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 | 38,820 | $19.41 | $40,370 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 5,250 | $14.79 | $30,760 |
| Protective service occupations | 4,040 | $31.87 | $66,290 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 3,660 | $21.00 | $43,680 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 3,240 | $9.55 | $19,870 |
| Sales and related occupations | 3,170 | $14.02 | $29,160 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 2,990 | $17.54 | $36,470 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 2,930 | $9.82 | $20,430 |
| Production occupations | 2,630 | $16.63 | $34,600 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 1,810 | $36.10 | $75,090 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 1,740 | $19.80 | $41,190 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 1,180 | Not available | Not available |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,130 | $12.42 | $25,840 |
| Retail salespersons | 1,090 | $9.84 | $20,470 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 1,010 | $12.00 | $24,950 |
| Management occupations | 1,010 | $40.42 | $84,080 |
| Cashiers | 930 | $11.09 | $23,080 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 920 | Not available | $50,260 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 870 | $9.07 | $18,870 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 830 | $12.05 | $25,070 |
| Registered nurses | 800 | $39.28 | $81,700 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 780 | $26.65 | $55,430 |
| Teacher assistants | 770 | Not available | $26,450 |
| Community and social services occupations | 630 | $30.32 | $63,060 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 560 | $17.18 | $35,720 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 530 | $11.45 | $23,820 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 520 | $11.32 | $23,550 |
| Cooks, fast food | 490 | $8.49 | $17,660 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 450 | $15.15 | $31,510 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 450 | $12.33 | $25,640 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 440 | $11.69 | $24,310 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 430 | $16.39 | $34,080 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 410 | $17.57 | $36,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 380 | $21.19 | $44,070 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 310 | $24.25 | $50,430 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 300 | $16.99 | $35,330 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 300 | $8.40 | $17,470 |
| Agricultural equipment operators | 290 | $12.93 | $26,890 |
| General and operations managers | 270 | $44.89 | $93,370 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 270 | $11.80 | $24,550 |
| Medical secretaries | 260 | $13.20 | $27,460 |
| Medical assistants | 250 | $12.75 | $26,510 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 240 | $12.47 | $25,930 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 240 | $14.82 | $30,830 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 230 | $29.48 | $61,310 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 220 | $33.22 | $69,100 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 220 | $32.11 | $66,790 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 210 | $10.99 | $22,870 |
| Word processors and typists | 210 | $14.80 | $30,770 |
| Home health aides | 200 | $10.32 | $21,460 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 190 | $30.30 | $63,030 |
| Customer service representatives | 190 | $14.25 | $29,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 190 | $13.58 | $28,240 |
| Food preparation workers | 190 | $9.90 | $20,590 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 190 | $19.79 | $41,150 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 180 | $16.20 | $33,690 |
| Dental assistants | 180 | $14.89 | $30,970 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 180 | $18.57 | $38,620 |
| Food batchmakers | 180 | $20.38 | $42,390 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 180 | $21.76 | $45,270 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 180 | $19.78 | $41,150 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 180 | $9.30 | $19,350 |
| Tellers | 180 | $12.15 | $25,280 |
| All other information and record clerks | 160 | $18.27 | $37,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 160 | $27.77 | $57,750 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 160 | Not available | $57,880 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 150 | $10.98 | $22,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 150 | $26.48 | $55,090 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 150 | $9.41 | $19,570 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 140 | $12.29 | $25,570 |
| Construction laborers | 130 | $19.61 | $40,800 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 130 | $17.26 | $35,890 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 130 | $32.84 | $68,300 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 120 | $15.18 | $31,580 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 120 | $14.56 | $30,280 |
| Health educators | 120 | $17.80 | $37,020 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 120 | $12.04 | $25,030 |
| Security guards | 120 | $10.98 | $22,840 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 110 | $15.44 | $32,120 |
| Child care workers | 110 | $9.46 | $19,680 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 110 | $21.14 | $43,960 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 110 | $25.19 | $52,400 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 110 | $13.35 | $27,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 100 | $15.75 | $32,760 |
| Helpers--production workers | 100 | $9.80 | $20,380 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 100 | Not available | $65,140 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 90 | $20.67 | $42,990 |
