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 |
