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 |
314,690 |
$19.57 |
$40,700 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
62,110 |
$15.81 |
$32,890 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
30,290 |
$15.98 |
$33,240 |
| Sales and related occupations |
29,520 |
$16.51 |
$34,340 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
27,010 |
$9.71 |
$20,200 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
18,750 |
$28.60 |
$59,480 |
| Production occupations |
18,160 |
$15.87 |
$33,020 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
16,840 |
$30.56 |
$63,570 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
16,380 |
$22.54 |
$46,890 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
12,460 |
$19.79 |
$41,150 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
11,840 |
$32.39 |
$67,370 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
10,190 |
$20.26 |
$42,140 |
| Management occupations |
9,880 |
$43.59 |
$90,660 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
9,100 |
$8.93 |
$18,570 |
| Retail salespersons |
9,090 |
$11.79 |
$24,530 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
8,860 |
$12.16 |
$25,290 |
| Office clerks, general |
8,640 |
$13.98 |
$29,070 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
8,330 |
$14.61 |
$30,390 |
| Cashiers |
8,180 |
$8.84 |
$18,380 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
7,880 |
$12.76 |
$26,550 |
| Customer service representatives |
7,730 |
$15.47 |
$32,180 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
7,510 |
$11.50 |
$23,910 |
| Registered nurses |
6,460 |
$28.98 |
$60,290 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
6,070 |
$21.66 |
$45,060 |
| Community and social services occupations |
5,750 |
$19.11 |
$39,760 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
5,700 |
$30.98 |
$64,430 |
| Protective service occupations |
5,600 |
$19.74 |
$41,050 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
5,060 |
$11.86 |
$24,660 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
4,970 |
$8.90 |
$18,510 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
4,620 |
$14.83 |
$30,840 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
4,510 |
$12.05 |
$25,070 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
4,070 |
$23.51 |
$48,910 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
3,960 |
$16.49 |
$34,290 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
3,700 |
$15.01 |
$31,220 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
3,680 |
$28.45 |
$59,180 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
3,480 |
$21.92 |
$45,600 |
| Legal occupations |
3,330 |
$37.85 |
$78,720 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
3,220 |
$17.30 |
$35,990 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
2,830 |
$13.11 |
$27,270 |
| Accountants and auditors |
2,770 |
$29.40 |
$61,150 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
2,680 |
$20.10 |
$41,800 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
2,680 |
$26.15 |
$54,400 |
| Computer systems analysts |
2,650 |
$34.57 |
$71,910 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
2,650 |
Not available |
$49,250 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
2,570 |
$15.77 |
$32,790 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
2,450 |
$11.75 |
$24,440 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
2,430 |
$9.94 |
$20,670 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
2,360 |
$33.60 |
$69,900 |
| Teacher assistants |
2,310 |
Not available |
$21,020 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
2,180 |
Not available |
$49,990 |
| General and operations managers |
2,090 |
$44.68 |
$92,940 |
| Security guards |
2,090 |
$12.79 |
$26,610 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
2,040 |
$23.46 |
$48,790 |
| Food preparation workers |
2,010 |
$9.61 |
$19,990 |
| Home health aides |
1,930 |
$10.40 |
$21,640 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
1,920 |
$34.78 |
$72,350 |
| Lawyers |
1,860 |
$49.49 |
$102,930 |
| Management analysts |
1,850 |
$33.01 |
$68,670 |
| Bartenders |
1,820 |
$9.48 |
$19,730 |
| Word processors and typists |
1,820 |
$14.91 |
$31,020 |
| Helpers--production workers |
1,810 |
$12.16 |
$25,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,800 |
$20.18 |
$41,970 |
| Carpenters |
1,790 |
$19.67 |
$40,910 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,720 |
Not available |
$52,000 |
| Tellers |
1,720 |
$11.22 |
$23,340 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
1,670 |
$17.69 |
$36,800 |
| Team assemblers |
1,650 |
$13.22 |
$27,500 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,630 |
$14.89 |
$30,970 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
1,620 |
$15.28 |
$31,780 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,610 |
$13.26 |
$27,580 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,570 |
$11.38 |
$23,680 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
1,560 |
$17.54 |
$36,480 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,540 |
$9.52 |
