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 | 210,140 | $21.41 | $44,540 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 28,290 | $14.13 | $29,400 |
| Sales and related occupations | 24,620 | $13.76 | $28,620 |
| Production occupations | 20,890 | $15.28 | $31,780 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 17,180 | $40.13 | $83,470 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 15,540 | $8.40 | $17,470 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 13,410 | $34.30 | $71,340 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 12,650 | $37.01 | $76,980 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 10,010 | $12.84 | $26,700 |
| Management occupations | 9,640 | $47.20 | $98,180 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 9,550 | $30.91 | $64,300 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 9,430 | $20.20 | $42,020 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 7,680 | $18.93 | $39,380 |
| Retail salespersons | 6,880 | $10.44 | $21,710 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 6,390 | $10.01 | $20,820 |
| Cashiers | 6,310 | $7.86 | $16,350 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 4,540 | $10.26 | $21,350 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 4,250 | $7.36 | $15,300 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 4,050 | $14.34 | $29,820 |
| Registered nurses | 3,990 | $27.90 | $58,030 |
| Protective service occupations | 3,970 | $15.98 | $33,230 |
| General and operations managers | 3,620 | $47.60 | $99,000 |
| Engineers, all other | 3,400 | $48.42 | $100,700 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 3,400 | $10.22 | $21,250 |
| Team assemblers | 3,340 | $11.92 | $24,790 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 3,240 | $9.54 | $19,850 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 3,210 | $7.90 | $16,440 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 3,190 | $42.97 | $89,390 |
| Office clerks, general | 3,100 | $10.79 | $22,440 |
| Telemarketers | 2,890 | $10.78 | $22,430 |
| Computer systems analysts | 2,860 | $36.16 | $75,200 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 2,760 | $10.65 | $22,160 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 2,670 | $38.13 | $79,310 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 2,580 | $10.73 | $22,320 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 2,410 | Not available | $48,290 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 2,360 | $20.26 | $42,150 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 2,350 | $17.22 | $35,810 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 2,270 | $23.78 | $49,470 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 2,260 | $14.25 | $29,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 2,080 | $21.31 | $44,320 |
| Aerospace engineers | 1,920 | $47.06 | $97,890 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 1,880 | $33.66 | $70,010 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 1,820 | $34.01 | $70,750 |
| Logisticians | 1,810 | $37.91 | $78,860 |
| Customer service representatives | 1,740 | $13.88 | $28,880 |
| Security guards | 1,740 | $11.13 | $23,150 |
| Mechanical engineers | 1,720 | $40.86 | $85,000 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 1,640 | $15.51 | $32,250 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 1,630 | $10.71 | $22,270 |
| Accountants and auditors | 1,580 | $30.25 | $62,910 |
| Management analysts | 1,560 | $43.70 | $90,890 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 1,560 | $9.31 | $19,350 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 1,530 | $18.35 | $38,170 |
| Helpers--production workers | 1,520 | $9.92 | $20,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 1,480 | $12.76 | $26,540 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 1,390 | $15.84 | $32,940 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 1,340 | $26.91 | $55,970 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,330 | $9.12 | $18,970 |
| Community and social services occupations | 1,300 | $19.19 | $39,920 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 1,290 | $41.77 | $86,880 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 1,280 | $9.53 | $19,830 |
| Home health aides | 1,260 | $8.73 | $18,150 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 1,260 | $15.14 | $31,490 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 1,210 | $20.55 | $42,740 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 1,200 | $43.94 | $91,400 |
| Teacher assistants | 1,160 | Not available | $17,960 |
| Cooks, fast food | 1,150 | $7.27 | $15,130 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 1,150 | Not available | $22,500 |
| Computer programmers | 1,140 | $35.08 | $72,970 |
| Computer support specialists | 1,100 | $19.74 | $41,060 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 1,090 | $14.41 | $29,970 |
| Food preparation workers | 1,070 | $7.82 | $16,270 |
| Engineering managers | 1,020 | $55.11 | $114,640 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 1,020 | $12.63 | $26,270 |
| Electrical engineers | 970 | $40.42 | $84,070 |
| Machinists | 970 | $18.19 | $37,840 |
| Computer hardware engineers | 950 | $43.64 | $90,760 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 940 | $9.55 | $19,860 |
| Industrial engineers | 830 | $38.77 | $80,640 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 830 | $16.21 | $33,730 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 830 | $29.62 | $61,610 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 820 | $42.36 | $88,120 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 800 | $22.64 | $47,080 |
| Electricians | 800 | $20.56 | $42,770 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 760 | $11.03 | $22,940 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 760 | Not available | $50,000 |
