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 |
139,840 |
$18.65 |
$38,790 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
22,140 |
$14.88 |
$30,940 |
| Production occupations |
14,600 |
$15.03 |
$31,250 |
| Sales and related occupations |
13,590 |
$15.05 |
$31,290 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
13,360 |
$9.27 |
$19,290 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
10,090 |
$13.97 |
$29,060 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
8,990 |
$20.60 |
$42,850 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
8,410 |
$32.75 |
$68,130 |
| Management occupations |
6,050 |
$40.65 |
$84,550 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
5,530 |
$27.25 |
$56,680 |
| Retail salespersons |
5,320 |
$11.87 |
$24,700 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
5,050 |
$21.66 |
$45,050 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
5,010 |
$12.46 |
$25,920 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
4,960 |
$19.67 |
$40,910 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
4,780 |
$12.03 |
$25,030 |
| Office clerks, general |
3,470 |
$13.17 |
$27,400 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
3,360 |
$32.61 |
$67,830 |
| Registered nurses |
3,280 |
$30.57 |
$63,590 |
| Cashiers |
3,040 |
$8.82 |
$18,340 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
2,930 |
$8.28 |
$17,230 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
2,910 |
$8.83 |
$18,370 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
2,890 |
$12.46 |
$25,930 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
2,770 |
$10.89 |
$22,650 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,520 |
$11.99 |
$24,950 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
2,450 |
$28.06 |
$58,370 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
2,330 |
$27.67 |
$57,550 |
| Customer service representatives |
2,240 |
$15.00 |
$31,200 |
| Protective service occupations |
2,040 |
$18.18 |
$37,820 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
2,030 |
$11.61 |
$24,150 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
1,990 |
$16.78 |
$34,910 |
| Teacher assistants |
1,820 |
Not available |
$21,100 |
| Community and social services occupations |
1,740 |
$20.40 |
$42,420 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
1,740 |
$13.90 |
$28,920 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
1,740 |
$11.37 |
$23,650 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
1,710 |
$18.98 |
$39,470 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
1,700 |
$17.27 |
$35,920 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
1,570 |
$24.13 |
$50,200 |
| Team assemblers |
1,500 |
$13.95 |
$29,010 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,410 |
$11.92 |
$24,800 |
| Home health aides |
1,370 |
$9.74 |
$20,260 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,350 |
Not available |
$47,070 |
| General and operations managers |
1,350 |
$39.99 |
$83,170 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
1,340 |
Not available |
$39,310 |
| Cooks, fast food |
1,300 |
$8.44 |
$17,560 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
1,280 |
$11.81 |
$24,570 |
| Tellers |
1,220 |
$11.28 |
$23,470 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,200 |
$18.00 |
$37,440 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,180 |
$17.67 |
$36,760 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,140 |
$9.29 |
$19,320 |
| Production workers, all other |
1,110 |
$11.14 |
$23,180 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,100 |
$11.55 |
$24,030 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
1,070 |
$18.58 |
$38,640 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,020 |
$22.22 |
$46,210 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
960 |
Not available |
$44,300 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
920 |
$29.70 |
$61,780 |
| Child care workers |
910 |
$10.30 |
$21,430 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
910 |
Not available |
$46,710 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
900 |
$34.26 |
$71,250 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
890 |
$14.33 |
$29,800 |
| Machinists |
880 |
$19.91 |
$41,400 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
860 |
$10.32 |
$21,460 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
860 |
$13.54 |
$28,170 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
820 |
$25.28 |
$52,590 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
800 |
$15.11 |
$31,430 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
770 |
$10.66 |
$22,180 |
| Accountants and auditors |
730 |
$28.89 |
$60,090 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
730 |
$15.13 |
$31,480 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
690 |
$14.31 |
$29,760 |
| Construction laborers |
680 |
$15.08 |
$31,370 |
| Legal occupations |
680 |
$39.36 |
$81,860 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
660 |
$18.36 |
$38,190 |
| Dishwashers |
660 |
$7.98 |
$16,600 |
| Electricians |
660 |
$23.36 |
$48,580 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
630 |
$24.89 |
$51,770 |
| Security guards |
630 |
$11.36 |
$23,630 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
610 |
$8.60 |
$17,890 |
| Loan officers |
570 |
$23.72 |
$49,340 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
