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 |
118,040 |
$15.94 |
$33,160 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
19,160 |
$13.20 |
$27,460 |
| Production occupations |
14,400 |
$14.09 |
$29,320 |
| Sales and related occupations |
12,570 |
$13.02 |
$27,080 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
10,300 |
$8.60 |
$17,890 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
8,520 |
$13.75 |
$28,600 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
7,960 |
$27.82 |
$57,870 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
7,570 |
$17.16 |
$35,690 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
6,640 |
$17.20 |
$35,770 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
5,710 |
$15.07 |
$31,350 |
| Management occupations |
4,370 |
$36.12 |
$75,120 |
| Cashiers |
4,100 |
$7.80 |
$16,220 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
3,720 |
$9.53 |
$19,820 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
3,580 |
$7.26 |
$15,110 |
| Office clerks, general |
3,260 |
$11.25 |
$23,400 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
3,200 |
$11.36 |
$23,620 |
| Retail salespersons |
3,160 |
$10.78 |
$22,410 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
2,830 |
$22.10 |
$45,960 |
| Registered nurses |
2,730 |
$25.05 |
$52,100 |
| Team assemblers |
2,320 |
$13.03 |
$27,110 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
2,210 |
$11.39 |
$23,680 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
2,180 |
$9.46 |
$19,680 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
2,050 |
$18.01 |
$37,470 |
| Protective service occupations |
1,980 |
$15.47 |
$32,170 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
1,960 |
$9.72 |
$20,210 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
1,950 |
$28.86 |
$60,020 |
| Customer service representatives |
1,810 |
$12.35 |
$25,680 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
1,780 |
$8.76 |
$18,230 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,740 |
$9.24 |
$19,230 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,510 |
$18.84 |
$39,190 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
1,460 |
$14.06 |
$29,250 |
| Community and social services occupations |
1,420 |
$16.95 |
$35,260 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,400 |
Not available |
$41,920 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,400 |
$14.41 |
$29,980 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,370 |
$9.74 |
$20,250 |
| General and operations managers |
1,340 |
$38.02 |
$79,090 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,310 |
$16.03 |
$33,350 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,240 |
$14.80 |
$30,790 |
| Teacher assistants |
1,160 |
Not available |
$16,330 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1,080 |
$27.50 |
$57,200 |
| Personal and home care aides |
1,040 |
$8.50 |
$17,690 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
1,030 |
$11.85 |
$24,640 |
| Carpenters |
1,020 |
$14.70 |
$30,570 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
1,020 |
$23.12 |
$48,080 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
990 |
$26.25 |
$54,600 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
970 |
$14.72 |
$30,620 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
960 |
$24.32 |
$50,590 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
930 |
$13.54 |
$28,170 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
890 |
Not available |
$44,330 |
| Food preparation workers |
850 |
$8.59 |
$17,860 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
840 |
$16.65 |
$34,640 |
| Construction laborers |
840 |
$9.83 |
$20,440 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
840 |
$14.59 |
$30,340 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
820 |
$8.05 |
$16,730 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
800 |
$9.55 |
$19,860 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
800 |
$10.71 |
$22,270 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
780 |
$14.31 |
$29,770 |
| Telemarketers |
740 |
$12.02 |
$25,000 |
| Driver/sales workers |
730 |
$11.05 |
$22,980 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
680 |
Not available |
$42,430 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
650 |
$10.42 |
$21,670 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
650 |
$12.21 |
$25,390 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
610 |
$22.10 |
$45,960 |
| Electricians |
590 |
$19.86 |
$41,300 |
| Helpers--production workers |
590 |
$12.58 |
$26,160 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
580 |
$15.64 |
$32,530 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
570 |
$13.13 |
$27,300 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
570 |
