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 |
368,900 |
$18.23 |
$37,910 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
66,800 |
$14.88 |
$30,960 |
| Production occupations |
45,050 |
$14.52 |
$30,190 |
| Sales and related occupations |
38,390 |
$16.67 |
$34,670 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
32,390 |
$13.96 |
$29,030 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
29,260 |
$8.79 |
$18,280 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
20,230 |
$18.76 |
$39,030 |
| Management occupations |
16,890 |
$47.97 |
$99,770 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
16,820 |
$19.29 |
$40,120 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
16,070 |
$34.38 |
$71,520 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
15,910 |
$16.09 |
$33,470 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
13,950 |
$27.70 |
$57,620 |
| Customer service representatives |
11,860 |
$14.36 |
$29,880 |
| Retail salespersons |
11,730 |
$11.97 |
$24,890 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
11,450 |
$11.74 |
$24,410 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
10,870 |
$10.19 |
$21,200 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
9,870 |
$11.59 |
$24,100 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
9,230 |
$7.61 |
$15,830 |
| Cashiers |
7,700 |
$8.17 |
$17,000 |
| Team assemblers |
7,440 |
$13.40 |
$27,870 |
| Protective service occupations |
6,700 |
$16.13 |
$33,540 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
6,560 |
$18.29 |
$38,040 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
6,320 |
$10.09 |
$20,980 |
| Registered nurses |
6,210 |
$27.84 |
$57,910 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
6,160 |
$9.60 |
$19,960 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
6,050 |
$33.33 |
$69,330 |
| Home health aides |
6,040 |
$9.81 |
$20,410 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
5,940 |
$8.04 |
$16,720 |
| General and operations managers |
5,600 |
$54.72 |
$113,820 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
5,450 |
$25.90 |
$53,870 |
| Office clerks, general |
5,340 |
$12.49 |
$25,980 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
5,030 |
$11.39 |
$23,690 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
4,810 |
$13.87 |
$28,840 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
4,690 |
$30.69 |
$63,830 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
4,600 |
$15.05 |
$31,300 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
4,540 |
$17.70 |
$36,810 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
4,220 |
$22.08 |
$45,920 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
3,950 |
$17.99 |
$37,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
3,820 |
$17.85 |
$37,120 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
3,810 |
$20.22 |
$42,060 |
| Community and social services occupations |
3,200 |
$18.63 |
$38,750 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
3,190 |
$9.70 |
$20,180 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
3,010 |
$14.03 |
$29,180 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
2,990 |
$11.48 |
$23,890 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
2,920 |
$15.10 |
$31,410 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
2,910 |
$23.14 |
$48,120 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
2,870 |
$14.12 |
$29,380 |
| Teacher assistants |
2,790 |
Not available |
$19,650 |
| Construction laborers |
2,770 |
$12.19 |
$25,350 |
| Food preparation workers |
2,760 |
$8.34 |
$17,340 |
| Bill and account collectors |
2,690 |
$15.03 |
$31,250 |
| Security guards |
2,600 |
$10.48 |
$21,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
2,560 |
$14.72 |
$30,620 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
2,430 |
$27.54 |
$57,280 |
| Helpers--production workers |
2,430 |
$10.94 |
$22,750 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
2,390 |
Not available |
$42,280 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
2,380 |
$14.17 |
$29,480 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
2,360 |
$26.71 |
$55,550 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
2,320 |
$9.73 |
$20,240 |
| Accountants and auditors |
2,310 |
$29.04 |
$60,400 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
2,180 |
$14.59 |
$30,340 |
| Sewing machine operators |
2,170 |
$11.33 |
$23,560 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
2,070 |
Not available |
$41,450 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,950 |
$24.67 |
$51,320 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,920 |
$8.45 |
$17,580 |
| Carpenters |
1,830 |
$15.78 |
$32,830 |
| Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders |
1,760 |
$11.96 |
$24,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
1,700 |
$27.37 |
$56,930 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,700 |
$10.78 |
$22,430 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,680 |
$11.21 |
$23,320 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
1,640 |
$18.25 |
$37,970 |