560 |
$15.16 |
$31,530 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
520 |
$9.29 |
$19,310 |
| Carpenters |
510 |
$20.37 |
$42,370 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
510 |
$14.33 |
$29,800 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
510 |
$9.96 |
$20,720 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
510 |
$13.21 |
$27,490 |
| Helpers--production workers |
500 |
$12.65 |
$26,310 |
| Medical assistants |
500 |
$13.64 |
$28,370 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
500 |
Not available |
$47,950 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
480 |
$13.69 |
$28,470 |
| Computer support specialists |
470 |
$20.30 |
$42,230 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
470 |
$11.48 |
$23,880 |
| Bill and account collectors |
450 |
$13.03 |
$27,100 |
| Chief executives |
450 |
$66.73 |
$138,810 |
| Driver/sales workers |
450 |
$11.62 |
$24,180 |
| Computer systems analysts |
440 |
$30.94 |
$64,350 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
430 |
$12.20 |
$25,380 |
| Bus drivers, school |
420 |
$14.21 |
$29,550 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
410 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
400 |
$19.25 |
$40,040 |
| Bartenders |
390 |
$8.82 |
$18,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
380 |
$29.08 |
$60,490 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
380 |
$26.95 |
$56,060 |
| Financial managers |
370 |
$41.75 |
$86,840 |
| Food service managers |
370 |
$19.62 |
$40,810 |
| Managers, all other |
370 |
$42.71 |
$88,830 |
| Medical and health services managers |
370 |
$38.90 |
$80,920 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
360 |
$20.81 |
$43,290 |
| Lawyers |
360 |
$55.47 |
$115,370 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
360 |
$18.25 |
$37,960 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
350 |
$9.31 |
$19,360 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
350 |
$23.27 |
$48,400 |
| Management analysts |
350 |
$28.28 |
$58,830 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
330 |
$8.18 |
$17,010 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
330 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
330 |
$17.11 |
$35,580 |
| Social and human service assistants |
330 |
$13.71 |
$28,520 |
| Coaches and scouts |
320 |
Not available |
$28,960 |
| Computer programmers |
320 |
$24.98 |
$51,960 |
| Dental hygienists |
320 |
$28.79 |
$59,890 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
310 |
$21.70 |
$45,140 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
310 |
$19.49 |
$40,530 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
310 |
$26.25 |
$54,600 |
| Cost estimators |
300 |
$25.90 |
$53,860 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
300 |
$10.83 |
$22,520 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
300 |
$20.04 |
$41,690 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
300 |
$88.04 |
$183,120 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
300 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
300 |
$23.99 |
$49,900 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
290 |
$9.85 |
$20,480 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
290 |
$7.87 |
$16,360 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
290 |
$21.03 |
$43,750 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
290 |
$14.03 |
$29,170 |
| Public relations specialists |
290 |
$22.19 |
$46,150 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
280 |
$12.85 |
$26,720 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
280 |
$11.23 |
$23,360 |
| Dental assistants |
270 |
$17.41 |
$36,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
270 |
$30.77 |
$64,010 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
270 |
$9.32 |
$19,390 |
| Pharmacists |
270 |
$49.68 |
$103,340 |
| Administrative services managers |
260 |
$28.70 |
$59,700 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
260 |
$24.72 |
$51,420 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
260 |
$23.05 |
$47,950 |
| Personal financial advisors |
260 |
$33.78 |
$70,260 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
260 |
$16.11 |
$33,510 |
| Sales managers |
250 |
$44.96 |
$93,520 |
| Chemical technicians |
240 |
$19.07 |
$39,670 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
240 |
$16.69 |
$34,730 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
240 |
$47.25 |
$98,290 |
| Industrial production managers |
240 |
$38.86 |
$80,840 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
240 |
$15.46 |
$32,170 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
240 |
$22.25 |
$46,280 |
| Tool and die makers |
240 |
$20.05 |
$41,700 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
230 |
$24.99 |
$51,980 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
230 |
$13.03 |
$27,100 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
230 |
$16.87 |
$35,080 |
| Sheet metal workers |
230 |
$27.52 |
$57,240 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
220 |
$16.80 |
$34,940 |
| Construction managers |
220 |
$37.73 |
$78,470 |
| Engineering managers |
210 |
$57.61 |
$119,830 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
210 |
$16.00 |
$33,290 |
| All other information and record clerks |
200 |
$15.47 |
$32,170 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