| Child care workers | 740 | $7.60 | $15,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 730 | $26.42 | $54,960 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 730 | $12.85 | $26,720 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 720 | $9.03 | $18,780 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 720 | $20.67 | $42,990 |
| Production workers, all other | 720 | $15.44 | $32,110 |
| Construction laborers | 710 | $12.94 | $26,920 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 710 | $23.32 | $48,510 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 710 | $10.96 | $22,800 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 710 | $23.96 | $49,830 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 700 | $17.78 | $36,980 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 700 | $26.15 | $54,400 |
| Legal occupations | 700 | $38.45 | $79,970 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 670 | $8.58 | $17,840 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 660 | $35.06 | $72,920 |
| Tellers | 640 | $10.45 | $21,730 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 630 | $13.91 | $28,930 |
| Medical assistants | 630 | $11.49 | $23,890 |
| Carpenters | 620 | $13.97 | $29,070 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 620 | $12.37 | $25,730 |
| Dishwashers | 590 | $7.82 | $16,260 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 580 | $18.43 | $38,340 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 570 | $26.35 | $54,800 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 560 | $48.88 | $101,680 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 560 | $32.03 | $66,630 |
| All other information and record clerks | 550 | $17.90 | $37,230 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 530 | $13.80 | $28,700 |
| Recreation workers | 530 | $11.48 | $23,880 |
| Chief executives | 510 | $79.01 | $164,350 |
| Driver/sales workers | 510 | $10.42 | $21,680 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 510 | $13.06 | $27,170 |
| Financial managers | 490 | $50.87 | $105,800 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 490 | $23.47 | $48,810 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 480 | $10.28 | $21,380 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 470 | $23.43 | $48,740 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 460 | $32.91 | $68,460 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 460 | $16.07 | $33,420 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 460 | $17.55 | $36,500 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 450 | $7.78 | $16,180 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 450 | Not available | Not available |
| Public relations specialists | 450 | $21.28 | $44,260 |
| Budget analysts | 440 | $33.71 | $70,110 |
| Managers, all other | 430 | $45.75 | $95,150 |
| Bill and account collectors | 410 | $12.86 | $26,760 |
| Bus drivers, school | 400 | $7.27 | $15,130 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 400 | $18.43 | $38,340 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 400 | $7.58 | $15,770 |
| Lawyers | 400 | $52.31 | $108,790 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 400 | $10.87 | $22,600 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 380 | $15.05 | $31,290 |
| Loan officers | 380 | $29.95 | $62,290 |
| Residential advisors | 380 | $9.85 | $20,480 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 370 | $22.90 | $47,630 |
| Fire fighters | 370 | Not available | Not available |
| Chemical engineers | 350 | $40.27 | $83,770 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 350 | $21.61 | $44,960 |
| Cost estimators | 350 | $23.88 | $49,670 |
| Database administrators | 350 | $31.46 | $65,430 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 340 | $19.07 | $39,670 |
| Food service managers | 330 | $24.78 | $51,550 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 330 | $18.09 | $37,630 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 330 | $15.89 | $33,050 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 330 | $12.75 | $26,520 |
| Parts salespersons | 330 | $14.36 | $29,870 |
| Dental assistants | 320 | $14.27 | $29,670 |
| Dental hygienists | 320 | $22.36 | $46,510 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 320 | $20.43 | $42,500 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 320 | $16.19 | $33,680 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 320 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 310 | $11.77 | $24,490 |
| File clerks | 310 | $10.81 | $22,480 |
| Insurance sales agents | 310 | $24.69 | $51,360 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 310 | $12.97 | $26,980 |
| Pharmacists | 310 | $52.79 | $109,800 |
| Training and development specialists | 310 | $21.34 | $44,390 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 300 | $22.46 | $46,720 |
| Technical writers | 300 | $26.06 | $54,210 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 290 | $17.51 | $36,430 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 290 | $14.29 | $29,730 |
| Legal secretaries | 290 | $14.78 | $30,740 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 290 | $17.51 | $36,430 |
| Sales managers | 290 | $45.66 | $94,970 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 290 | $20.87 | $43,410 |
| Graphic designers | 280 | $22.01 | $45,790 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 280 | $9.81 | $20,410 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 280 | $14.97 | $31,130 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 280 | $10.82 | $22,500 |
| Bartenders | 270 | $8.88 | $18,480 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 270 | $8.80 | $18,300 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 270 | $15.16 | $31,520 |