| Electricians |
1,630 |
$17.51 |
$36,430 |
| Computer support specialists |
1,470 |
$21.41 |
$44,540 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,460 |
Not available |
$44,360 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
1,440 |
$29.00 |
$60,310 |
| Financial managers |
1,430 |
$48.12 |
$100,080 |
| Legal occupations |
1,420 |
$35.28 |
$73,370 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
1,390 |
$10.27 |
$21,350 |
| Sales managers |
1,390 |
$47.74 |
$99,290 |
| Tellers |
1,390 |
$11.53 |
$23,990 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
1,370 |
$14.74 |
$30,660 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
1,370 |
$20.66 |
$42,970 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
1,310 |
$25.31 |
$52,650 |
| Upholsterers |
1,310 |
$15.55 |
$32,340 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
1,230 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Bus drivers, school |
1,220 |
$11.49 |
$23,890 |
| Computer systems analysts |
1,220 |
$39.25 |
$81,630 |
| Driver/sales workers |
1,200 |
$11.35 |
$23,610 |
| Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders |
1,200 |
$12.51 |
$26,030 |
| Personal and home care aides |
1,190 |
$8.64 |
$17,960 |
| Machinists |
1,180 |
$17.00 |
$35,360 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
1,170 |
$14.50 |
$30,160 |
| Dishwashers |
1,110 |
$7.74 |
$16,100 |
| Medical assistants |
1,100 |
$14.17 |
$29,460 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
1,070 |
$10.53 |
$21,890 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,050 |
$19.38 |
$40,300 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
1,020 |
$19.10 |
$39,720 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
1,000 |
$14.88 |
$30,960 |
| Printing machine operators |
970 |
$16.37 |
$34,050 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
950 |
$19.99 |
$41,570 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
940 |
$17.61 |
$36,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
930 |
$34.63 |
$72,030 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
930 |
Not available |
$42,480 |
| Child care workers |
920 |
$10.18 |
$21,170 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
920 |
$18.29 |
$38,040 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
910 |
$12.59 |
$26,190 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
910 |
$27.32 |
$56,820 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
900 |
$8.00 |
$16,650 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
900 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
890 |
$9.42 |
$19,590 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
890 |
$17.32 |
$36,020 |
| Insurance sales agents |
870 |
$27.52 |
$57,240 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
870 |
$18.67 |
$38,830 |
| Data entry keyers |
860 |
$12.66 |
$26,330 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
850 |
$8.35 |
$17,380 |
| Loan officers |
830 |
$22.74 |
$47,290 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
830 |
$12.72 |
$26,460 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
820 |
$25.16 |
$52,340 |
| Computer programmers |
810 |
$35.44 |
$73,710 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
800 |
$18.99 |
$39,500 |
| Parts salespersons |
770 |
$13.85 |
$28,810 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
770 |
Not available |
$69,850 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
760 |
$18.95 |
$39,420 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
760 |
$13.77 |
$28,640 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
750 |
$25.69 |
$53,430 |
| Industrial production managers |
750 |
$38.65 |
$80,390 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
740 |
$41.29 |
$85,890 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
730 |
$21.34 |
$44,380 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
730 |
$16.26 |
$33,830 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
730 |
$11.70 |
$24,330 |
| Sheet metal workers |
730 |
$15.97 |
$33,210 |
| Bartenders |
720 |
$8.67 |
$18,040 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
710 |
$18.00 |
$37,450 |
| Fire fighters |
700 |
$14.74 |
$30,650 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
700 |
$16.27 |
$33,850 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
700 |
$12.02 |
$25,010 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
680 |
$49.27 |
$102,480 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
680 |
$40.72 |
$84,700 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
680 |
$12.73 |
$26,480 |
| Construction managers |
670 |
$38.32 |
$79,710 |
| Management analysts |
660 |
$33.37 |
$69,400 |
| Helpers--electricians |
650 |
$12.89 |
$26,810 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
640 |
$8.97 |
$18,650 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
640 |
$14.02 |
$29,170 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
630 |
Not available |
$73,040 |
| Industrial engineers |
630 |
$34.89 |
$72,570 |
| Social and human service assistants |
630 |
$12.81 |