$19,800 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
1,480 |
$16.32 |
$33,950 |
| Construction laborers |
1,450 |
$14.85 |
$30,890 |
| Medical assistants |
1,450 |
$13.30 |
$27,660 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,440 |
$19.38 |
$40,310 |
| Computer support specialists |
1,380 |
$18.93 |
$39,380 |
| Medical secretaries |
1,370 |
$13.28 |
$27,610 |
| Computer programmers |
1,320 |
$32.96 |
$68,560 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
1,320 |
$10.40 |
$21,620 |
| Electricians |
1,300 |
$23.72 |
$49,350 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
1,290 |
$20.06 |
$41,730 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
1,280 |
$20.06 |
$41,720 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
1,250 |
$11.08 |
$23,050 |
| Social and human service assistants |
1,220 |
$17.69 |
$36,800 |
| Child care workers |
1,210 |
$10.49 |
$21,830 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
1,110 |
$31.39 |
$65,280 |
| Bus drivers, school |
1,100 |
$12.19 |
$25,360 |
| Food batchmakers |
1,100 |
$11.81 |
$24,560 |
| Personal and home care aides |
1,100 |
$10.95 |
$22,770 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
1,090 |
$23.35 |
$48,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,080 |
$24.85 |
$51,700 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
1,070 |
$36.75 |
$76,430 |
| Driver/sales workers |
1,050 |
$13.91 |
$28,930 |
| Bill and account collectors |
1,010 |
$14.71 |
$30,600 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
1,010 |
$14.89 |
$30,970 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
970 |
$21.94 |
$45,630 |
| Chief executives |
960 |
$70.33 |
$146,290 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
960 |
$17.08 |
$35,530 |
| Dishwashers |
960 |
$8.70 |
$18,100 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
930 |
$8.99 |
$18,710 |
| Logisticians |
900 |
$35.16 |
$73,140 |
| Public relations specialists |
900 |
$24.97 |
$51,930 |
| Financial managers |
870 |
$43.35 |
$90,160 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
860 |
$8.96 |
$18,650 |
| Cooks, short order |
860 |
$10.14 |
$21,080 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
820 |
$24.96 |
$51,910 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
820 |
$8.95 |
$18,620 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
820 |
$18.20 |
$37,850 |
| Insurance sales agents |
820 |
$32.12 |
$66,810 |
| Civil engineers |
810 |
$32.98 |
$68,610 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
800 |
$29.25 |
$60,840 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
790 |
$23.75 |
$49,400 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
790 |
$29.54 |
$61,450 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
770 |
$13.73 |
$28,560 |
| Parts salespersons |
770 |
$13.54 |
$28,160 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
770 |
$23.41 |
$48,680 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
770 |
$20.74 |
$43,150 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
760 |
$27.60 |
$57,420 |
| Market research analysts |
750 |
$23.56 |
$48,990 |
| Order clerks |
750 |
$15.18 |
$31,580 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
740 |
$15.21 |
$31,650 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
720 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
710 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
710 |
$28.14 |
$58,530 |
| Database administrators |
700 |
$33.09 |
$68,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
700 |
$27.92 |
$58,070 |
| Mechanical engineers |
700 |
$34.14 |
$71,010 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
690 |
$11.05 |
$22,980 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
680 |
$19.52 |
$40,590 |
| Machinists |
680 |
$18.59 |
$38,680 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
680 |
$20.21 |
$42,030 |
| Dental assistants |
670 |
$13.43 |
$27,940 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
670 |
$13.18 |
$27,410 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
670 |
$10.28 |
$21,370 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
660 |
$19.06 |
$39,640 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
650 |
$11.49 |
$23,890 |
| File clerks |
650 |
$15.67 |
$32,600 |
| Legal secretaries |
650 |
$17.75 |
$36,920 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
640 |
$22.94 |
$47,720 |
| Training and development specialists |
630 |
$28.80 |
$59,910 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
620 |
$10.46 |
$21,750 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
610 |
$48.37 |
$100,610 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
600 |
$37.41 |
$77,810 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
600 |
$8.99 |
$18,700 |
| Loan officers |
600 |
$22.27 |
$46,330 |
| Mental health counselors |
590 |
$20.53 |
$42,690 |
| Recreation workers |
590 |
$11.37 |
$23,650 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
580 |
$25.05 |
$52,110 |
| Cost estimators |
570 |
$24.49 |
$50,940 |
| Data entry keyers |
570 |
$12.14 |