| Computer operators | 260 | $15.55 | $32,350 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 260 | $15.13 | $31,480 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 260 | $26.21 | $54,520 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 260 | $13.74 | $28,580 |
| Industrial production managers | 260 | $40.36 | $83,950 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 260 | $8.33 | $17,330 |
| Operations research analysts | 260 | $41.23 | $85,760 |
| Purchasing managers | 260 | $50.43 | $104,890 |
| Surgical technologists | 260 | $18.22 | $37,890 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 250 | $16.67 | $34,670 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 250 | $25.18 | $52,370 |
| Computer and information scientists, research | 250 | $47.74 | $99,310 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 250 | $21.46 | $44,640 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 250 | $14.55 | $30,270 |
| Cooks, short order | 240 | $8.37 | $17,400 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 240 | $13.87 | $28,850 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 240 | $26.42 | $54,950 |
| Helpers--electricians | 240 | $9.57 | $19,910 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 240 | $8.43 | $17,530 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 240 | $23.48 | $48,840 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 230 | $10.22 | $21,260 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 230 | Not available | $44,750 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 230 | $15.86 | $32,980 |
| Physical therapists | 230 | $39.28 | $81,710 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 220 | $8.38 | $17,430 |
| Coaches and scouts | 220 | Not available | $32,360 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 220 | Not available | $74,930 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 220 | $42.02 | $87,410 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 220 | $13.92 | $28,960 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 220 | $18.69 | $38,870 |
| Materials engineers | 220 | $47.84 | $99,500 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 220 | $19.91 | $41,410 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 210 | $15.77 | $32,800 |
| Pest control workers | 210 | $12.76 | $26,550 |
| Printing machine operators | 210 | $13.42 | $27,910 |
| Real estate sales agents | 210 | $28.53 | $59,330 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 210 | $10.85 | $22,560 |
| Advertising sales agents | 200 | $23.13 | $48,110 |
| Construction managers | 200 | $41.87 | $87,090 |
| Data entry keyers | 200 | $12.07 | $25,120 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 200 | $16.92 | $35,190 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 200 | $17.45 | $36,290 |
| Medical secretaries | 200 | $11.98 | $24,920 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 200 | $11.70 | $24,330 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 200 | Not available | Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 190 | $25.25 | $52,520 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 190 | $13.33 | $27,730 |
| Editors | 180 | $25.08 | $52,160 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 180 | $21.20 | $44,100 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 180 | $16.09 | $33,460 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 180 | $13.18 | $27,410 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 180 | $13.86 | $28,840 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 180 | $12.16 | $25,280 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 180 | $19.05 | $39,630 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 170 | $13.73 | $28,550 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 170 | Not available | $48,730 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | 170 | $17.10 | $35,570 |
| Librarians | 170 | $27.56 | $57,320 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 170 | $17.21 | $35,800 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 170 | $8.20 | $17,050 |
| Sewing machine operators | 170 | $8.98 | $18,670 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 170 | $21.46 | $44,630 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 160 | $19.69 | $40,950 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 160 | Not available | $60,030 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 160 | $33.65 | $69,980 |
| Mechanical drafters | 160 | $25.64 | $53,330 |
| Medical and health services managers | 160 | $34.04 | $70,810 |
| Personal financial advisors | 160 | $58.74 | $122,180 |
| Physicists | 160 | $47.69 | $99,200 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 160 | $12.65 | $26,320 |
| Service station attendants | 160 | $11.35 | $23,610 |
| Social and human service assistants | 160 | $10.67 | $22,190 |
| Administrative services managers | 150 | $38.01 | $79,060 |
| Marketing managers | 150 | $50.30 | $104,630 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 150 | $13.59 | $28,270 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 150 | $14.79 | $30,750 |
| Tool and die makers | 150 | $30.25 | $62,920 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | 140 | $15.24 | $31,690 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 140 | $29.90 | $62,180 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 140 | $13.84 | $28,780 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 140 | $21.16 | $44,020 |
| Order clerks | 140 | $11.48 | $23,870 |
| Surveyors | 140 | $20.19 | $41,990 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 130 | $18.89 | $39,290 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 130 | $9.19 | $19,110 |
| Choreographers | 130 | $14.46 | $30,080 |