$26,650 |
| Advertising sales agents |
620 |
$27.41 |
$57,000 |
| Lawyers |
620 |
$52.81 |
$109,850 |
| Medical secretaries |
620 |
$12.91 |
$26,850 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
600 |
$7.95 |
$16,530 |
| Cooks, short order |
600 |
$9.13 |
$18,990 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
600 |
$7.82 |
$16,270 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
600 |
$22.03 |
$45,820 |
| Managers, all other |
590 |
$48.80 |
$101,490 |
| Order clerks |
590 |
$15.27 |
$31,770 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
590 |
$19.53 |
$40,620 |
| Pharmacists |
590 |
$52.76 |
$109,750 |
| Recreation workers |
590 |
$11.55 |
$24,020 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
580 |
$18.85 |
$39,210 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
580 |
$9.57 |
$19,900 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
570 |
$11.17 |
$23,240 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
570 |
$17.18 |
$35,730 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
560 |
$20.91 |
$43,500 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
550 |
$17.40 |
$36,190 |
| Graphic designers |
550 |
$20.77 |
$43,200 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
550 |
$25.63 |
$53,300 |
| Dental assistants |
540 |
$16.53 |
$34,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
540 |
$15.33 |
$31,890 |
| Food service managers |
540 |
$26.79 |
$55,720 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
540 |
$12.41 |
$25,800 |
| Medical and health services managers |
540 |
$38.80 |
$80,710 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
540 |
$13.20 |
$27,450 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
540 |
$14.60 |
$30,370 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
540 |
$9.24 |
$19,230 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
530 |
$17.87 |
$37,160 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
530 |
$13.44 |
$27,950 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
530 |
$31.57 |
$65,660 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
530 |
Not available |
$40,210 |
| Coaches and scouts |
520 |
Not available |
$31,290 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
520 |
$11.36 |
$23,630 |
| Market research analysts |
520 |
$25.62 |
$53,290 |
| Cost estimators |
510 |
$27.03 |
$56,230 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
500 |
$19.70 |
$40,970 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
490 |
$19.50 |
$40,570 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
490 |
$25.62 |
$53,280 |
| Dental hygienists |
490 |
$27.06 |
$56,280 |
| Family and general practitioners |
480 |
$92.44 |
$192,270 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
480 |
$8.87 |
$18,450 |
| Marketing managers |
480 |
$60.43 |
$125,700 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
470 |
$22.90 |
$47,640 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
470 |
$12.67 |
$26,340 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
470 |
$15.42 |
$32,060 |
| Real estate brokers |
470 |
$24.29 |
$50,510 |
| Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders |
470 |
$12.75 |
$26,510 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
470 |
Not available |
$44,710 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
460 |
$13.75 |
$28,600 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
460 |
$15.34 |
$31,910 |
| All other information and record clerks |
450 |
$13.79 |
$28,680 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
450 |
$22.09 |
$45,950 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
440 |
$24.48 |
$50,930 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
440 |
$21.50 |
$44,710 |
| Personal financial advisors |
440 |
$33.20 |
$69,050 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
430 |
$13.38 |
$27,820 |
| Chemists |
430 |
$32.98 |
$68,600 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
430 |
$13.72 |
$28,540 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
430 |
$10.61 |
$22,070 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
430 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
430 |
$11.67 |
$24,280 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
420 |
$19.29 |
$40,120 |
| Chief executives |
420 |
$91.16 |
$189,620 |
| Civil engineers |
420 |
$29.41 |
$61,170 |
| Librarians |
420 |
$23.60 |
$49,100 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
420 |
$16.36 |
$34,020 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand |
410 |
$12.67 |
$26,350 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
410 |
$22.29 |
$46,370 |
| Engineering managers |
410 |
$52.60 |
$109,400 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
410 |
$10.94 |
$22,750 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
400 |
$12.68 |
$26,380 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
400 |
$14.61 |
$30,390 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
400 |
Not available |
$36,380 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
400 |
$8.85 |