$25,250 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
570 |
$14.56 |
$30,290 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
570 |
$39.26 |
$81,660 |
| Financial analysts |
560 |
$35.88 |
$74,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
550 |
$21.92 |
$45,580 |
| Medical and health services managers |
550 |
$39.07 |
$81,260 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
530 |
$19.78 |
$41,140 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
520 |
$14.76 |
$30,700 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
510 |
$9.44 |
$19,640 |
| Pharmacists |
510 |
$45.63 |
$94,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
500 |
$44.76 |
$93,100 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
500 |
$33.54 |
$69,760 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
490 |
$23.62 |
$49,140 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
490 |
$21.64 |
$45,010 |
| Telemarketers |
490 |
$17.45 |
$36,290 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
490 |
$27.39 |
$56,970 |
| Insurance underwriters |
480 |
$32.15 |
$66,870 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
480 |
$16.54 |
$34,400 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
470 |
$13.93 |
$28,970 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
470 |
$12.94 |
$26,920 |
| Physical therapists |
470 |
$38.88 |
$80,880 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
470 |
$23.93 |
$49,780 |
| Family and general practitioners |
460 |
$88.63 |
$184,350 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
460 |
$22.09 |
$45,940 |
| Residential advisors |
460 |
$16.49 |
$34,300 |
| Sales managers |
460 |
$42.62 |
$88,660 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
460 |
$25.40 |
$52,820 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
450 |
$18.09 |
$37,630 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
440 |
$14.77 |
$30,710 |
| Real estate sales agents |
440 |
$20.81 |
$43,280 |
| Law clerks |
430 |
$18.95 |
$39,420 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
430 |
$22.71 |
$47,230 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
430 |
Not available |
$53,800 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
420 |
$18.54 |
$38,550 |
| Computer operators |
420 |
$18.18 |
$37,800 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
420 |
$21.75 |
$45,230 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
420 |
Not available |
$44,090 |
| Graphic designers |
410 |
$17.46 |
$36,310 |
| Instructional coordinators |
410 |
$25.84 |
$53,740 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
410 |
$18.41 |
$38,290 |
| Administrative services managers |
400 |
$34.00 |
$70,710 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
400 |
$22.88 |
$47,590 |
| Social and community service managers |
400 |
$31.43 |
$65,370 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
380 |
$19.95 |
$41,500 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
370 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Construction and building inspectors |
370 |
$22.84 |
$47,500 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
370 |
$18.39 |
$38,250 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
360 |
Not available |
$78,270 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
360 |
$40.10 |
$83,410 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
360 |
$10.73 |
$22,310 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
360 |
$13.48 |
$28,030 |
| Printing machine operators |
360 |
$18.53 |
$38,550 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
360 |
$23.48 |
$48,850 |
| Advertising sales agents |
350 |
$19.99 |
$41,580 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
350 |
$26.78 |
$55,710 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
350 |
$18.20 |
$37,850 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
340 |
$15.26 |
$31,750 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
340 |
$9.33 |
$19,410 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
340 |
$17.62 |
$36,660 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
330 |
$20.75 |
$43,160 |
| Budget analysts |
330 |
$30.31 |
$63,050 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
330 |
$20.44 |
$42,520 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
330 |
$13.91 |
$28,940 |
| Bakers |
320 |
$10.87 |
$22,620 |
| Librarians |
320 |
$25.61 |
$53,260 |
| Managers, all other |
320 |
$42.32 |
$88,030 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
320 |
$19.21 |
$39,950 |
| Sheet metal workers |
320 |
$22.36 |
$46,510 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
320 |
$22.83 |
$47,490 |
| Industrial engineers |
310 |
$32.96 |
$68,560 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
310 |
$14.74 |
$30,650 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
310 |
$16.86 |
$35,070 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
310 |
Not available |
$49,740 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
300 |
$47.04 |
$97,850 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
300 |
$32.41 |
