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 |
312,100 |
$18.00 |
$37,440 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
51,960 |
$14.29 |
$29,720 |
| Production occupations |
38,930 |
$14.18 |
$29,500 |
| Sales and related occupations |
34,490 |
$15.64 |
$32,530 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
25,850 |
$8.67 |
$18,040 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
24,560 |
$13.44 |
$27,940 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
16,110 |
$21.55 |
$44,830 |
| Management occupations |
15,220 |
$43.61 |
$90,700 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
14,600 |
$29.84 |
$62,060 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
14,170 |
$16.09 |
$33,460 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
14,160 |
$17.90 |
$37,240 |
| Retail salespersons |
12,610 |
$11.33 |
$23,560 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
10,400 |
$27.92 |
$58,070 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
9,540 |
$10.44 |
$21,710 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
8,000 |
$33.20 |
$69,060 |
| Team assemblers |
7,980 |
$11.46 |
$23,850 |
| Cashiers |
7,790 |
$7.91 |
$16,460 |
| Customer service representatives |
7,380 |
$14.06 |
$29,240 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
7,040 |
$11.87 |
$24,690 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
6,540 |
$10.31 |
$21,450 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
6,420 |
$30.39 |
$63,200 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
6,360 |
$11.54 |
$24,000 |
| Office clerks, general |
6,190 |
$11.24 |
$23,380 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
5,600 |
$7.68 |
$15,970 |
| Registered nurses |
5,430 |
$28.06 |
$58,370 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
5,110 |
$13.66 |
$28,410 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
5,020 |
$9.45 |
$19,650 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
4,890 |
$8.04 |
$16,720 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
4,620 |
$19.55 |
$40,660 |
| General and operations managers |
4,600 |
$44.90 |
$93,380 |
| Protective service occupations |
4,410 |
$15.12 |
$31,460 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
4,200 |
$11.35 |
$23,600 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
3,670 |
$20.53 |
$42,710 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
3,590 |
Not available |
$43,170 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
3,460 |
$27.02 |
$56,200 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
3,410 |
$15.87 |
$33,010 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
3,390 |
$17.66 |
$36,740 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
3,210 |
$21.54 |
$44,800 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
3,180 |
$14.66 |
$30,500 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
2,850 |
$18.04 |
$37,530 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
2,790 |
$13.04 |
$27,120 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
2,620 |
$10.71 |
$22,280 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
2,610 |
$11.61 |
$24,140 |
| Accountants and auditors |
2,520 |
$28.80 |
$59,910 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
2,520 |
$24.85 |
$51,690 |
| Community and social services occupations |
2,430 |
$18.78 |
$39,060 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
2,400 |
$14.99 |
$31,180 |
| Construction laborers |
2,310 |
$12.17 |
$25,320 |
| Carpenters |
2,240 |
$15.19 |
$31,600 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
2,140 |
$12.79 |
$26,610 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
2,130 |
$13.08 |
$27,200 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
2,100 |
Not available |
$38,080 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,990 |
$10.74 |
$22,340 |
| Machinists |
1,970 |
$16.01 |
$33,310 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,860 |
$25.63 |
$53,310 |
| Cooks, fast food |
1,850 |
$7.66 |
$15,940 |
| Helpers--production workers |
1,820 |
$9.88 |
$20,550 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1,820 |
$25.83 |
$53,720 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
1,800 |
$10.17 |
$21,150 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
1,790 |
$7.21 |
$14,990 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
1,780 |
$12.91 |
$26,860 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
1,760 |
$15.62 |
$32,490 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
1,730 |
$11.44 |
$23,780 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,720 |
$9.98 |
$20,770 |
| Teacher assistants |
1,640 |
Not available |
$16,400 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,590 |
$8.37 |
$17,410 |
| Computer systems analysts |
1,560 |
$34.00 |
$70,710 |
| Electricians |
1,550 |
$17.23 |
$35,850 |
| Legal occupations |
1,540 |
$41.88 |
$87,120 |