$18,400 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
400 |
$13.66 |
$28,410 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
400 |
$36.01 |
$74,900 |
| Training and development specialists |
400 |
$23.31 |
$48,490 |
| Administrative services managers |
390 |
$39.16 |
$81,450 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
390 |
$42.59 |
$88,600 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
390 |
$41.39 |
$86,090 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
380 |
$24.07 |
$50,070 |
| File clerks |
380 |
$10.62 |
$22,080 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
380 |
$28.21 |
$58,680 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
370 |
$14.62 |
$30,420 |
| Bindery workers |
360 |
$11.35 |
$23,610 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
360 |
$14.13 |
$29,380 |
| Mechanical engineers |
360 |
$35.69 |
$74,240 |
| Physician assistants |
360 |
$39.19 |
$81,520 |
| Real estate sales agents |
360 |
$24.79 |
$51,560 |
| Instructional coordinators |
350 |
$26.33 |
$54,760 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
350 |
$18.17 |
$37,790 |
| Roofers |
350 |
$12.42 |
$25,830 |
| Couriers and messengers |
340 |
$11.16 |
$23,220 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
330 |
$19.90 |
$41,390 |
| Furniture finishers |
330 |
$12.77 |
$26,560 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
330 |
$31.93 |
$66,410 |
| Respiratory therapists |
330 |
$25.55 |
$53,150 |
| Telemarketers |
330 |
$10.46 |
$21,760 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
330 |
$35.90 |
$74,670 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
320 |
Not available |
$53,760 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
320 |
$12.34 |
$25,680 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
320 |
$40.13 |
$83,470 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
320 |
Not available |
$39,830 |
| Tool and die makers |
320 |
$21.16 |
$44,020 |
| Physical therapists |
310 |
$37.79 |
$78,610 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
310 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Legal secretaries |
300 |
$15.93 |
$33,130 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
300 |
$12.42 |
$25,840 |
| Database administrators |
290 |
$35.12 |
$73,050 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
290 |
$20.97 |
$43,620 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
270 |
$16.44 |
$34,200 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
270 |
$24.20 |
$50,330 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
270 |
$33.53 |
$69,750 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
270 |
$31.66 |
$65,840 |
| Insurance underwriters |
270 |
$21.37 |
$44,450 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
270 |
$15.51 |
$32,250 |
| Surgical technologists |
270 |
$17.33 |
$36,040 |
| Chemical technicians |
260 |
$19.11 |
$39,750 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
260 |
$26.16 |
$54,410 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
260 |
$15.99 |
$33,260 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
260 |
$13.23 |
$27,520 |
| Financial analysts |
260 |
$32.24 |
$67,050 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
260 |
$11.39 |
$23,690 |
| Interior designers |
260 |
$20.83 |
$43,320 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
260 |
$16.46 |
$34,240 |
| Natural sciences managers |
260 |
$62.79 |
$130,610 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
260 |
$16.30 |
$33,890 |
| Bakers |
250 |
$10.81 |
$22,490 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
250 |
$17.73 |
$36,870 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
250 |
$12.70 |
$26,420 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
240 |
$10.98 |
$22,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
240 |
$18.94 |
$39,400 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
240 |
$20.68 |
$43,010 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
240 |
$14.53 |
$30,220 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
240 |
$14.10 |
$29,320 |
| Computer operators |
230 |
$18.71 |
$38,930 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
230 |
$13.75 |
$28,610 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
230 |
$21.46 |
$44,640 |
| Chemical plant and system operators |
220 |
$20.00 |
$41,600 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
220 |
$22.13 |
$46,030 |
| Dentists, general |
220 |
$79.94 |
$166,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
220 |
$26.57 |
$55,250 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
220 |
$15.24 |
$31,710 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
220 |
$18.89 |
$39,280 |
| Photographers |
220 |
$16.29 |
$33,880 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
220 |
$15.83 |
$32,920 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school |
220 |
Not available |
$40,450 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
210 |
$8.22 |
$17,100 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
210 |
$24.21 |
$50,360 |
| Public relations specialists |
