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 | 253,810 | $17.42 | $36,240 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 45,610 | $14.23 | $29,600 |
| Sales and related occupations | 28,000 | $15.24 | $31,710 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 20,010 | $8.42 | $17,510 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 18,560 | $14.05 | $29,230 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 18,000 | $29.18 | $60,690 |
| Production occupations | 16,550 | $14.06 | $29,250 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 14,970 | $19.33 | $40,210 |
| Management occupations | 12,340 | $39.93 | $83,050 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 11,880 | $15.44 | $32,110 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 11,100 | $17.05 | $35,460 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 10,040 | $10.20 | $21,220 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 9,080 | $25.29 | $52,600 |
| Cashiers | 8,540 | $8.30 | $17,260 |
| Retail salespersons | 8,140 | $11.89 | $24,740 |
| Protective service occupations | 7,400 | $12.90 | $26,840 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 7,270 | $9.96 | $20,720 |
| Registered nurses | 7,270 | $28.15 | $58,560 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 6,350 | $12.82 | $26,670 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 5,020 | $10.87 | $22,600 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 4,970 | $18.54 | $38,560 |
| General and operations managers | 4,470 | $45.39 | $94,410 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 4,370 | $9.42 | $19,600 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 4,340 | $16.52 | $34,350 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 4,140 | $10.08 | $20,960 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 4,050 | $26.10 | $54,290 |
| Office clerks, general | 4,000 | $10.84 | $22,550 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 3,990 | $26.48 | $55,070 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 3,710 | $9.47 | $19,710 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 3,580 | $11.27 | $23,450 |
| Customer service representatives | 3,570 | $13.31 | $27,690 |
| Food preparation workers | 3,490 | $7.77 | $16,170 |
| Security guards | 3,350 | $9.19 | $19,120 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 3,260 | $7.56 | $15,720 |
| Community and social services occupations | 3,230 | $17.02 | $35,390 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 3,140 | $14.28 | $29,710 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 3,090 | $22.98 | $47,790 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 2,990 | $25.02 | $52,040 |
| Psychiatric aides | 2,960 | $9.15 | $19,020 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 2,850 | $21.30 | $44,290 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 2,790 | $18.13 | $37,710 |
| Legal occupations | 2,740 | $33.80 | $70,310 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 2,590 | $10.40 | $21,640 |
| Cooks, fast food | 2,420 | $7.81 | $16,240 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 2,330 | Not available | $41,750 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 2,330 | Not available | $42,300 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 2,270 | $17.07 | $35,500 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 2,250 | $16.53 | $34,390 |
| Teacher assistants | 2,200 | Not available | $16,330 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 2,030 | $13.84 | $28,800 |
| Team assemblers | 1,880 | $10.98 | $22,830 |
| Construction laborers | 1,860 | $11.16 | $23,200 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 1,830 | $16.20 | $33,700 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 1,760 | $13.74 | $28,580 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 1,680 | $9.31 | $19,360 |
| Child care workers | 1,630 | $8.08 | $16,810 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,620 | $7.54 | $15,690 |
| Accountants and auditors | 1,610 | $26.11 | $54,310 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,490 | $7.52 | $15,630 |
| Electricians | 1,490 | $21.30 | $44,310 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 1,430 | $26.35 | $54,800 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | 1,430 | $9.94 | $20,670 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 1,410 | $15.37 | $31,970 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 1,380 | $15.33 | $31,880 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 1,330 | $7.48 | $15,570 |
| Lawyers | 1,230 | $49.54 | $103,050 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 1,220 | $12.59 | $26,190 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,220 | Not available | $40,850 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 1,210 | $14.45 | $30,060 |
| Chief executives | 1,180 | $57.34 | $119,270 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 1,180 | $10.19 | $21,190 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 1,150 | $20.49 | $42,610 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 1,120 | $11.76 | $24,470 |
| Helpers--production workers | 1,120 | $9.65 | $20,070 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 1,090 | $14.85 | $30,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 1,080 | $22.46 | $46,720 |