| Couriers and messengers | 130 | $10.07 | $20,940 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 130 | $10.43 | $21,700 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 130 | $24.11 | $50,150 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 130 | $14.06 | $29,250 |
| Word processors and typists | 130 | $14.35 | $29,850 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 120 | $14.44 | $30,040 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 120 | $22.81 | $47,440 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $47,780 |
| Mechanical door repairers | 120 | $14.03 | $29,180 |
| Procurement clerks | 120 | $17.54 | $36,470 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 120 | $15.85 | $32,970 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 120 | $8.54 | $17,760 |
| Dentists, general | 110 | $68.31 | $142,090 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 110 | $9.32 | $19,380 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 110 | $12.79 | $26,610 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 110 | $10.24 | $21,300 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 110 | $12.74 | $26,510 |
| Photographers | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Sheet metal workers | 110 | $18.81 | $39,120 |
| Travel agents | 110 | $15.73 | $32,710 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 110 | $8.43 | $17,540 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 100 | $15.78 | $32,820 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 100 | $33.37 | $69,420 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 100 | $40.92 | $85,120 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 100 | $10.38 | $21,580 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 100 | $42.78 | $88,990 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 100 | $14.52 | $30,210 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 100 | $37.33 | $77,640 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 90 | $37.93 | $78,900 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 90 | $18.01 | $37,460 |
| Chemists | 90 | $35.26 | $73,330 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 90 | $20.71 | $43,080 |
| Family and general practitioners | 90 | $67.20 | $139,780 |
| Farm and home management advisors | 90 | $24.33 | $50,600 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 90 | $7.40 | $15,400 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 90 | Not available | $58,910 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 90 | $12.10 | $25,180 |
| Pipelayers | 90 | $13.72 | $28,550 |
| Social and community service managers | 90 | $23.50 | $48,880 |
| Telephone operators | 90 | $9.17 | $19,080 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $50,450 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 80 | $17.87 | $37,170 |
| Financial analysts | 80 | $29.92 | $62,240 |
| Floral designers | 80 | $9.62 | $20,010 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 80 | $16.78 | $34,890 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 80 | $15.81 | $32,880 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 80 | $13.06 | $27,160 |
| Instructional coordinators | 80 | $30.52 | $63,470 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 80 | $35.56 | $73,970 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | 80 | $9.99 | $20,770 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 80 | $16.24 | $33,790 |
| Postal service clerks | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 80 | Not available | $47,490 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 80 | $13.18 | $27,420 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | 80 | $11.19 | $23,270 |
| Bakers | 70 | $11.24 | $23,370 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $56,250 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 70 | $16.18 | $33,650 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 70 | $15.84 | $32,950 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 70 | $27.57 | $57,350 |
| Commercial pilots | 70 | Not available | $61,260 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $67,400 |
| Drafters, all other | 70 | $20.48 | $42,610 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | 70 | $11.02 | $22,910 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 70 | $28.76 | $59,820 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 70 | $12.92 | $26,880 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 70 | $22.80 | $47,420 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 70 | $15.02 | $31,240 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 70 | $10.58 | $22,010 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 70 | Not available | $41,890 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other | 70 | $21.37 | $44,440 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 70 | $9.25 | $19,240 |
| Veterinarians | 70 | $41.96 | $87,280 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 70 | $15.60 | $32,450 |
| Broadcast technicians | 60 | $16.62 | $34,570 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 60 | $11.05 | $22,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 60 | $20.92 | $43,520 |
| Loan counselors | 60 | $16.02 | $33,330 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 60 | $16.68 | $34,690 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 60 | $39.16 | $81,450 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 60 | $26.61 | $55,360 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 60 | $11.49 | $23,890 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 50 | $20.65 | $42,950 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 50 | $18.96 | $39,430 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 50 | $22.20 | $46,170 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | 50 | $12.06 | $25,080 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 50 | $13.89 | $28,900 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 50 | $12.73 | $26,480 |