200 |
$23.74 |
$49,380 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
200 |
$20.45 |
$42,550 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
200 |
$25.58 |
$53,210 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
200 |
$25.61 |
$53,260 |
| Recreation workers |
200 |
$10.68 |
$22,210 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
200 |
$35.12 |
$73,060 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
190 |
$34.76 |
$72,300 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
190 |
$12.50 |
$26,010 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
190 |
$24.60 |
$51,170 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
190 |
$23.67 |
$49,240 |
| Insurance sales agents |
190 |
$30.89 |
$64,250 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
190 |
$40.52 |
$84,280 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
180 |
$17.00 |
$35,370 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
180 |
$15.26 |
$31,750 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
180 |
Not available |
$82,930 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
180 |
$15.63 |
$32,520 |
| Legal secretaries |
180 |
$19.58 |
$40,730 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
170 |
$50.81 |
$105,680 |
| Engineers, all other |
170 |
$31.51 |
$65,550 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
170 |
$16.56 |
$34,450 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
170 |
$12.89 |
$26,800 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
170 |
$15.39 |
$32,000 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
170 |
$15.97 |
$33,210 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
170 |
$27.49 |
$57,170 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
160 |
$10.44 |
$21,710 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
150 |
$17.26 |
$35,900 |
| Data entry keyers |
150 |
$13.34 |
$27,740 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
150 |
$14.80 |
$30,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
150 |
$23.76 |
$49,420 |
| Librarians |
150 |
$24.35 |
$50,650 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
150 |
$15.47 |
$32,180 |
| Medical secretaries |
150 |
$14.89 |
$30,980 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
150 |
$19.48 |
$40,510 |
| Physical therapists |
150 |
$35.60 |
$74,050 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
150 |
$24.70 |
$51,380 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
150 |
$11.54 |
$24,010 |
| Training and development specialists |
150 |
$25.74 |
$53,550 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
140 |
$15.19 |
$31,600 |
| Dentists, general |
140 |
$84.85 |
$176,500 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
140 |
$15.60 |
$32,450 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
140 |
$13.75 |
$28,610 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
140 |
$20.22 |
$42,060 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
140 |
$14.92 |
$31,020 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
140 |
$22.70 |
$47,210 |
| Respiratory therapists |
140 |
$25.64 |
$53,320 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
140 |
Not available |
$48,040 |
| Surgical technologists |
140 |
$17.19 |
$35,750 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
140 |
Not available |
$50,400 |
| Cooks, short order |
130 |
$9.39 |
$19,530 |
| Financial analysts |
130 |
$27.18 |
$56,530 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
130 |
$18.24 |
$37,940 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
130 |
$24.16 |
$50,260 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
130 |
$26.05 |
$54,190 |
| Market research analysts |
130 |
$26.00 |
$54,080 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
130 |
$14.73 |
$30,640 |
| Tax preparers |
130 |
$12.79 |
$26,600 |
| Civil engineers |
120 |
$33.67 |
$70,040 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
120 |
$16.23 |
$33,760 |
| File clerks |
120 |
$11.92 |
$24,800 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
120 |
$17.14 |
$35,640 |
| Parts salespersons |
120 |
$14.38 |
$29,920 |
| Printing machine operators |
120 |
$19.93 |
$41,450 |
| Real estate sales agents |
120 |
$15.33 |
$31,890 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
110 |
$14.08 |
$29,290 |
| Graphic designers |
110 |
$20.12 |
$41,860 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
110 |
$19.47 |
$40,500 |
| Library technicians |
110 |
$12.84 |
$26,710 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
110 |
$21.60 |
$44,920 |
| Mechanical drafters |
110 |
$22.71 |
$47,230 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
110 |
$24.60 |
$51,160 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
110 |
$21.59 |
$44,900 |
| Occupational therapists |
110 |
$30.93 |
$64,330 |
| Physician assistants |
110 |
$45.79 |
$95,250 |
| Postal service clerks |
110 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
110 |
$26.23 |
$54,550 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
110 |
$13.12 |
$27,280 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
110 |
$25.32 |
$52,670 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
110 |
$9.79 |
$20,370 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
110 |
$25.16 |
$52,340 |
| Advertising sales agents |
100 |
$19.17 |
$39,880 |
| Bakers |
100 |
$11.11 |
$23,100 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