210 |
$23.15 |
$48,140 |
| Purchasing managers |
210 |
$41.15 |
$85,590 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
210 |
$19.93 |
$41,450 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
210 |
$19.78 |
$41,140 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
200 |
$20.63 |
$42,910 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
200 |
$18.27 |
$37,990 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
200 |
$26.12 |
$54,330 |
| Electrical engineers |
200 |
$37.02 |
$77,010 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
200 |
Not available |
$51,600 |
| Logisticians |
200 |
$31.44 |
$65,380 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
200 |
$24.12 |
$50,160 |
| Postal service clerks |
200 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Tire repairers and changers |
200 |
$11.20 |
$23,290 |
| Editors |
190 |
$24.96 |
$51,910 |
| Floral designers |
190 |
$11.46 |
$23,830 |
| Library technicians |
190 |
$14.22 |
$29,580 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
190 |
$20.70 |
$43,060 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
190 |
$12.08 |
$25,130 |
| New accounts clerks |
190 |
$16.75 |
$34,850 |
| Pest control workers |
190 |
$12.88 |
$26,780 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
180 |
$25.19 |
$52,400 |
| Materials scientists |
180 |
$35.44 |
$73,720 |
| Pipelayers |
180 |
$14.66 |
$30,490 |
| Procurement clerks |
180 |
$18.45 |
$38,370 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
170 |
$22.94 |
$47,720 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
170 |
$23.27 |
$48,400 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders |
170 |
$12.60 |
$26,210 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
Not available |
$59,290 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
170 |
$14.58 |
$30,330 |
| Photographic process workers |
170 |
$16.98 |
$35,320 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
170 |
$11.69 |
$24,320 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
170 |
$15.76 |
$32,780 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
160 |
$14.65 |
$30,480 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
160 |
$30.55 |
$63,540 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
160 |
$14.83 |
$30,850 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
160 |
$30.94 |
$64,350 |
| Fabric and apparel patternmakers |
160 |
$13.77 |
$28,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
160 |
$20.72 |
$43,100 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
160 |
$21.49 |
$44,690 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
160 |
$15.22 |
$31,670 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
160 |
$19.96 |
$41,510 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
160 |
$12.01 |
$24,970 |
| Sales engineers |
160 |
$33.88 |
$70,480 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
160 |
$27.81 |
$57,850 |
| Veterinarians |
160 |
$45.88 |
$95,440 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
150 |
$15.70 |
$32,650 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
150 |
$41.66 |
$86,650 |
| Funeral directors |
150 |
$20.86 |
$43,390 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
150 |
$11.79 |
$24,530 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
150 |
$14.43 |
$30,010 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
150 |
$11.29 |
$23,490 |
| Mechanical drafters |
150 |
$26.42 |
$54,950 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
150 |
Not available |
$62,830 |
| Occupational therapists |
150 |
$37.34 |
$77,660 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
150 |
$15.80 |
$32,870 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
150 |
$16.74 |
$34,810 |
| Social and community service managers |
150 |
$27.44 |
$57,080 |
| Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other |
150 |
$11.27 |
$23,430 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
140 |
$27.16 |
$56,490 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall |
140 |
$19.72 |
$41,020 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
140 |
$17.77 |
$36,960 |
| Slaughterers and meat packers |
140 |
$9.81 |
$20,400 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
140 |
$7.31 |
$15,210 |
| Avionics technicians |
130 |
$21.51 |
$44,750 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
130 |
Not available |
$70,740 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
130 |
$18.54 |
$38,570 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
130 |
$16.59 |
$34,520 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas |
130 |
$18.16 |
$37,770 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
130 |
$17.56 |
$36,520 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
130 |
$9.20 |
$19,140 |
| Internists, general |
130 |
$96.24 |
$200,170 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
130 |
$13.30 |
$27,660 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
130 |
$12.40 |
$25,790 |
| Producers and directors |
130 |
$21.95 |
$45,660 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