$67,420 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
300 |
$34.42 |
$71,590 |
| Cooks, fast food |
290 |
$9.62 |
$20,010 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
290 |
$16.37 |
$34,060 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
290 |
Not available |
$52,340 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
290 |
$12.19 |
$25,360 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
280 |
$19.01 |
$39,540 |
| Marketing managers |
280 |
$45.20 |
$94,010 |
| Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers |
270 |
$34.89 |
$72,560 |
| All other information and record clerks |
270 |
$18.27 |
$38,000 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
270 |
Not available |
$59,890 |
| Dental hygienists |
270 |
$27.49 |
$57,180 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
270 |
$12.86 |
$26,750 |
| Electrical engineers |
270 |
$34.81 |
$72,410 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
270 |
$10.35 |
$21,530 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
270 |
$14.90 |
$30,990 |
| Procurement clerks |
270 |
$18.23 |
$37,920 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
270 |
$17.63 |
$36,670 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
270 |
Not available |
$53,810 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
260 |
$20.59 |
$42,820 |
| Food service managers |
260 |
$22.63 |
$47,060 |
| Library technicians |
260 |
$14.71 |
$30,590 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
260 |
$9.14 |
$19,020 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
250 |
$14.97 |
$31,140 |
| Operations research analysts |
250 |
$31.07 |
$64,620 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
240 |
$40.44 |
$84,120 |
| Coaches and scouts |
240 |
Not available |
$32,050 |
| Roofers |
240 |
$17.40 |
$36,190 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
240 |
Not available |
$47,590 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
230 |
$18.17 |
$37,780 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
230 |
$32.57 |
$67,740 |
| Construction managers |
230 |
$39.23 |
$81,590 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
230 |
$21.74 |
$45,230 |
| Engineering managers |
230 |
$49.71 |
$103,400 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
230 |
Not available |
$62,130 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
230 |
$16.51 |
$34,330 |
| Veterinarians |
230 |
$58.86 |
$122,440 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
230 |
$15.57 |
$32,390 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
220 |
$18.90 |
$39,320 |
| Couriers and messengers |
220 |
$11.60 |
$24,130 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
220 |
$17.62 |
$36,650 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
220 |
$10.60 |
$22,050 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
220 |
$15.83 |
$32,920 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
220 |
Not available |
$58,750 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
220 |
$16.47 |
$34,260 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
220 |
$13.88 |
$28,870 |
| Respiratory therapists |
220 |
$25.57 |
$53,190 |
| Statisticians |
220 |
$27.35 |
$56,890 |
| Surgical technologists |
220 |
$18.02 |
$37,490 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
220 |
$13.69 |
$28,480 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
210 |
$18.18 |
$37,820 |
| Bindery workers |
200 |
$11.53 |
$23,970 |
| Emergency management specialists |
200 |
$22.71 |
$47,240 |
| Industrial production managers |
200 |
$38.45 |
$79,980 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
200 |
$12.57 |
$26,150 |
| Physician assistants |
200 |
$36.30 |
$75,500 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
200 |
$16.95 |
$35,260 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
200 |
$44.28 |
$92,110 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
190 |
Not available |
$66,890 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
190 |
$30.59 |
$63,630 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
190 |
$17.55 |
$36,490 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
190 |
$16.34 |
$33,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
190 |
$18.81 |
$39,130 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
190 |
$20.96 |
$43,600 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
190 |
$21.90 |
$45,560 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
190 |
Not available |
$64,900 |
| Occupational therapists |
190 |
$33.48 |
$69,650 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
190 |
$78.08 |
$162,410 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
190 |
$31.96 |
$66,480 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
190 |
$21.10 |
$43,900 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
180 |
$14.98 |
$31,170 |
| Conservation scientists |
180 |
$20.25 |
$42,120 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
180 |
Not available |
$65,090 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
180 |
$28.34 |
$58,940 |
| Environmental engineers |
180 |
$33.60 |