100 |
$25.99 |
$54,060 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
100 |
$18.06 |
$37,560 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
100 |
$25.81 |
$53,680 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
100 |
$38.20 |
$79,460 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
100 |
$14.36 |
$29,860 |
| Millwrights |
100 |
$25.12 |
$52,250 |
| Musicians and singers |
100 |
$19.63 |
Not available |
| Natural sciences managers |
100 |
$43.44 |
$90,360 |
| Public relations managers |
100 |
$27.40 |
$57,000 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
100 |
$11.27 |
$23,440 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
90 |
$24.24 |
$50,420 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
90 |
$30.37 |
$63,170 |
| Database administrators |
90 |
$28.02 |
$58,280 |
| Instructional coordinators |
90 |
$27.87 |
$57,960 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
90 |
$9.00 |
$18,730 |
| Operations research analysts |
90 |
$31.93 |
$66,420 |
| Order clerks |
90 |
$16.00 |
$33,280 |
| Social and community service managers |
90 |
$30.65 |
$63,750 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
90 |
$17.09 |
$35,550 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
80 |
$27.01 |
$56,190 |
| Electrical engineers |
80 |
$32.72 |
$68,060 |
| Family and general practitioners |
80 |
$82.47 |
$171,550 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
80 |
$10.86 |
$22,590 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
80 |
$19.57 |
$40,710 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
80 |
$37.30 |
$77,590 |
| Food batchmakers |
80 |
$14.90 |
$31,000 |
| Marketing managers |
80 |
$37.69 |
$78,390 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
80 |
$29.07 |
$60,460 |
| Roofers |
80 |
$18.66 |
$38,810 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
80 |
$16.72 |
$34,790 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
80 |
$27.69 |
$57,590 |
| Technical writers |
80 |
$30.96 |
$64,390 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
80 |
$38.75 |
$80,590 |
| Veterinarians |
80 |
$38.49 |
$80,060 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
80 |
$19.67 |
$40,920 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
70 |
$30.72 |
$63,900 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
70 |
$19.22 |
$39,980 |
| Chiropractors |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
70 |
$28.52 |
$59,320 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
70 |
$13.94 |
$28,990 |
| Crossing guards |
70 |
$9.13 |
$18,990 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
70 |
$10.84 |
$22,550 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
70 |
$12.89 |
$26,800 |
| Loan counselors |
70 |
$16.71 |
$34,750 |
| Logisticians |
70 |
$30.96 |
$64,390 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
70 |
$23.23 |
$48,320 |
| Pest control workers |
70 |
$15.84 |
$32,940 |
| Purchasing managers |
70 |
$39.25 |
$81,650 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
70 |
Not available |
$48,860 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
70 |
Not available |
$51,830 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
70 |
$15.72 |
$32,690 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
70 |
$17.01 |
$35,390 |
| Word processors and typists |
70 |
$18.09 |
$37,620 |
| Choreographers |
60 |
$20.67 |
$42,990 |
| Couriers and messengers |
60 |
$11.00 |
$22,880 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
60 |
$31.21 |
$64,920 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
60 |
$29.38 |
$61,120 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
60 |
$28.30 |
$58,860 |
| Insurance underwriters |
60 |
$29.08 |
$60,490 |
| Optometrists |
60 |
$48.65 |
$101,180 |
| Statisticians |
60 |
$38.26 |
$79,580 |
| Surgeons |
60 |
$102.16 |
$212,480 |
| Therapists, all other |
60 |
$22.75 |
$47,320 |
| Travel agents |
60 |
$14.65 |
$30,460 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
60 |
$13.95 |
$29,010 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
50 |
$21.53 |
$44,780 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
50 |
$17.86 |
$37,150 |
| Designers, all other |
50 |
$21.94 |
$45,640 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
50 |
$26.10 |
$54,290 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
50 |
$20.27 |
$42,160 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
50 |
$16.65 |
$34,620 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
50 |
$26.37 |
$54,860 |
| Health educators |
50 |
$20.32 |
$42,260 |
| Interior designers |
50 |
$17.27 |
$35,920 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
50 |
$15.50 |
$32,230 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
50 |
$14.01 |
$29,130 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
50 |
$12.78 |
$26,570 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
50 |
$22.07 |
$45,910 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
50 |
$15.47 |
$32,170 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
50 |
$10.42 |
$21,670 |
| Telemarketers |
50 |
$12.47 |
$25,930 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
$15.05 |
$31,300 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
40 |
$25.03 |
$52,060 |
| Computer operators |
40 |
$19.14 |
$39,820 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
40 |