| Mathematicians | 50 | $45.99 | $95,670 |
| New accounts clerks | 50 | $12.73 | $26,470 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers | 50 | $17.94 | $37,310 |
| Occupational therapists | 50 | $34.81 | $72,410 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 50 | $10.62 | $22,100 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 50 | $14.58 | $30,320 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $55,320 |
| Public relations managers | 50 | $34.03 | $70,790 |
| Roofers | 50 | $12.28 | $25,540 |
| Surgeons | 50 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists | 40 | $25.06 | $52,120 |
| Chemical plant and system operators | 40 | $18.92 | $39,360 |
| Communications equipment operators, all other | 40 | $27.81 | $57,850 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 40 | $38.16 | $79,370 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 40 | $16.67 | $34,660 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 40 | $23.91 | $49,730 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 40 | $12.51 | $26,020 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders | 40 | $17.87 | $37,180 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $56,420 |
| Home economics teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $48,180 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 40 | $28.40 | $59,070 |
| Legislators | 40 | Not available | $23,050 |
| Library technicians | 40 | $14.18 | $29,500 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 40 | $13.48 | $28,030 |
| Millwrights | 40 | $24.12 | $50,170 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 40 | $29.49 | $61,330 |
| Optometrists | 40 | $43.43 | $90,330 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 40 | $37.99 | $79,010 |
| Shampooers | 40 | $10.04 | $20,880 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 40 | $33.55 | $69,780 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 40 | $11.82 | $24,580 |
| Training and development managers | 40 | $33.02 | $68,690 |
| Urban and regional planners | 40 | $23.85 | $49,610 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 40 | $13.43 | $27,940 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | $57,180 |
| Chiropractors | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Commercial and industrial designers | 30 | $24.14 | $50,210 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | $69,870 |
| Funeral directors | 30 | $18.93 | $39,370 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 30 | $12.83 | $26,680 |
| Natural sciences managers | 30 | $52.61 | $109,420 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 30 | $13.08 | $27,200 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 30 | $12.78 | $26,590 |
| Physician assistants | 30 | $41.38 | $86,060 |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | $73,300 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | $53,090 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | Not available | $19.84 | $41,260 |
| Avionics technicians | Not available | $19.97 | $41,540 |
| Biological technicians | Not available | $17.86 | $37,160 |
| Brokerage clerks | Not available | $16.91 | $35,170 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | Not available | $11.83 | $24,600 |
| Cargo and freight agents | Not available | $21.27 | $44,240 |
| Chemical technicians | Not available | $18.47 | $38,410 |
| Civil engineers | Not available | $44.51 | $92,590 |
| Coil winders, tapers, and finishers | Not available | $13.57 | $28,230 |
| Conservation scientists | Not available | $23.26 | $48,380 |
| Construction and building inspectors | Not available | $21.37 | $44,460 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | Not available | $16.46 | $34,250 |
| Credit analysts | Not available | $21.87 | $45,490 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | Not available | $10.58 | $22,000 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $16.44 | $34,190 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | Not available | $19.03 | $39,580 |
| Furniture finishers | Not available | $12.25 | $25,470 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | Not available | $10.08 | $20,960 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | Not available | $15.47 | $32,170 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | Not available | $10.95 | $22,770 |
| Landscape architects | Not available | $37.71 | $78,440 |
| Market research analysts | Not available | $20.88 | $43,420 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | Not available | Not available | $48,420 |
| Parking lot attendants | Not available | $8.79 | $18,290 |
| Pharmacy aides | Not available | $8.92 | $18,550 |
| Physical therapist aides | Not available | $10.19 | $21,200 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $15.61 | $32,460 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | Not available | $13.09 | $27,240 |
| Producers and directors | Not available | $26.95 | $56,060 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | Not available | $36.18 | $75,250 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers | Not available | $18.91 | $39,330 |
| Reporters and correspondents | Not available | $19.83 | $41,240 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | Not available | $10.48 | $21,790 |
| Sales engineers | Not available | $31.40 | $65,310 |
| Social workers, all other | Not available | $16.43 | $34,170 |
| Statisticians | Not available | $35.80 | $74,460 |
| Tax preparers | Not available | $12.82 | $26,670 |
| Tile and marble setters | Not available | $14.53 | $30,210 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | Not available | $22.91 | $47,660 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | Not available | $23.37 | $48,610 |