130 |
$28.09 |
$58,420 |
| Word processors and typists |
130 |
$12.24 |
$25,460 |
| Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary |
120 |
Not available |
$52,570 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
120 |
$26.66 |
$55,450 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
120 |
$19.58 |
$40,730 |
| Interpreters and translators |
120 |
$14.83 |
$30,840 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
120 |
$29.17 |
$60,660 |
| Operations research analysts |
120 |
$32.43 |
$67,460 |
| Radio and television announcers |
120 |
$19.21 |
$39,960 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
120 |
$19.18 |
$39,900 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
110 |
$16.63 |
$34,590 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
110 |
$49.80 |
$103,580 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
110 |
$9.57 |
$19,900 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
110 |
$10.14 |
$21,100 |
| Lodging managers |
110 |
$19.99 |
$41,570 |
| Physical therapist aides |
110 |
$12.63 |
$26,270 |
| Surgeons |
110 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Transportation inspectors |
110 |
$32.68 |
$67,970 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
110 |
$15.13 |
$31,480 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
100 |
$30.72 |
$63,890 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
100 |
$15.23 |
$31,680 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
100 |
$22.68 |
$47,170 |
| Engineers, all other |
100 |
$37.43 |
$77,850 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
100 |
$42.12 |
$87,600 |
| Massage therapists |
100 |
$25.73 |
$53,510 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
100 |
$15.35 |
$31,930 |
| Public relations managers |
100 |
$43.90 |
$91,320 |
| Residential advisors |
100 |
$9.74 |
$20,260 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
90 |
$15.87 |
$33,010 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
90 |
Not available |
$60,430 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
90 |
$11.94 |
$24,840 |
| Funeral attendants |
90 |
$13.94 |
$29,000 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
90 |
$32.62 |
$67,850 |
| Home appliance repairers |
90 |
$15.25 |
$31,720 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
90 |
$18.93 |
$39,360 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
90 |
$17.07 |
$35,490 |
| Travel agents |
90 |
$13.99 |
$29,100 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
90 |
$15.68 |
$32,620 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$59,310 |
| Broadcast technicians |
80 |
$13.65 |
$28,400 |
| Brokerage clerks |
80 |
$17.67 |
$36,740 |
| Chemical engineers |
80 |
$35.71 |
$74,290 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
80 |
$34.96 |
$72,710 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
80 |
$15.48 |
$32,200 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$48,260 |
| Health educators |
80 |
$22.17 |
$46,100 |
| History teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$51,900 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$54,940 |
| Millwrights |
80 |
$15.76 |
$32,790 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
80 |
$102.14 |
$212,450 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
80 |
$26.15 |
$54,380 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
80 |
$13.54 |
$28,170 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$68,490 |
| Tour guides and escorts |
80 |
$8.62 |
$17,930 |
| Curators |
70 |
$20.41 |
$42,460 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians |
70 |
$22.55 |
$46,900 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles |
70 |
$17.01 |
$35,380 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
70 |
$21.29 |
$44,280 |
| Film and video editors |
70 |
$15.35 |
$31,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers |
70 |
$26.69 |
$55,520 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers |
70 |
$12.78 |
$26,570 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
70 |
$27.49 |
$57,170 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
70 |
$13.83 |
$28,770 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
70 |
$23.29 |
$48,430 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
70 |
$18.51 |
$38,490 |
| Actors |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Art directors |
60 |
$31.45 |
$65,410 |
| Budget analysts |
60 |
$35.68 |
$74,210 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
60 |
$13.64 |
$28,380 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
60 |
$17.70 |
$36,830 |
| Food batchmakers |
60 |
$15.56 |
$32,370 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders |
60 |
$13.51 |
$28,090 |
| Media and communication workers, all other |
60 |
$14.94 |
$31,070 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
60 |
$17.64 |
$36,700 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
60 |
$13.54 |
$28,160 |
| Model makers, wood |
60 |
$12.88 |
$26,790 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
60 |
$12.61 |
