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 | 73,990 | $16.90 | $35,160 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 10,660 | $13.65 | $28,380 |
| Sales and related occupations | 7,800 | $12.92 | $26,870 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 7,490 | $8.63 | $17,940 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 6,740 | $23.57 | $49,030 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 5,770 | $30.09 | $62,590 |
| Production occupations | 4,840 | $14.22 | $29,580 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 3,870 | $12.13 | $25,240 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 3,860 | $10.49 | $21,810 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 3,740 | $14.78 | $30,750 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 3,170 | $9.46 | $19,680 |
| Retail salespersons | 2,960 | $11.11 | $23,110 |
| Management occupations | 2,540 | $41.35 | $86,010 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,490 | $17.62 | $36,640 |
| Registered nurses | 2,370 | $27.15 | $56,470 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 2,330 | $7.43 | $15,450 |
| Community and social services occupations | 2,210 | $17.24 | $35,860 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 2,080 | $8.90 | $18,500 |
| Home health aides | 2,050 | $8.83 | $18,360 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,900 | $24.91 | $51,810 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,900 | $12.66 | $26,340 |
| Cashiers | 1,860 | $8.23 | $17,120 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,860 | $9.91 | $20,610 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,620 | $17.63 | $36,660 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,580 | $8.48 | $17,630 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 1,160 | Not available | $38,520 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 1,100 | $13.18 | $27,420 |
| Team assemblers | 1,050 | $10.54 | $21,920 |
| Social and human service assistants | 1,020 | $13.23 | $27,510 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 1,000 | $16.70 | $34,740 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 1,000 | $9.53 | $19,810 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 940 | $26.65 | $55,430 |
| Customer service representatives | 900 | $13.30 | $27,660 |
| Teacher assistants | 810 | Not available | $20,990 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 770 | $10.97 | $22,810 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 770 | $9.67 | $20,110 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 730 | $16.07 | $33,430 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 720 | $13.38 | $27,830 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 700 | $29.52 | $61,390 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 680 | $10.45 | $21,730 |
| General and operations managers | 670 | $50.43 | $104,890 |
| Food preparation workers | 650 | $8.27 | $17,200 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 640 | $24.60 | $51,180 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 630 | $9.87 | $20,530 |
| Construction laborers | 620 | $10.80 | $22,470 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 620 | $16.83 | $35,010 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 610 | $20.25 | $42,130 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 580 | $9.12 | $18,970 |
| Personal and home care aides | 580 | $8.76 | $18,220 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 570 | $48.49 | $100,860 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 560 | $15.70 | $32,660 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 550 | $21.35 | $44,400 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 540 | $18.10 | $37,660 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 530 | $15.52 | $32,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 520 | $21.01 | $43,700 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 480 | $11.54 | $24,010 |
| Carpenters | 440 | $14.11 | $29,340 |
| Legal occupations | 400 | $31.99 | $66,540 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 400 | $8.42 | $17,520 |
| Computer support specialists | 380 | $19.87 | $41,330 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 370 | $14.22 | $29,580 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 370 | $20.27 | $42,160 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 370 | $13.45 | $27,980 |
| Electricians | 350 | $16.40 | $34,110 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 350 | $10.23 | $21,280 |
| Accountants and auditors | 340 | $27.29 | $56,760 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 340 | $24.74 | $51,460 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 340 | $10.98 | $22,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 330 | $21.63 | $45,000 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 330 | Not available | $28,270 |
| Medical secretaries | 320 | $11.87 | $24,700 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 320 | Not available | $41,470 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 320 | $20.54 | $42,730 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 310 | $14.92 | $31,030 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 290 | $11.40 | $23,710 |
| Dishwashers | 280 | $8.03 | $16,700 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 270 | $25.04 | $52,080 |
| Medical assistants | 270 | $13.23 | $27,520 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 260 | $7.60 | $15,810 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 260 | $16.24 | $33,780 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 260 | $15.33 | $31,890 |
| Tellers | 260 | $11.51 | $23,940 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 250 | $13.31 | $27,690 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 240 | $8.19 | $17,030 |
| Bill and account collectors | 230 | $12.87 | $26,760 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 230 | $22.39 | $46,560 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 220 | $9.54 | $19,850 |