$69,880 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
180 |
$24.75 |
$51,480 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
180 |
$10.36 |
$21,550 |
| Postal service clerks |
180 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
180 |
$10.14 |
$21,090 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
Not available |
$68,420 |
| Crane and tower operators |
170 |
$19.86 |
$41,300 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
170 |
$32.31 |
$67,200 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
170 |
$23.03 |
$47,890 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
170 |
$19.08 |
$39,680 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
170 |
$15.60 |
$32,440 |
| Internists, general |
170 |
$89.56 |
$186,280 |
| Mechanical drafters |
170 |
$22.03 |
$45,830 |
| Production workers, all other |
170 |
$13.74 |
$28,580 |
| Editors |
160 |
$24.69 |
$51,360 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
150 |
$12.88 |
$26,790 |
| Producers and directors |
150 |
$24.17 |
$50,280 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
150 |
$15.79 |
$32,840 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
140 |
$22.76 |
$47,340 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
140 |
$15.60 |
$32,450 |
| Chemists |
140 |
$25.53 |
$53,100 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
140 |
$24.55 |
$51,070 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
140 |
$18.72 |
$38,930 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
140 |
$19.24 |
$40,020 |
| Pipelayers |
140 |
$16.47 |
$34,250 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
130 |
$17.93 |
$37,290 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
130 |
$17.30 |
$35,990 |
| Legislators |
130 |
Not available |
$38,730 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary |
130 |
Not available |
$68,710 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
130 |
$18.45 |
$38,370 |
| Sales engineers |
130 |
$39.69 |
$82,550 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
120 |
$26.21 |
$54,520 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
120 |
$16.68 |
$34,700 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
120 |
$17.70 |
$36,810 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
120 |
$18.40 |
$38,260 |
| Technical writers |
120 |
$28.93 |
$60,180 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
110 |
Not available |
$63,400 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
110 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
110 |
$21.76 |
$45,260 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
110 |
$16.65 |
$34,630 |
| Fire fighters |
110 |
$16.84 |
$35,030 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
110 |
$24.05 |
$50,030 |
| Floral designers |
110 |
$11.85 |
$24,640 |
| Lodging managers |
110 |
$25.66 |
$53,380 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
110 |
$33.50 |
$69,680 |
| Statistical assistants |
110 |
$18.32 |
$38,100 |
| Tool and die makers |
110 |
$21.57 |
$44,870 |
| Urban and regional planners |
110 |
$23.25 |
$48,360 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
100 |
$15.98 |
$33,240 |
| Chemical technicians |
100 |
$15.89 |
$33,040 |
| Clergy |
100 |
$19.04 |
$39,600 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
Not available |
$56,880 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
100 |
$18.51 |
$38,500 |
| Funeral attendants |
100 |
$14.23 |
$29,590 |
| Health educators |
100 |
$22.04 |
$45,850 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
100 |
$41.32 |
$85,940 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
100 |
$13.43 |
$27,930 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
100 |
$15.63 |
$32,520 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
100 |
$19.14 |
$39,810 |
| Pest control workers |
100 |
$14.50 |
$30,170 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
100 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Private detectives and investigators |
100 |
$27.56 |
$57,330 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
Not available |
$66,700 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
100 |
$14.40 |
$29,950 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
90 |
$22.57 |
$46,940 |
| Broadcast technicians |
90 |
$21.04 |
$43,750 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
90 |
$44.01 |
$91,540 |
| Crossing guards |
90 |
$11.64 |
$24,210 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
90 |
$22.94 |
$47,710 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
90 |
$22.93 |
$47,700 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
90 |
Not available |
$60,140 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
90 |
$20.87 |
$43,410 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
90 |
$12.09 |
$25,140 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
90 |
$10.42 |
$21,680 |
| Public relations managers |
90 |
$43.78 |
$91,070 |
| Surveyors |
90 |
$24.72 |
$51,410 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
90 |
$11.71 |
$24,360 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
