |
$28,210 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
Not available |
$12.69 |
$26,390 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
Not available |
$19.44 |
$40,430 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons |
Not available |
$17.70 |
$36,820 |
| Power plant operators |
Not available |
$27.80 |
$57,820 |
| Private detectives and investigators |
Not available |
$17.31 |
$36,000 |
| Production workers, all other |
Not available |
$13.72 |
$28,540 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
Not available |
$17.90 |
$37,240 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$8.73 |
$18,160 |
| Tile and marble setters |
Not available |
$23.46 |
$48,800 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners |
Not available |
$17.99 |
$37,410 |
| Umpires, referees, and other sports officials |
Not available |
Not available |
$27,880 |
| Word processors and typists |
Not available |
$14.28 |
$29,690 |