| Tellers | 1,070 | $11.06 | $23,000 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 1,050 | $9.12 | $18,960 |
| Insurance sales agents | 1,040 | $26.51 | $55,150 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 1,030 | $24.70 | $51,380 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 1,000 | $18.76 | $39,010 |
| Carpenters | 990 | $15.16 | $31,540 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 980 | $13.90 | $28,900 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 960 | $12.00 | $24,950 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 950 | $8.59 | $17,870 |
| Financial managers | 920 | $38.39 | $79,840 |
| Dishwashers | 910 | $7.53 | $15,670 |
| Computer support specialists | 870 | $19.68 | $40,940 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 850 | $16.80 | $34,950 |
| Public relations specialists | 850 | $18.74 | $38,980 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 840 | $27.64 | $57,490 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 820 | $7.17 | $14,920 |
| Loan officers | 770 | $32.45 | $67,490 |
| Bus drivers, school | 670 | $8.45 | $17,580 |
| Bill and account collectors | 660 | $13.39 | $27,840 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 650 | $24.30 | $50,530 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 640 | $30.58 | $63,600 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 640 | $12.43 | $25,860 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 620 | $27.33 | $56,840 |
| Driver/sales workers | 620 | $13.53 | $28,130 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 610 | $14.94 | $31,080 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 610 | $14.18 | $29,490 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 600 | $25.27 | $52,550 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 590 | $17.86 | $37,140 |
| Computer systems analysts | 580 | $28.72 | $59,740 |
| Data entry keyers | 580 | $11.23 | $23,360 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 580 | $12.69 | $26,390 |
| Computer programmers | 570 | $24.81 | $51,610 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 570 | Not available | Not available |
| Legal secretaries | 560 | $19.81 | $41,210 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 560 | $16.57 | $34,460 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 550 | $19.97 | $41,540 |
| Home health aides | 550 | $9.36 | $19,470 |
| Parts salespersons | 550 | $15.27 | $31,760 |
| Administrative services managers | 540 | $27.08 | $56,320 |
| Pharmacists | 540 | $45.61 | $94,880 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 540 | $23.25 | $48,360 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 530 | $16.37 | $34,040 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 530 | $17.50 | $36,390 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 520 | $9.12 | $18,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 520 | $22.44 | $46,670 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 520 | $11.80 | $24,550 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 510 | $7.89 | $16,410 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 510 | $15.78 | $32,830 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 500 | $21.69 | $45,120 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 500 | $22.41 | $46,610 |
| Social and human service assistants | 500 | $12.47 | $25,930 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 500 | $16.54 | $34,410 |
| Civil engineers | 490 | $32.66 | $67,930 |
| File clerks | 490 | $10.01 | $20,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 490 | $33.25 | $69,160 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 490 | $12.42 | $25,820 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 490 | $10.60 | $22,050 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 480 | $22.33 | $46,450 |
| Family and general practitioners | 480 | $92.93 | $193,290 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 480 | $21.68 | $45,100 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 470 | $7.31 | $15,210 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 470 | $14.39 | $29,930 |
| Medical and health services managers | 470 | $36.25 | $75,410 |
| Couriers and messengers | 460 | $9.26 | $19,270 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 460 | $13.60 | $28,300 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 460 | $37.13 | $77,230 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 450 | $17.28 | $35,950 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 440 | Not available | $36,100 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 430 | $27.82 | $57,860 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 420 | $8.21 | $17,070 |
| Real estate sales agents | 420 | $14.91 | $31,020 |
| Respiratory therapists | 420 | $27.46 | $57,120 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 410 | $15.47 | $32,170 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 410 | $15.38 | $31,990 |
| Dental assistants | 400 | $13.93 | $28,970 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 400 | $17.93 | $37,300 |
| Medical assistants | 400 | $12.52 | $26,040 |
| Personal and home care aides | 400 | $10.12 | $21,050 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 400 | $26.08 | $54,240 |