| Medical assistants |
1,480 |
$13.45 |
$27,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
1,360 |
$24.94 |
$51,880 |
| Driver/sales workers |
1,330 |
$11.32 |
$23,550 |
| Industrial engineers |
1,330 |
$35.13 |
$73,060 |
| Personal and home care aides |
1,330 |
$8.91 |
$18,540 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
1,320 |
$14.46 |
$30,070 |
| Child care workers |
1,290 |
$8.40 |
$17,480 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,280 |
$8.65 |
$17,990 |
| Tellers |
1,280 |
$11.51 |
$23,940 |
| Home health aides |
1,240 |
$9.45 |
$19,660 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
1,160 |
$19.18 |
$39,900 |
| Chief executives |
1,110 |
$74.92 |
$155,830 |
| Computer support specialists |
1,110 |
$20.00 |
$41,600 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,100 |
Not available |
$44,540 |
| Sales managers |
1,090 |
$46.91 |
$97,580 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
1,080 |
$16.31 |
$33,930 |
| Computer programmers |
1,070 |
$31.44 |
$65,400 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,070 |
$17.46 |
$36,310 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
1,060 |
$31.88 |
$66,320 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
1,020 |
$19.28 |
$40,100 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
1,010 |
$17.59 |
$36,580 |
| Production workers, all other |
960 |
$12.37 |
$25,740 |
| Financial managers |
950 |
$45.43 |
$94,500 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
940 |
$9.41 |
$19,580 |
| Mechanical engineers |
940 |
$38.43 |
$79,930 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
940 |
$17.53 |
$36,450 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
920 |
$13.54 |
$28,170 |
| Electrical engineers |
920 |
$41.27 |
$85,850 |
| Medical secretaries |
870 |
$13.30 |
$27,670 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
870 |
$15.01 |
$31,220 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
860 |
$11.78 |
$24,510 |
| Telemarketers |
860 |
$11.67 |
$24,280 |
| Bill and account collectors |
850 |
$14.77 |
$30,720 |
| Lawyers |
840 |
$58.30 |
$121,250 |
| Management analysts |
810 |
$43.92 |
$91,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
780 |
$33.87 |
$70,460 |
| Insurance sales agents |
780 |
$28.27 |
$58,800 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
770 |
$17.96 |
$37,360 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
770 |
Not available |
$45,800 |
| Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders |
770 |
$11.73 |
$24,390 |
| Bartenders |
750 |
$8.42 |
$17,520 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
740 |
$18.68 |
$38,860 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
730 |
$13.92 |
$28,950 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
710 |
$12.13 |
$25,230 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
700 |
$9.48 |
$19,720 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
690 |
$28.14 |
$58,530 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
690 |
$8.25 |
$17,150 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
690 |
$27.79 |
$57,810 |
| Pharmacists |
680 |
$51.07 |
$106,220 |
| Fire fighters |
660 |
$15.37 |
$31,980 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
660 |
$14.59 |
$30,360 |
| Industrial production managers |
660 |
$41.07 |
$85,430 |
| Loan officers |
660 |
$29.27 |
$60,880 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
660 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Cost estimators |
650 |
$26.66 |
$55,440 |
| Medical and health services managers |
650 |
$36.03 |
$74,940 |
| Administrative services managers |
640 |
$28.41 |
$59,090 |
| Civil engineers |
640 |
$31.71 |
$65,950 |
| Construction managers |
630 |
$39.83 |
$82,850 |
| Sewing machine operators |
630 |
$9.91 |
$20,620 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
620 |
$14.51 |
$30,180 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
610 |
$18.58 |
$38,650 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
600 |
$14.58 |
$30,330 |
| Parts salespersons |
600 |
$14.76 |
$30,700 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
600 |
$26.16 |
$54,410 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
590 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Legal secretaries |
590 |
$16.72 |
$34,790 |
| Public relations specialists |
590 |
$28.74 |
$59,790 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
580 |
$36.09 |
$75,060 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
580 |
$13.45 |
$27,970 |
| Market research analysts |
580 |
$31.33 |
$65,160 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
570 |
$7.54 |
$15,680 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
570 |
$15.36 |
$31,960 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
570 |
$17.08 |
$35,530 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
560 |
$12.88 |
$26,800 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