$23.55 |
$48,980 |
| Correspondence clerks |
40 |
$17.28 |
$35,950 |
| Education administrators, all other |
40 |
$36.67 |
$76,280 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other |
40 |
$10.08 |
$20,980 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
40 |
$12.97 |
$26,980 |
| Financial examiners |
40 |
$29.59 |
$61,540 |
| Floral designers |
40 |
$10.34 |
$21,500 |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products |
40 |
$8.98 |
$18,690 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
40 |
$14.23 |
$29,600 |
| Media and communication workers, all other |
40 |
$16.80 |
$34,950 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
40 |
$16.54 |
$34,400 |
| New accounts clerks |
40 |
$14.25 |
$29,650 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers |
40 |
$22.31 |
$46,400 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
40 |
$18.10 |
$37,650 |
| Avionics technicians |
30 |
$19.53 |
$40,620 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
30 |
$16.90 |
$35,150 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
30 |
$42.62 |
$88,660 |
| Credit analysts |
30 |
$22.65 |
$47,120 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
30 |
$14.77 |
$30,720 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
30 |
$20.46 |
$42,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
30 |
$23.10 |
$48,050 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
30 |
$8.88 |
$18,470 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
30 |
$29.99 |
$62,370 |
| Pediatricians, general |
30 |
$94.29 |
$196,120 |
| Power plant operators |
30 |
$25.92 |
$53,920 |
| Procurement clerks |
30 |
$18.55 |
$38,580 |
| Sales engineers |
30 |
$34.68 |
$72,140 |
| Actuaries |
Not available |
$39.90 |
$83,000 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
Not available |
$29.45 |
$61,260 |
| Audiologists |
Not available |
$25.50 |
$53,030 |
| Bindery workers |
Not available |
$12.18 |
$25,340 |
| Biological technicians |
Not available |
$18.40 |
$38,280 |
| Building cleaning workers, all other |
Not available |
$9.50 |
$19,760 |
| Chemists |
Not available |
$25.75 |
$53,570 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
Not available |
$15.81 |
$32,880 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
Not available |
$40.47 |
$84,190 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$15.37 |
$31,970 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
Not available |
$17.32 |
$36,020 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$14.16 |
$29,460 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$18.32 |
$38,090 |
| Editors |
Not available |
$16.58 |
$34,490 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
Not available |
$19.73 |
$41,040 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
Not available |
$24.61 |
$51,180 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
Not available |
$33.00 |
$68,630 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
Not available |
$17.51 |
$36,420 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$15.66 |
$32,580 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
Not available |
$14.81 |
$30,800 |
| Fire fighters |
Not available |
$14.47 |
$30,090 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
Not available |
$11.83 |
$24,610 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$90,630 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$12.84 |
$26,710 |
| Home appliance repairers |
Not available |
$11.63 |
$24,190 |
| Industrial engineers |
Not available |
$38.90 |
$80,900 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
Not available |
$17.45 |
$36,290 |
| Law clerks |
Not available |
$15.59 |
$32,420 |
| Massage therapists |
Not available |
$10.27 |
$21,360 |
| Mechanical door repairers |
Not available |
$19.72 |
$41,030 |
| Mechanical engineers |
Not available |
$34.32 |
$71,390 |
| Medical appliance technicians |
Not available |
$15.30 |
$31,820 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
Not available |
$37.65 |
$78,300 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
Not available |
$18.62 |
$38,730 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$19.03 |
$39,590 |
| Music directors and composers |
Not available |
$26.50 |
$55,120 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
Not available |
$9.74 |
$20,260 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
Not available |
$15.50 |
$32,240 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
Not available |
$11.66 |
$24,240 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
Not available |
$9.71 |
$20,200 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
Not available |
$9.83 |
$20,450 |
| Personal and home care aides |
Not available |
$10.30 |
$21,420 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation |
Not available |
$12.99 |
$27,020 |
| Physical scientists, all other |
Not available |
$30.89 |
$64,250 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
Not available |
$15.03 |
$31,260 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
Not available |
$14.54 |
$30,250 |
| Sewing machine operators |
Not available |
$12.97 |
$26,980 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
Not available |
$22.21 |
$46,200 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
Not available |
$14.05 |
$29,230 |
| Writers and authors |
Not available |
$21.15 |
$43,980 |