| Cooks, short order | 390 | $7.17 | $14,910 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 390 | $16.83 | $35,020 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 380 | $17.13 | $35,620 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 380 | $12.84 | $26,710 |
| Insurance underwriters | 380 | $27.38 | $56,950 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 380 | $22.60 | $47,010 |
| Coaches and scouts | 370 | Not available | $50,560 |
| Fire fighters | 370 | $16.94 | $35,230 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 370 | $18.79 | $39,080 |
| Physical therapists | 370 | $36.30 | $75,500 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 360 | $15.33 | $31,890 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 360 | Not available | $71,650 |
| Management analysts | 360 | $26.64 | $55,420 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 350 | $8.99 | $18,690 |
| Librarians | 350 | $20.55 | $42,750 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 350 | Not available | Not available |
| Sales managers | 350 | $47.00 | $97,760 |
| Training and development specialists | 350 | $20.24 | $42,110 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 340 | $37.54 | $78,090 |
| Dental hygienists | 340 | $23.18 | $48,210 |
| Personal financial advisors | 340 | $28.43 | $59,130 |
| Construction managers | 330 | $31.15 | $64,790 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 330 | $12.70 | $26,420 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 330 | $14.51 | $30,180 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 330 | $24.15 | $50,240 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 330 | $11.86 | $24,670 |
| Bartenders | 320 | $8.21 | $17,070 |
| Cost estimators | 320 | $26.42 | $54,960 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 320 | $30.71 | $63,880 |
| Electrical engineers | 320 | $35.91 | $74,700 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 320 | $14.36 | $29,870 |
| Medical secretaries | 320 | $13.29 | $27,650 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 310 | $15.28 | $31,780 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 310 | $11.08 | $23,040 |
| Order clerks | 310 | $13.84 | $28,790 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 310 | Not available | Not available |
| Surgical technologists | 310 | $17.10 | $35,580 |
| Industrial engineers | 300 | $33.79 | $70,290 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 300 | $13.82 | $28,740 |
| Social and community service managers | 300 | $21.88 | $45,510 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 300 | $30.94 | $64,350 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 300 | $19.31 | $40,150 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 290 | Not available | $50,080 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 290 | $22.12 | $46,010 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 290 | $9.27 | $19,290 |
| Advertising sales agents | 280 | $17.71 | $36,830 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 280 | Not available | $50,290 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 280 | $16.56 | $34,440 |
| Instructional coordinators | 280 | $22.77 | $47,360 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 280 | $8.69 | $18,080 |
| Marketing managers | 280 | $42.51 | $88,410 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 270 | $18.73 | $38,970 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 270 | $16.48 | $34,280 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 270 | $11.84 | $24,640 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 270 | $10.14 | $21,090 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 270 | $19.50 | $40,550 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 260 | $12.36 | $25,700 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 260 | $23.40 | $48,670 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 260 | $15.55 | $32,340 |
| Environmental engineers | 260 | $29.44 | $61,240 |
| Sewing machine operators | 260 | $11.43 | $23,770 |
| Sheet metal workers | 260 | $14.42 | $30,000 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 260 | Not available | $46,560 |
| Bakers | 250 | $9.91 | $20,620 |
| Computer operators | 250 | $18.55 | $38,590 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 250 | $11.29 | $23,480 |
| Psychiatric technicians | 250 | $10.84 | $22,540 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 240 | $21.84 | $45,430 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 240 | $33.42 | $69,510 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 240 | $13.31 | $27,690 |
| Occupational therapists | 240 | $32.57 | $67,740 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 240 | $8.21 | $17,070 |
| Printing machine operators | 240 | $13.47 | $28,010 |
| Tool and die makers | 240 | $29.49 | $61,350 |
| Food service managers | 230 | $24.99 | $51,990 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 230 | $14.24 | $29,620 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 230 | $24.37 | $50,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 220 | $18.85 | $39,210 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 220 | $13.55 | $28,190 |
| Health educators | 220 | $18.75 | $39,000 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 220 | $11.47 | $23,860 |