80 |
$44.51 |
$92,580 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture |
80 |
$19.26 |
$40,060 |
| Carpet installers |
80 |
$17.11 |
$35,590 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
80 |
$31.49 |
$65,500 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
80 |
$10.81 |
$22,480 |
| History teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$71,200 |
| Personal financial advisors |
80 |
$25.89 |
$53,840 |
| Photographers |
80 |
$17.09 |
$35,540 |
| Purchasing managers |
80 |
$43.12 |
$89,700 |
| Skin care specialists |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Tour guides and escorts |
80 |
$12.14 |
$25,250 |
| Travel agents |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Brokerage clerks |
70 |
$15.57 |
$32,380 |
| Desktop publishers |
70 |
$19.21 |
$39,960 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
70 |
$14.62 |
$30,420 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
70 |
$12.00 |
$24,950 |
| Interior designers |
70 |
$23.21 |
$48,280 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
70 |
$19.78 |
$41,140 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
70 |
$20.43 |
$42,490 |
| New accounts clerks |
70 |
$16.63 |
$34,600 |
| Optometrists |
70 |
$49.33 |
$102,610 |
| Psychiatrists |
70 |
$57.59 |
$119,780 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$61,380 |
| Recreational therapists |
70 |
$15.14 |
$31,480 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other |
70 |
$44.44 |
$92,420 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$64,180 |
| Surgeons |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Actuaries |
60 |
$42.82 |
$89,060 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians |
60 |
$10.63 |
$22,110 |
| Athletes and sports competitors |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
60 |
$8.78 |
$18,260 |
| Credit analysts |
60 |
$22.79 |
$47,400 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
60 |
$15.20 |
$31,620 |
| Dentists, general |
60 |
$69.56 |
$144,680 |
| Education administrators, all other |
60 |
$31.43 |
$65,380 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
60 |
$14.89 |
$30,970 |
| Funeral directors |
60 |
$29.93 |
$62,260 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$82,060 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
60 |
$9.42 |
$19,590 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
60 |
$20.57 |
$42,790 |
| Museum technicians and conservators |
60 |
$21.59 |
$44,910 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
60 |
$29.16 |
$60,650 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
60 |
$20.89 |
$43,450 |
| Photographic process workers |
60 |
$17.60 |
$36,610 |
| Physical therapist aides |
60 |
$12.46 |
$25,910 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
60 |
$13.76 |
$28,630 |
| Training and development managers |
60 |
$40.08 |
$83,360 |
| Art directors |
50 |
$28.36 |
$58,990 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
50 |
$12.90 |
$26,840 |
| Court reporters |
50 |
$22.23 |
$46,230 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
50 |
$15.57 |
$32,390 |
| Dietetic technicians |
50 |
$11.84 |
$24,620 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
50 |
$13.74 |
$28,580 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers |
50 |
$26.52 |
$55,160 |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders |
50 |
$16.89 |
$35,140 |
| Forensic science technicians |
50 |
$24.52 |
$51,010 |
| Media and communication workers, all other |
50 |
$17.72 |
$36,860 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders |
50 |
$18.28 |
$38,010 |
| Microbiologists |
50 |
$25.03 |
$52,070 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
50 |
$21.31 |
$44,330 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
50 |
$17.98 |
$37,400 |
| Pharmacy aides |
50 |
$9.79 |
$20,360 |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$72,210 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
50 |
$33.29 |
$69,240 |
| Psychiatric technicians |
50 |
$18.56 |
$38,600 |
| Tapers |
50 |
$23.63 |
$49,150 |
| Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$71,940 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
40 |
$20.77 |
$43,200 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$62,510 |
| Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$63,690 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Directors, religious activities and education |
40 |
$17.38 |
$36,150 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$16.59 |
$34,510 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$81,570 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay |
40 |
$27.40 |
$56,980 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
40 |
$29.95 |
$62,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
40 |
$30.73 |
$63,920 |
| Foresters |
40 |
$24.14 |
$50,220 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders |
40 |
$15.59 |
$32,430 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
40 |
$32.40 |
$67,390 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$21.14 |