| Bartenders | 210 | $9.50 | $19,750 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 200 | $18.11 | $37,670 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 200 | $11.47 | $23,850 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 190 | $9.49 | $19,730 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 190 | $14.87 | $30,920 |
| Parts salespersons | 190 | $12.79 | $26,600 |
| Pharmacists | 190 | $54.11 | $112,560 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 190 | $13.87 | $28,840 |
| Coaches and scouts | 180 | Not available | $38,200 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 180 | $9.02 | $18,770 |
| Driver/sales workers | 180 | $12.68 | $26,360 |
| Loan officers | 180 | $28.06 | $58,360 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 170 | $17.10 | $35,570 |
| Dental assistants | 170 | $16.29 | $33,870 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 170 | $21.34 | $44,380 |
| Instructional coordinators | 170 | $26.60 | $55,320 |
| Lawyers | 170 | $52.46 | $109,110 |
| Medical and health services managers | 170 | $39.18 | $81,490 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 170 | Not available | Not available |
| Financial managers | 160 | $42.61 | $88,620 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 160 | $13.07 | $27,180 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 160 | $18.17 | $37,780 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 150 | $7.85 | $16,330 |
| Computer programmers | 150 | $31.14 | $64,770 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 150 | Not available | $66,830 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 150 | $11.47 | $23,850 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 150 | $12.78 | $26,590 |
| Physician assistants | 150 | $38.56 | $80,210 |
| Security guards | 150 | $12.60 | $26,210 |
| Child care workers | 140 | $8.52 | $17,720 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 140 | $19.96 | $41,530 |
| Computer systems analysts | 140 | $29.74 | $61,850 |
| Construction managers | 140 | $35.04 | $72,890 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 140 | $22.34 | $46,460 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 140 | $18.50 | $38,490 |
| Machinists | 140 | $15.27 | $31,760 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 140 | $12.76 | $26,540 |
| Physical therapists | 140 | $29.14 | $60,600 |
| Pipelayers | 140 | $14.19 | $29,520 |
| Surgical technologists | 140 | $17.99 | $37,410 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 130 | $31.61 | $65,750 |
| Food service managers | 130 | $22.08 | $45,930 |
| Health educators | 130 | $18.58 | $38,650 |
| Industrial engineers | 130 | $33.60 | $69,880 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 130 | $34.43 | $71,610 |
| Bus drivers, school | 120 | $10.83 | $22,520 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 120 | $20.57 | $42,790 |
| Cooks, fast food | 120 | $8.43 | $17,540 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 120 | $14.60 | $30,360 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 120 | $9.57 | $19,900 |
| Helpers--electricians | 120 | $9.21 | $19,160 |
| Insurance sales agents | 120 | $23.82 | $49,550 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 120 | $24.82 | $51,630 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 120 | $8.28 | $17,220 |
| Sales managers | 120 | $35.79 | $74,440 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 120 | $9.60 | $19,970 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 110 | $16.97 | $35,300 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 110 | $23.82 | $49,550 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 110 | $13.35 | $27,760 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 110 | $18.79 | $39,090 |
| Sheet metal workers | 110 | $14.41 | $29,970 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 110 | $29.08 | $60,480 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 100 | $12.83 | $26,680 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 100 | $14.90 | $30,980 |
| Data entry keyers | 100 | $11.89 | $24,730 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 100 | $23.07 | $47,980 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 100 | $13.50 | $28,080 |
| Library technicians | 100 | $12.71 | $26,440 |
| Mental health counselors | 100 | $23.25 | $48,350 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 100 | $29.57 | $61,500 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 100 | $20.56 | $42,770 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 100 | $13.38 | $27,840 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 100 | $16.11 | $33,500 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 90 | $18.37 | $38,210 |
| Civil engineers | 90 | $39.16 | $81,450 |
| Cost estimators | 90 | $24.76 | $51,490 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 90 | $13.60 | $28,280 |
| Helpers--production workers | 90 | $8.84 | $18,380 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 90 | $21.83 | $45,410 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 90 | $9.94 | $20,680 |
| Managers, all other | 90 | $33.90 | $70,510 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 90 | $15.02 | $31,250 |
| Public relations specialists | 90 | $18.45 | $38,380 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 90 | $25.01 | $52,030 |
| Recreation workers | 90 | $14.50 | $30,150 |
| Residential advisors | 90 | $10.22 | $21,250 |
| Social and community service managers | 90 | $23.55 | $48,990 |
| Training and development specialists | 90 | $23.36 | $48,590 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 80 | $14.06 | $29,240 |
| Dental hygienists | 80 | $31.40 | $65,310 |
| Graphic designers | 80 | $19.41 | $40,360 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 80 | $9.63 | $20,030 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 80 | $9.56 | $19,890 |
| Librarians | 80 | $21.68 | $45,100 |
| Management analysts | 80 | $27.33 | $56,840 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 80 | $14.72 | $30,620 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 80 | $12.21 | $25,400 |