550 |
$7.19 |
$14,950 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
550 |
$27.57 |
$57,340 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
550 |
$15.51 |
$32,270 |
| Dental assistants |
540 |
$14.02 |
$29,170 |
| Engineering managers |
540 |
$54.04 |
$112,400 |
| Helpers--electricians |
540 |
$12.01 |
$24,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
530 |
$17.09 |
$35,550 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
530 |
$18.50 |
$38,470 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
520 |
$49.26 |
$102,450 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
520 |
$9.64 |
$20,060 |
| Real estate sales agents |
520 |
$31.48 |
$65,470 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
510 |
$14.60 |
$30,360 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
510 |
$16.50 |
$34,320 |
| Food service managers |
510 |
$20.57 |
$42,780 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
510 |
$17.84 |
$37,100 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
510 |
$14.32 |
$29,790 |
| Sheet metal workers |
510 |
$15.37 |
$31,960 |
| Real estate brokers |
500 |
$27.37 |
$56,940 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
500 |
$25.07 |
$52,140 |
| Data entry keyers |
490 |
$11.80 |
$24,540 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
490 |
$21.47 |
$44,650 |
| Order clerks |
490 |
$14.14 |
$29,410 |
| Chemical engineers |
480 |
$39.66 |
$82,490 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
480 |
$27.24 |
$56,650 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
480 |
$21.99 |
$45,740 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
480 |
$8.97 |
$18,660 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
470 |
$9.21 |
$19,150 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
470 |
$22.44 |
$46,680 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
460 |
$37.10 |
$77,180 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
460 |
$21.02 |
$43,730 |
| Tool and die makers |
460 |
$21.79 |
$45,320 |
| Social workers, all other |
450 |
$17.39 |
$36,170 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
450 |
$11.71 |
$24,350 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
440 |
$26.49 |
$55,100 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
440 |
$20.29 |
$42,190 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
440 |
$23.47 |
$48,820 |
| Recreation workers |
430 |
$10.71 |
$22,290 |
| Instructional coordinators |
420 |
$29.89 |
$62,170 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
410 |
$11.60 |
$24,130 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
410 |
$15.00 |
$31,200 |
| Mechanical drafters |
410 |
$30.13 |
$62,680 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
400 |
$45.57 |
$94,780 |
| Graphic designers |
400 |
$19.29 |
$40,110 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
400 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
390 |
$15.52 |
$32,280 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
390 |
Not available |
$41,580 |
| Librarians |
380 |
$22.26 |
$46,300 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
380 |
$11.10 |
$23,090 |
| Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders |
380 |
$11.74 |
$24,410 |
| Training and development specialists |
380 |
$25.86 |
$53,800 |
| Library technicians |
370 |
$11.81 |
$24,550 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
370 |
$17.70 |
$36,820 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
370 |
$14.06 |
$29,240 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
370 |
$27.61 |
$57,430 |
| Personal financial advisors |
370 |
$30.53 |
$63,510 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
360 |
$17.03 |
$35,420 |
| Dental hygienists |
360 |
$24.25 |
$50,430 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
360 |
Not available |
$43,060 |
| Social and human service assistants |
360 |
$14.86 |
$30,910 |
| Cooks, short order |
350 |
$8.63 |
$17,940 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
350 |
$29.68 |
$61,740 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
350 |
$17.47 |
$36,330 |
| Advertising sales agents |
340 |
$21.03 |
$43,740 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
340 |
$38.61 |
$80,300 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
340 |
$18.94 |
$39,400 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
340 |
$16.88 |
$35,100 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
340 |
$13.08 |
$27,210 |
| Bakers |
330 |
$9.56 |
$19,880 |
| Floral designers |
330 |
$11.13 |
$23,150 |
| Printing machine operators |
330 |
$16.55 |
$34,420 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
320 |
$15.87 |
$33,000 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
320 |
$17.07 |
$35,510 |
| Physical therapists |
320 |
$33.06 |
$68,770 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
320 |
$31.32 |
