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 |
More than $70 |
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 |
More than $70 |
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 |