| Pest control workers | 220 | $19.56 | $40,680 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 220 | $17.83 | $37,080 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 220 | $30.04 | $62,480 |
| All other information and record clerks | 210 | $17.67 | $36,760 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 210 | $11.62 | $24,160 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 210 | Not available | $60,260 |
| Graphic designers | 210 | $20.22 | $42,050 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 210 | $20.70 | $43,050 |
| Industrial production managers | 210 | $36.20 | $75,300 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 210 | $11.66 | $24,250 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 200 | $15.13 | $31,470 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 200 | $16.25 | $33,800 |
| Helpers--electricians | 200 | $12.27 | $25,530 |
| Managers, all other | 200 | $41.29 | $85,870 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 200 | $15.65 | $32,550 |
| Recreation workers | 200 | $11.28 | $23,470 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 200 | $25.26 | $52,530 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 190 | $14.74 | $30,670 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 190 | $13.39 | $27,840 |
| Interior designers | 190 | $13.52 | $28,110 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 190 | $15.27 | $31,770 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 180 | $21.21 | $44,120 |
| Engineering managers | 180 | $44.57 | $92,710 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 180 | $13.41 | $27,900 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 180 | $29.21 | $60,750 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 180 | $12.19 | $25,350 |
| Recreational therapists | 180 | $16.19 | $33,670 |
| Residential advisors | 180 | $12.48 | $25,950 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 170 | Not available | $47,520 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 170 | $19.26 | $40,070 |
| Conservation scientists | 170 | $25.71 | $53,480 |
| Database administrators | 170 | $25.72 | $53,500 |
| Mechanical engineers | 170 | $33.84 | $70,390 |
| New accounts clerks | 170 | $12.98 | $26,990 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 170 | $9.72 | $20,230 |
| Pipelayers | 170 | $11.95 | $24,850 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 170 | $11.21 | $23,310 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 170 | $17.98 | $37,400 |
| Surveyors | 170 | $25.32 | $52,660 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 170 | Not available | $44,880 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 170 | $11.63 | $24,200 |
| Word processors and typists | 170 | $12.29 | $25,570 |
| Dentists, general | 160 | $54.14 | $112,620 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 160 | $24.96 | $51,910 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 160 | $20.79 | $43,230 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 160 | $15.03 | $31,270 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 160 | $9.41 | $19,570 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 160 | $12.37 | $25,720 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 160 | $11.80 | $24,550 |
| Library technicians | 160 | $11.34 | $23,590 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 160 | $14.43 | $30,010 |
| Surgeons | 160 | $102.36 | $212,920 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 160 | $16.49 | $34,300 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 160 | Not available | $46,030 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 150 | $34.58 | $71,920 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 150 | $12.34 | $25,670 |
| Legislators | 150 | Not available | $22,290 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 150 | $17.41 | $36,200 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 150 | $11.53 | $23,980 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 150 | $18.74 | $38,980 |
| Public relations managers | 150 | $30.10 | $62,610 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 150 | Not available | $45,570 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 150 | $9.70 | $20,180 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 140 | $17.94 | $37,310 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 140 | $19.02 | $39,560 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 140 | $32.90 | $68,430 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 140 | $10.98 | $22,830 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | 140 | $14.52 | $30,200 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 140 | $19.18 | $39,900 |
| Procurement clerks | 140 | $16.82 | $34,990 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 140 | $12.53 | $26,070 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 140 | $10.33 | $21,480 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 130 | $33.95 | $70,610 |