$65,140 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
320 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
310 |
Not available |
$75,230 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
310 |
$33.14 |
$68,930 |
| Marketing managers |
310 |
$55.62 |
$115,700 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
300 |
$16.02 |
$33,320 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
300 |
$22.52 |
$46,850 |
| Surgical technologists |
300 |
$17.16 |
$35,690 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
290 |
Not available |
$80,730 |
| Coaches and scouts |
290 |
Not available |
$58,000 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
290 |
$11.77 |
$24,480 |
| Respiratory therapists |
290 |
$22.15 |
$46,060 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
280 |
$25.73 |
$53,520 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
280 |
$21.87 |
$45,500 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
280 |
$23.48 |
$48,840 |
| Managers, all other |
280 |
$31.74 |
$66,030 |
| Pest control workers |
280 |
$13.93 |
$28,970 |
| Procurement clerks |
280 |
$14.38 |
$29,910 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
280 |
$15.86 |
$32,980 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
280 |
$8.04 |
$16,730 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
280 |
$33.39 |
$69,440 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
270 |
Not available |
$60,150 |
| File clerks |
270 |
$11.42 |
$23,760 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
270 |
$15.96 |
$33,200 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
270 |
$10.83 |
$22,520 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
270 |
$13.17 |
$27,400 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
260 |
$24.89 |
$51,780 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
260 |
$22.57 |
$46,940 |
| Insurance underwriters |
260 |
$20.42 |
$42,470 |
| Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders |
260 |
$12.65 |
$26,310 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
250 |
$12.94 |
$26,920 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
250 |
$17.12 |
$35,620 |
| Database administrators |
250 |
$32.15 |
$66,880 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
250 |
$13.36 |
$27,780 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
250 |
$14.08 |
$29,280 |
| Residential advisors |
250 |
$10.35 |
$21,540 |
| Roofers |
250 |
$12.92 |
$26,870 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
250 |
$9.88 |
$20,550 |
| Computer operators |
240 |
$18.01 |
$37,470 |
| Credit analysts |
240 |
$26.71 |
$55,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
240 |
$15.41 |
$32,060 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
240 |
$9.56 |
$19,880 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
240 |
$13.97 |
$29,050 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
230 |
$11.03 |
$22,930 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
230 |
$24.60 |
$51,170 |
| Pipelayers |
230 |
$12.52 |
$26,050 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
230 |
$18.24 |
$37,940 |
| Chemical plant and system operators |
220 |
$19.14 |
$39,810 |
| Couriers and messengers |
220 |
$10.76 |
$22,390 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
220 |
$14.32 |
$29,780 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
220 |
$23.40 |
$48,680 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders |
210 |
$17.71 |
$36,840 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand |
210 |
$12.08 |
$25,120 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
210 |
$15.23 |
$31,670 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
210 |
$14.44 |
$30,040 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
210 |
$25.83 |
$53,730 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
210 |
$14.15 |
$29,430 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
210 |
$13.36 |
$27,780 |
| Surgeons |
210 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
200 |
Not available |
$61,020 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
200 |
$7.68 |
$15,980 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
200 |
$15.51 |
$32,270 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
200 |
$15.60 |
$32,440 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
200 |
$14.55 |
$30,260 |
| Chemical technicians |
190 |
$20.73 |
$43,130 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
190 |
$14.70 |
$30,570 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers |
190 |
$17.10 |
$35,570 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
190 |
$19.47 |
$40,500 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
190 |
$90.54 |
$188,320 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
190 |
$25.34 |
$52,710 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
180 |
Not available |
$68,580 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