$26,240 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers |
60 |
$20.50 |
$42,640 |
| Optometrists |
60 |
$64.45 |
$134,060 |
| Parking lot attendants |
60 |
$10.74 |
$22,350 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$57,330 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers |
60 |
$17.36 |
$36,100 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$51,850 |
| Training and development managers |
60 |
$47.38 |
$98,540 |
| Urban and regional planners |
60 |
$27.08 |
$56,320 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
50 |
$34.75 |
$72,280 |
| Crane and tower operators |
50 |
$15.88 |
$33,020 |
| Education administrators, all other |
50 |
$34.43 |
$71,620 |
| Environmental engineers |
50 |
$35.70 |
$74,260 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
50 |
$20.40 |
$42,430 |
| Mental health counselors |
50 |
$20.55 |
$42,750 |
| Psychiatrists |
50 |
$85.61 |
$178,070 |
| Surveyors |
50 |
$24.10 |
$50,130 |
| Writers and authors |
50 |
$15.86 |
$32,990 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians |
40 |
$20.84 |
$43,350 |
| Animal control workers |
40 |
$14.26 |
$29,670 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$59,620 |
| Emergency management specialists |
40 |
$22.69 |
$47,200 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
40 |
$26.40 |
$54,910 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
40 |
$20.65 |
$42,960 |
| Farm and home management advisors |
40 |
$21.12 |
$43,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers |
40 |
$20.63 |
$42,910 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
40 |
$11.90 |
$24,760 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
40 |
$17.32 |
$36,020 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
40 |
$17.64 |
$36,700 |
| Logging equipment operators |
40 |
$14.90 |
$30,980 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
40 |
$31.80 |
$66,140 |
| Pediatricians, general |
40 |
$76.36 |
$158,820 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$14.70 |
$30,570 |
| Set and exhibit designers |
40 |
$16.84 |
$35,030 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$51,930 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
40 |
$24.53 |
$51,020 |
| Survey researchers |
40 |
$24.67 |
$51,320 |
| Technical writers |
40 |
$26.64 |
$55,420 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners |
40 |
$12.26 |
$25,510 |
| Clergy |
30 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Commercial pilots |
30 |
Not available |
$73,320 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
30 |
$16.12 |
$33,540 |
| Crossing guards |
30 |
$10.44 |
$21,720 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators |
30 |
$20.25 |
$42,130 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
30 |
$15.29 |
$31,810 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary |
30 |
Not available |
$54,200 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
30 |
$34.70 |
$72,170 |
| Psychiatric technicians |
30 |
$14.55 |
$30,260 |
| Audiologists |
Not available |
$29.34 |
$61,040 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
Not available |
$9.62 |
$20,020 |
| Cooks, fast food |
Not available |
$7.48 |
$15,560 |
| Credit analysts |
Not available |
$32.92 |
$68,470 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
Not available |
$15.20 |
$31,610 |
| Designers, all other |
Not available |
$27.81 |
$57,840 |
| Desktop publishers |
Not available |
$17.74 |
$36,910 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
Not available |
$15.50 |
$32,230 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
Not available |
$16.69 |
$34,710 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
Not available |
$12.14 |
$25,260 |
| Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles |
Not available |
$16.84 |
$35,030 |
| Glaziers |
Not available |
$16.14 |
$33,580 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
Not available |
$33.23 |
$69,110 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
Not available |
$11.75 |
$24,440 |
| Insurance appraisers, auto damage |
Not available |
$31.44 |
$65,400 |
| Job printers |
Not available |
$17.60 |
$36,600 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$15.81 |
$32,870 |
| Multi-media artists and animators |
Not available |
$22.05 |
$45,870 |
| Musicians and singers |
Not available |
$32.02 |
Not available |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
Not available |
$16.17 |
$33,640 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
Not available |
$7.25 |
$15,090 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation |
Not available |
$15.06 |
$31,310 |
| Pharmacy aides |
Not available |
$8.74 |
$18,180 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
Not available |
$21.46 |
$44,640 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$8.49 |
$17,650 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
Not available |
$9.50 |
$19,770 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
Not available |
Not available |
$23,300 |
| Tile and marble setters |
Not available |
$14.11 |
$29,360 |