| Emergency management specialists | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 130 | $20.44 | $42,510 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 130 | $14.71 | $30,590 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | 130 | $14.47 | $30,100 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 130 | $31.04 | $64,560 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 130 | $17.23 | $35,840 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 130 | Not available | $54,020 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 130 | $9.98 | $20,760 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 130 | $18.83 | $39,160 |
| Postal service clerks | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $55,680 |
| Budget analysts | 120 | $24.36 | $50,660 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $53,200 |
| Editors | 120 | $20.20 | $42,020 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 120 | $19.86 | $41,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 120 | $15.53 | $32,310 |
| Mechanical drafters | 120 | $19.41 | $40,370 |
| Tax preparers | 120 | $12.96 | $26,950 |
| Training and development managers | 120 | $35.85 | $74,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers | 110 | $19.50 | $40,570 |
| Floral designers | 110 | $10.55 | $21,950 |
| Mental health counselors | 110 | $22.55 | $46,900 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 110 | $14.58 | $30,320 |
| Purchasing managers | 110 | $31.72 | $65,980 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 110 | $12.18 | $25,320 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 110 | Not available | $43,530 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 100 | $11.52 | $23,960 |
| Commercial pilots | 100 | Not available | $60,090 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 100 | $23.83 | $49,580 |
| Market research analysts | 100 | $29.70 | $61,770 |
| Roofers | 100 | $14.51 | $30,180 |
| Veterinarians | 100 | $40.37 | $83,960 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | 90 | $13.29 | $27,650 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 90 | $14.21 | $29,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 90 | $26.29 | $54,680 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 90 | $14.10 | $29,320 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 90 | $20.33 | $42,280 |
| Loan counselors | 90 | $23.25 | $48,350 |
| Lodging managers | 90 | $19.71 | $41,000 |
| Logisticians | 90 | $29.15 | $60,630 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 90 | $12.08 | $25,130 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 90 | $28.21 | $58,690 |
| Photographers | 90 | $14.74 | $30,670 |
| Producers and directors | 90 | $16.11 | $33,510 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 90 | $14.96 | $31,120 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 80 | $21.06 | $43,810 |
| Brokerage clerks | 80 | $16.13 | $33,540 |
| Financial analysts | 80 | $33.99 | $70,700 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 80 | $33.23 | $69,120 |
| Helpers--roofers | 80 | $10.01 | $20,810 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 80 | $25.92 | $53,910 |
| Law clerks | 80 | $23.35 | $48,580 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 80 | $7.71 | $16,030 |
| Medical appliance technicians | 80 | $14.75 | $30,670 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | 80 | $11.59 | $24,100 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 80 | $10.43 | $21,700 |
| Physical therapist aides | 80 | $10.65 | $22,150 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 80 | $12.52 | $26,040 |
| Radiation therapists | 80 | $27.37 | $56,930 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 80 | $19.11 | $39,750 |
| Travel agents | 80 | $13.41 | $27,880 |
| Anesthesiologists | 70 | $72.73 | $151,290 |
| Broadcast technicians | 70 | $12.70 | $26,410 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 70 | $11.61 | $24,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 70 | $21.60 | $44,930 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 70 | $35.03 | $72,870 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 70 | $20.26 | $42,130 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 70 | $13.21 | $27,490 |
| Optometrists | 70 | $41.76 | $86,860 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 70 | $11.61 | $24,150 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $54,140 |
| Radio and television announcers | 70 | $11.67 | $24,270 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 60 | $32.84 | $68,310 |
| Art directors | 60 | $32.57 | $67,740 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $56,050 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 60 | $36.37 | $75,640 |
| Engineers, all other | 60 | $35.46 | $73,760 |
| Funeral directors | 60 | $20.72 | $43,110 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $56,250 |
| Insurance appraisers, auto damage | 60 | $21.91 | $45,570 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 60 | $23.28 | $48,420 |
| Parking lot attendants | 60 | $8.62 | $17,940 |
| Writers and authors | 60 | $24.11 | $50,150 |
| Agricultural inspectors | 50 | $18.93 | $39,370 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 50 | $15.90 | $33,060 |
| Bindery workers | 50 | $12.91 | $26,850 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $62,580 |
| Chemists | 50 | $24.21 | $50,360 |
| Clergy | 50 | $21.92 | $45,600 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 50 | $13.95 | $29,010 |
| Crane and tower operators | 50 | $14.17 | $29,470 |