180 |
$23.40 |
$48,670 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
180 |
$17.35 |
$36,090 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
180 |
$10.56 |
$21,960 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
180 |
$11.00 |
$22,890 |
| Purchasing managers |
180 |
$43.06 |
$89,570 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
170 |
$17.36 |
$36,100 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
Not available |
$64,920 |
| Financial analysts |
170 |
$32.74 |
$68,110 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
Not available |
$70,080 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
160 |
$8.61 |
$17,920 |
| Loan counselors |
160 |
$18.73 |
$38,960 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
160 |
$10.38 |
$21,600 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
160 |
Not available |
$60,580 |
| Chemists |
150 |
$26.72 |
$55,580 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
150 |
$30.88 |
$64,230 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
150 |
$26.22 |
$54,540 |
| Operations research analysts |
150 |
$43.28 |
$90,020 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
150 |
$12.04 |
$25,040 |
| Photographic process workers |
150 |
$13.01 |
$27,050 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
140 |
$25.52 |
$53,090 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
140 |
$21.53 |
$44,780 |
| Editors |
140 |
$23.15 |
$48,140 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
140 |
$26.38 |
$54,870 |
| Family and general practitioners |
140 |
$80.20 |
$166,810 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
140 |
Not available |
$64,050 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
140 |
$14.26 |
$29,650 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
140 |
$15.76 |
$32,780 |
| Postal service clerks |
140 |
Not available |
Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
130 |
$22.53 |
$46,870 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
130 |
$41.62 |
$86,560 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
130 |
$13.97 |
$29,060 |
| Public relations managers |
130 |
$37.43 |
$77,860 |
| Training and development managers |
130 |
$26.01 |
$54,110 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
120 |
$16.57 |
$34,460 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
120 |
$14.51 |
$30,180 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons |
120 |
$12.67 |
$26,340 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
120 |
$19.76 |
$41,090 |
| New accounts clerks |
120 |
$14.20 |
$29,540 |
| Photographers |
120 |
$15.87 |
$33,010 |
| Physician assistants |
120 |
$24.42 |
$50,790 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
120 |
$14.15 |
$29,430 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
120 |
$11.61 |
$24,140 |
| Art directors |
110 |
$24.61 |
$51,200 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
110 |
$17.21 |
$35,800 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary |
110 |
Not available |
$64,930 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
110 |
$38.11 |
$79,260 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
110 |
Not available |
$74,550 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
110 |
$15.94 |
$33,160 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
110 |
$15.19 |
$31,600 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
110 |
$18.36 |
$38,190 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical |
110 |
$15.17 |
$31,550 |
| Interior designers |
110 |
$25.82 |
$53,700 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
110 |
$12.45 |
$25,890 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary |
110 |
Not available |
$65,130 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
110 |
$17.60 |
$36,610 |
| Veterinarians |
110 |
$44.72 |
$93,010 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
100 |
$35.81 |
$74,490 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
100 |
$17.68 |
$36,780 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
100 |
$12.95 |
$26,930 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
Not available |
$94,310 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
100 |
$28.05 |
$58,340 |
| Food batchmakers |
100 |
$10.29 |
$21,410 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
100 |
$38.58 |
$80,240 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
100 |
$12.63 |
$26,280 |
| History teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
Not available |
$65,880 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
100 |
$15.44 |
$32,120 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
100 |
$15.87 |
$33,010 |
| Millwrights |
100 |
$17.00 |
$35,360 |
| Occupational therapists |
100 |
$31.01 |
$64,510 |
| Radio and television announcers |
100 |
$19.56 |
$40,680 |
| Social and community service managers |
100 |
$25.63 |
