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 | $75.00 | 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 | $75.00 | 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 |