| Bartenders | 90 | $10.01 | $20,820 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 90 | $10.83 | $22,520 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 90 | $31.35 | $65,210 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 90 | $19.24 | $40,020 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 90 | $21.49 | $44,710 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 90 | $16.76 | $34,870 |
| Mental health counselors | 90 | $28.25 | $58,750 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 90 | $26.90 | $55,950 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 90 | $13.80 | $28,710 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 90 | $11.86 | $24,670 |
| Accountants and auditors | 80 | $30.31 | $63,050 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Cooks, short order | 80 | $11.58 | $24,090 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 80 | $16.52 | $34,360 |
| Legal occupations | 80 | $35.24 | $73,310 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 80 | $15.39 | $32,020 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Procurement clerks | 80 | $16.51 | $34,350 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 80 | Not available | $67,180 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 80 | $18.50 | $38,470 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 80 | $13.60 | $28,290 |
| Carpenters | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 70 | $8.62 | $17,930 |
| Dishwashers | 70 | $8.50 | $17,690 |
| Electricians | 70 | $22.91 | $47,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 70 | $24.41 | $50,770 |
| Food service managers | 70 | $21.24 | $44,180 |
| Insurance sales agents | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Pharmacists | 70 | $57.75 | $120,120 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | 70 | $20.53 | $42,710 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 60 | Not available | $93,340 |
| Financial managers | 60 | $44.86 | $93,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 60 | $21.61 | $44,950 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 60 | $10.12 | $21,040 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 60 | $8.74 | $18,170 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 60 | $12.28 | $25,530 |
| Medical and health services managers | 60 | $47.25 | $98,280 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 60 | $15.53 | $32,300 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 60 | $18.46 | $38,400 |
| Recreation workers | 60 | $10.42 | $21,680 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians | 50 | $19.02 | $39,550 |
| Bus drivers, school | 50 | $14.74 | $30,660 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 50 | $35.80 | $74,450 |
| Dental hygienists | 50 | $34.83 | $72,450 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | 50 | $14.74 | $30,660 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 50 | $16.38 | $34,070 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 50 | $11.94 | $24,840 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 50 | $33.09 | $68,830 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 50 | $26.80 | $55,750 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 50 | $25.95 | $53,980 |
| Sales managers | 50 | $42.60 | $88,610 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 40 | $22.02 | $45,790 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 40 | $23.41 | $48,680 |
| Computer support specialists | 40 | $20.78 | $43,220 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 40 | $24.78 | $51,540 |
| File clerks | 40 | $9.93 | $20,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 40 | $18.40 | $38,280 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 40 | $9.87 | $20,530 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 40 | $13.34 | $27,750 |
| Managers, all other | 40 | $38.77 | $80,650 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 40 | $29.82 | $62,030 |
| Parts salespersons | 40 | $14.26 | $29,660 |
| Physician assistants | 40 | $42.62 | $88,660 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 40 | $19.09 | $39,720 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 40 | $15.52 | $32,270 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 40 | $25.85 | $53,770 |
| Administrative services managers | 30 | $36.58 | $76,080 |
| Civil engineers | 30 | $39.54 | $82,250 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 30 | $17.51 | $36,430 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 30 | $24.07 | $50,070 |
| Engineers, all other | 30 | $36.48 | $75,880 |
| Industrial production managers | 30 | $43.11 | $89,670 |
| Loan officers | 30 | $27.56 | $57,320 |
| Lodging managers | 30 | $14.70 | $30,570 |
| Management analysts | 30 | $32.06 | $66,680 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 30 | $28.88 | $60,070 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 30 | $27.59 | $57,390 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 30 | $11.11 | $23,110 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | Not available | $27.05 | $56,260 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | Not available | $10.00 | $20,810 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders | Not available | $13.44 | $27,950 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | Not available | $9.03 | $18,780 |
| Driver/sales workers | Not available | $8.62 | $17,930 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | Not available | $8.85 | $18,420 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | Not available | $11.62 | $24,170 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | Not available | $19.22 | $39,980 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | Not available | Not available | $39,430 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | Not available | Not available | $45,960 |
| Office clerks, general | Not available | $12.78 | $26,580 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | Not available | $12.95 | $26,940 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | Not available | $13.39 | $27,860 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | Not available | Not available | $49,880 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | Not available | $43.04 | $89,530 |