$53,300 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
100 |
Not available |
$44,250 |
| Technical writers |
100 |
$20.76 |
$43,180 |
| Word processors and typists |
100 |
$13.78 |
$28,650 |
| All other information and record clerks |
90 |
$16.28 |
$33,860 |
| Athletic trainers |
90 |
Not available |
$40,380 |
| Biological technicians |
90 |
$18.02 |
$37,490 |
| Budget analysts |
90 |
$27.71 |
$57,630 |
| Chiropractors |
90 |
$24.90 |
$51,790 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
90 |
$24.64 |
$51,250 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
90 |
$20.96 |
$43,600 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
90 |
$16.10 |
$33,500 |
| Environmental engineers |
90 |
$33.51 |
$69,700 |
| Legislators |
90 |
Not available |
$15,740 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
90 |
$22.98 |
$47,800 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary |
90 |
Not available |
$76,210 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
90 |
$14.19 |
$29,510 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
90 |
$17.62 |
$36,640 |
| Surveyors |
90 |
$20.87 |
$43,410 |
| Travel agents |
90 |
$16.48 |
$34,280 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
80 |
$27.80 |
$57,820 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay |
80 |
$26.21 |
$54,510 |
| Engineers, all other |
80 |
$42.02 |
$87,400 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
80 |
$21.17 |
$44,040 |
| Logisticians |
80 |
$31.80 |
$66,130 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
80 |
$24.51 |
$50,980 |
| Parking lot attendants |
80 |
$8.75 |
$18,210 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
80 |
$13.20 |
$27,450 |
| Radiation therapists |
80 |
$36.04 |
$74,970 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
80 |
$10.07 |
$20,950 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
70 |
$20.16 |
$41,930 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
70 |
$23.70 |
$49,300 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
70 |
$7.95 |
$16,530 |
| Internists, general |
70 |
$92.80 |
$193,020 |
| Lodging managers |
70 |
$28.84 |
$59,980 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
70 |
$17.77 |
$36,970 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
70 |
$22.69 |
$47,200 |
| Upholsterers |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Brokerage clerks |
60 |
$15.14 |
$31,490 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
60 |
$16.51 |
$34,350 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
60 |
$11.20 |
$23,300 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates |
60 |
$27.31 |
$56,810 |
| Logging equipment operators |
60 |
$13.27 |
$27,600 |
| Materials engineers |
60 |
$36.13 |
$75,140 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
60 |
$13.63 |
$28,350 |
| Physical therapist aides |
60 |
$13.83 |
$28,770 |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$77,580 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$65,990 |
| Sound engineering technicians |
60 |
$13.11 |
$27,270 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders |
50 |
$10.54 |
$21,930 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$61,040 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
50 |
$19.49 |
$40,540 |
| Emergency management specialists |
50 |
$27.13 |
$56,430 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
50 |
$21.52 |
$44,760 |
| Health educators |
50 |
$22.31 |
$46,400 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
50 |
$12.59 |
$26,180 |
| Interpreters and translators |
50 |
$15.61 |
$32,460 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
50 |
$10.41 |
$21,660 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
50 |
$14.89 |
$30,970 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
50 |
$33.89 |
$70,500 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
50 |
$12.12 |
$25,210 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
50 |
$7.43 |
$15,460 |
| Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$64,750 |
| Audiologists |
40 |
$29.20 |
$60,740 |
| Clergy |
40 |
$20.55 |
$42,750 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
40 |
$14.26 |
$29,660 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
40 |
$17.69 |
$36,790 |
| Financial examiners |
40 |
$40.43 |
$84,100 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers |
40 |
$19.49 |
$40,530 |
| Funeral directors |
40 |
$27.74 |
$57,690 |
| Grounds maintenance workers, all other |
40 |
$9.21 |
$19,150 |
| Law clerks |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Microbiologists |
40 |
$26.27 |
$54,640 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$12.45 |
$25,900 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
40 |
$34.18 |
$71,090 |
| Orthotists and prosthetists |
40 |
$40.75 |
$84,760 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$15.74 |
$32,730 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