| Credit analysts | 50 | $26.16 | $54,410 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 50 | $14.79 | $30,770 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | 50 | $16.86 | $35,070 |
| Internists, general | 50 | $100.06 | $208,130 |
| Interpreters and translators | 50 | $10.74 | $22,350 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 50 | $26.82 | $55,780 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 50 | $30.74 | $63,950 |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers | 50 | $18.12 | $37,680 |
| Pharmacy aides | 50 | $10.37 | $21,560 |
| Psychiatrists | 50 | $72.92 | $151,670 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $41,220 |
| Sales engineers | 50 | $33.59 | $69,870 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $65,310 |
| Transportation inspectors | 50 | $34.93 | $72,650 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 50 | $7.11 | $14,790 |
| Athletic trainers | 40 | Not available | $41,910 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture | 40 | $12.79 | $26,600 |
| Crossing guards | 40 | $8.73 | $18,170 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders | 40 | $15.34 | $31,900 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 40 | $22.75 | $47,310 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 40 | $15.02 | $31,230 |
| Natural sciences managers | 40 | $47.90 | $99,620 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 40 | $14.62 | $30,410 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers | 40 | $15.18 | $31,580 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians | 40 | $13.05 | $27,150 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 30 | $16.54 | $34,390 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 30 | $28.07 | $58,380 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | $53,490 |
| Forest and conservation technicians | 30 | $15.82 | $32,910 |
| Foresters | 30 | $23.64 | $49,180 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | $63,660 |
| Operations research analysts | 30 | $27.57 | $57,340 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 30 | $17.32 | $36,020 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | $52,630 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents | 30 | $32.22 | $67,010 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians | 30 | $19.08 | $39,690 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 30 | $24.61 | $51,190 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | Not available | $9.02 | $18,760 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | Not available | $28.02 | $58,280 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | Not available | $7.12 | $14,810 |
| Bailiffs | Not available | $10.42 | $21,670 |
| Biological technicians | Not available | $23.89 | $49,700 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists | Not available | $21.95 | $45,660 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | Not available | $12.90 | $26,830 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $12.63 | $26,280 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | Not available | $19.75 | $41,090 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | Not available | $13.50 | $28,080 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | Not available | $16.03 | $33,330 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | Not available | $10.44 | $21,710 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | Not available | $13.13 | $27,300 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | Not available | $16.75 | $34,830 |
| Floor sanders and finishers | Not available | $9.83 | $20,440 |
| Glaziers | Not available | $12.96 | $26,950 |
| Graduate teaching assistants | Not available | Not available | $22,210 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $49,640 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons | Not available | $11.14 | $23,180 |
| Home appliance repairers | Not available | $18.89 | $39,290 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | Not available | $19.81 | $41,200 |
| Landscape architects | Not available | $21.47 | $44,660 |
| Logging equipment operators | Not available | $12.81 | $26,650 |
| Machinists | Not available | $18.13 | $37,710 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | Not available | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Occupational therapist aides | Not available | $16.80 | $34,950 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $14.59 | $30,350 |
| Pediatricians, general | Not available | $57.21 | $119,000 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | Not available | $18.48 | $38,440 |
| Private detectives and investigators | Not available | $22.70 | $47,210 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers | Not available | $11.61 | $24,150 |
| Roustabouts, oil and gas | Not available | $17.97 | $37,380 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $15.25 | $31,710 |
| Service station attendants | Not available | $8.44 | $17,560 |
| Soil and plant scientists | Not available | $29.91 | $62,220 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | Not available | $11.59 | $24,120 |
| Tapers | Not available | $18.56 | $38,600 |
| Tile and marble setters | Not available | $12.79 | $26,600 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | Not available | $12.78 | $26,580 |