| Administrative services managers | 70 | $36.18 | $75,260 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 70 | $26.37 | $54,860 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 70 | $25.17 | $52,360 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 70 | $17.56 | $36,530 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 70 | $11.11 | $23,120 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 70 | $33.05 | $68,740 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 70 | $8.59 | $17,860 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | 70 | $12.24 | $25,450 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 70 | $18.19 | $37,840 |
| Respiratory therapists | 70 | $20.43 | $42,490 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 70 | $21.97 | $45,700 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 60 | $19.68 | $40,940 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 60 | $12.81 | $26,640 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 60 | $21.48 | $44,680 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 60 | $31.22 | $64,940 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 60 | $27.99 | $58,230 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 60 | $23.94 | $49,800 |
| Marketing managers | 60 | $52.40 | $108,990 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 60 | $11.73 | $24,390 |
| Occupational therapists | 60 | $32.40 | $67,390 |
| Pest control workers | 60 | $12.62 | $26,260 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 60 | $23.40 | $48,680 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 60 | $15.98 | $33,230 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 60 | $23.39 | $48,650 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 60 | $15.78 | $32,830 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 60 | $9.31 | $19,370 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 60 | $23.81 | $49,520 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 50 | $19.14 | $39,810 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 50 | $30.01 | $62,420 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 50 | $28.36 | $58,980 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 50 | $18.79 | $39,090 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 50 | $19.92 | $41,430 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 50 | $19.10 | $39,740 |
| Engineering managers | 50 | $47.46 | $98,710 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 50 | $16.25 | $33,790 |
| File clerks | 50 | $9.25 | $19,240 |
| Industrial production managers | 50 | $37.11 | $77,190 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 50 | $13.25 | $27,550 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 50 | $16.78 | $34,900 |
| Market research analysts | 50 | $25.44 | $52,920 |
| Personal financial advisors | 50 | $30.35 | $63,130 |
| Real estate brokers | 50 | $16.04 | $33,370 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 50 | $24.32 | $50,580 |
| Advertising sales agents | 40 | $19.78 | $41,150 |
| All other information and record clerks | 40 | $14.65 | $30,460 |
| Chemical technicians | 40 | $14.99 | $31,190 |
| Chief executives | 40 | $83.25 | $173,160 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 40 | $25.05 | $52,100 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 40 | $43.54 | $90,560 |
| Computer operators | 40 | $16.67 | $34,680 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 40 | $22.12 | $46,010 |
| Couriers and messengers | 40 | $11.41 | $23,730 |
| Database administrators | 40 | $30.07 | $62,550 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 40 | $23.01 | $47,870 |
| Family and general practitioners | 40 | $91.67 | $190,670 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 40 | $10.34 | $21,510 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 40 | $25.75 | $53,560 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 40 | $14.97 | $31,130 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 40 | $28.56 | $59,400 |
| Order clerks | 40 | $12.40 | $25,780 |
| Postal service clerks | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Printing machine operators | 40 | $11.46 | $23,830 |
| Real estate sales agents | 40 | $24.10 | $50,120 |
| Recreational therapists | 40 | $16.91 | $35,170 |
| Service station attendants | 40 | $8.30 | $17,270 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 40 | Not available | $43,630 |
| Tool and die makers | 40 | $20.74 | $43,150 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 40 | $19.48 | $40,510 |
| Dentists, general | 30 | $86.82 | $180,580 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 30 | $17.13 | $35,640 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 30 | $34.68 | $72,140 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 30 | $29.40 | $61,150 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 30 | $15.48 | $32,190 |
| Millwrights | 30 | $20.13 | $41,870 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 30 | $18.34 | $38,140 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 30 | $21.90 | $45,550 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 30 | $14.52 | $30,200 |
| Urban and regional planners | 30 | $25.48 | $52,990 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | Not available | $24.57 | $51,110 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | Not available | $13.21 | $27,470 |
| Chemists | Not available | $29.65 | $61,680 |
| Cooks, short order | Not available | $8.19 | $17,030 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | Not available | $7.84 | $16,300 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | Not available | $7.28 | $15,140 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $14.35 | $29,860 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | Not available | $8.01 | $16,670 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | Not available | $7.51 | $15,620 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | Not available | Not available | $42,150 |
| Tax preparers | Not available | $9.31 | $19,360 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $12.82 | $26,680 |