40 |
$15.04 |
$31,280 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$63,250 |
| Writers and authors |
40 |
$23.15 |
$48,140 |
| Animal control workers |
30 |
$14.14 |
$29,410 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists |
30 |
$23.90 |
$49,700 |
| Fabric and apparel patternmakers |
30 |
$16.16 |
$33,610 |
| Natural sciences managers |
30 |
$39.89 |
$82,970 |
| Aerospace engineers |
Not available |
$44.06 |
$91,650 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
Not available |
$21.73 |
$45,190 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians |
Not available |
$10.04 |
$20,870 |
| Anesthesiologists |
Not available |
$100.29 |
$208,600 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
Not available |
$15.76 |
$32,790 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
Not available |
$8.09 |
$16,830 |
| Bindery workers |
Not available |
$9.11 |
$18,950 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
Not available |
$19.98 |
$41,550 |
| Bus drivers, school |
Not available |
$9.06 |
$18,840 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
Not available |
$15.13 |
$31,470 |
| Coil winders, tapers, and finishers |
Not available |
$12.58 |
$26,170 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
Not available |
$15.03 |
$31,250 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
Not available |
$21.05 |
$43,790 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
Not available |
$15.86 |
$32,990 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
Not available |
$9.13 |
$18,990 |
| Correspondence clerks |
Not available |
$13.22 |
$27,490 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
Not available |
$10.85 |
$22,560 |
| Crane and tower operators |
Not available |
$18.23 |
$37,910 |
| Curators |
Not available |
$27.95 |
$58,140 |
| Dentists, general |
Not available |
$69.60 |
$144,760 |
| Dietetic technicians |
Not available |
$17.03 |
$35,410 |
| Dishwashers |
Not available |
$8.07 |
$16,790 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
Not available |
$14.34 |
$29,820 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
Not available |
$15.52 |
$32,270 |
| Elevator installers and repairers |
Not available |
$27.12 |
$56,410 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers |
Not available |
$15.67 |
$32,590 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
Not available |
$14.41 |
$29,980 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
Not available |
$9.41 |
$19,580 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
Not available |
$9.02 |
$18,750 |
| Funeral attendants |
Not available |
$11.03 |
$22,950 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
Not available |
$10.04 |
$20,890 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
Not available |
$11.97 |
$24,890 |
| Helpers--roofers |
Not available |
$10.45 |
$21,740 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
Not available |
$16.86 |
$35,060 |
| Massage therapists |
Not available |
$18.13 |
$37,700 |
| Mechanical door repairers |
Not available |
$14.99 |
$31,180 |
| Medical appliance technicians |
Not available |
$19.24 |
$40,020 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
Not available |
$17.40 |
$36,190 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
Not available |
$13.11 |
$27,270 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
Not available |
$11.15 |
$23,180 |
| Multi-media artists and animators |
Not available |
$25.47 |
$52,970 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
Not available |
$23.88 |
$49,670 |
| Optometrists |
Not available |
$41.31 |
$85,930 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
Not available |
$11.60 |
$24,120 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
Not available |
$8.61 |
$17,910 |
| Pharmacy aides |
Not available |
$9.59 |
$19,950 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers |
Not available |
$16.35 |
$34,010 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
Not available |
$9.78 |
$20,330 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians |
Not available |
$13.96 |
$29,030 |
| Sales engineers |
Not available |
$47.54 |
$98,890 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$11.42 |
$23,760 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
Not available |
Not available |
$47,290 |
| Tax preparers |
Not available |
$14.69 |
$30,560 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
Not available |
$22.42 |
$46,640 |
| Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other |
Not available |
$12.44 |
$25,870 |
| Tire builders |
Not available |
$11.85 |
$24,640 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
Not available |
$10.88 |
$22,630 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
Not available |
$19.29 |
$40,120 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
Not available |
Not available |
$46,110 |