$43,960 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$17.41 |
$36,220 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
40 |
$17.61 |
$36,630 |
| Materials engineers |
40 |
$34.61 |
$71,990 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
40 |
$12.67 |
$26,350 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
40 |
$13.84 |
$28,790 |
| Multi-media artists and animators |
40 |
$24.68 |
$51,330 |
| Natural sciences managers |
40 |
$38.35 |
$79,760 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers |
40 |
$23.03 |
$47,900 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Sewing machine operators |
40 |
$12.48 |
$25,950 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
40 |
$22.00 |
$45,760 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school |
40 |
Not available |
$50,650 |
| Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary |
30 |
Not available |
$80,160 |
| Chiropractors |
30 |
$25.65 |
$53,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers |
30 |
$28.13 |
$58,500 |
| Helpers--electricians |
30 |
$11.75 |
$24,440 |
| Landscape architects |
30 |
$31.16 |
$64,810 |
| Marriage and family therapists |
30 |
$21.39 |
$44,490 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
30 |
$16.87 |
$35,090 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
30 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Transportation inspectors |
30 |
$26.21 |
$54,510 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
30 |
$15.09 |
$31,390 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
Not available |
$22.26 |
$46,300 |
| Anesthesiologists |
Not available |
$78.85 |
$164,010 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
Not available |
$21.18 |
$44,060 |
| Athletic trainers |
Not available |
Not available |
$40,000 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
Not available |
$16.45 |
$34,210 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders |
Not available |
$10.65 |
$22,140 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
Not available |
$13.76 |
$28,620 |
| Communications equipment operators, all other |
Not available |
$20.19 |
$41,990 |
| Computer and information scientists, research |
Not available |
$48.13 |
$100,110 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
Not available |
$44.18 |
$91,900 |
| Correspondence clerks |
Not available |
$12.89 |
$26,810 |
| Curators |
Not available |
$21.14 |
$43,980 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$17.69 |
$36,800 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
Not available |
$15.82 |
$32,900 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
Not available |
$38.59 |
$80,270 |
| Engineering teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$80,450 |
| Financial examiners |
Not available |
$29.52 |
$61,400 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
Not available |
$10.98 |
$22,830 |
| Gas plant operators |
Not available |
$19.52 |
$40,610 |
| Glaziers |
Not available |
$22.21 |
$46,200 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
Not available |
$16.23 |
$33,760 |
| Insurance appraisers, auto damage |
Not available |
$22.41 |
$46,610 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers |
Not available |
$18.03 |
$37,500 |
| Job printers |
Not available |
$16.70 |
$34,740 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
Not available |
$15.54 |
$32,320 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
Not available |
$32.02 |
$66,590 |
| Millwrights |
Not available |
$24.50 |
$50,970 |
| Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers |
Not available |
$41.66 |
$86,660 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
Not available |
$13.47 |
$28,010 |
| Occupational therapist aides |
Not available |
$15.66 |
$32,570 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
Not available |
$18.83 |
$39,180 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
Not available |
$13.39 |
$27,850 |
| Parking lot attendants |
Not available |
$9.13 |
$18,980 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
Not available |
$17.01 |
$35,370 |
| Pediatricians, general |
Not available |
$57.00 |
$118,560 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers |
Not available |
$14.93 |
$31,050 |
| Radiation therapists |
Not available |
$33.34 |
$69,340 |
| Radio operators |
Not available |
$13.63 |
$28,350 |
| Real estate brokers |
Not available |
$48.34 |
$100,540 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
Not available |
$11.57 |
$24,060 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
Not available |
$18.23 |
$37,920 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$18.10 |
$37,650 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$9.11 |
$18,940 |
| Set and exhibit designers |
Not available |
$24.61 |
$51,190 |
| Survey researchers |
Not available |
$24.21 |
$50,360 |
| Tax preparers |
Not available |
$16.57 |
$34,450 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
Not available |
$17.60 |
$36,600 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
Not available |
$9.00 |
$18,720 |