$13.04 |
$27,120 |
| Bill and account collectors |
550 |
$14.10 |
$29,330 |
| Tellers |
530 |
$11.25 |
$23,390 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
520 |
$21.84 |
$45,430 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
520 |
$9.39 |
$19,530 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
500 |
$12.43 |
$25,850 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
500 |
$9.28 |
$19,300 |
| Bus drivers, school |
490 |
$9.93 |
$20,660 |
| Parts salespersons |
490 |
$10.58 |
$22,020 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
480 |
$11.76 |
$24,460 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
480 |
$17.26 |
$35,910 |
| Accountants and auditors |
460 |
$22.56 |
$46,930 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
450 |
$11.59 |
$24,100 |
| Legal occupations |
450 |
$26.01 |
$54,100 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
430 |
$9.03 |
$18,780 |
| Security guards |
430 |
$11.17 |
$23,220 |
| Medical assistants |
420 |
$12.04 |
$25,040 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
420 |
$13.96 |
$29,030 |
| Cooks, fast food |
390 |
$7.18 |
$14,940 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
380 |
$12.94 |
$26,920 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
380 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
370 |
$14.95 |
$31,100 |
| Home health aides |
370 |
$9.29 |
$19,310 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
370 |
$18.70 |
$38,900 |
| Dishwashers |
360 |
$7.24 |
$15,060 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
330 |
$16.98 |
$35,310 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
330 |
$14.43 |
$30,010 |
| Pharmacists |
330 |
$53.80 |
$111,910 |
| Chief executives |
320 |
$68.40 |
$142,270 |
| Financial managers |
320 |
$36.04 |
$74,950 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
320 |
$7.38 |
$15,350 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
310 |
$16.62 |
$34,560 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
310 |
$9.17 |
$19,070 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
300 |
$11.97 |
$24,900 |
| Dental assistants |
300 |
$13.17 |
$27,380 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
300 |
$12.31 |
$25,610 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
300 |
$18.83 |
$39,170 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
300 |
$14.02 |
$29,150 |
| Child care workers |
290 |
$8.16 |
$16,980 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
290 |
Not available |
$68,090 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
290 |
$8.02 |
$16,680 |
| Insurance sales agents |
290 |
$31.79 |
$66,120 |
| Printing machine operators |
290 |
$11.54 |
$24,010 |
| Food service managers |
280 |
$20.10 |
$41,820 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
280 |
$17.46 |
$36,310 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
270 |
$16.14 |
$33,560 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
260 |
$22.07 |
$45,920 |
| Computer support specialists |
260 |
$17.06 |
$35,480 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
260 |
$92.50 |
$192,400 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
260 |
$21.44 |
$44,600 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
250 |
$14.10 |
$29,330 |
| Medical secretaries |
250 |
$10.54 |
$21,930 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
250 |
$19.74 |
$41,070 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
250 |
$23.42 |
$48,710 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
250 |
$11.15 |
$23,190 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
240 |
$11.28 |
$23,460 |
| Helpers--electricians |
240 |
$12.00 |
$24,970 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
240 |
Not available |
$43,440 |
| Machinists |
240 |
$17.07 |
$35,510 |
| Industrial engineers |
230 |
$29.44 |
$61,230 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
230 |
$13.97 |
$29,060 |
| Computer systems analysts |
220 |
$22.89 |
$47,620 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
220 |
$6.99 |
$14,540 |
| Sales managers |
220 |
$33.69 |
$70,070 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
220 |
Not available |
$22,590 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
210 |
$13.89 |
$28,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
210 |
$30.88 |
$64,220 |
| Order clerks |
210 |
$13.31 |
$27,670 |
| Dental hygienists |
200 |
$26.64 |
$55,400 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
200 |
$33.60 |
$69,880 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
190 |
$11.50 |
$23,910 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
190 |
$15.06 |
$31,330 |
| Management analysts |
190 |
$31.86 |
$66,280 |
| Roofers |
190 |
$14.21 |
$29,570 |
| Cost estimators |
180 |
$19.32 |
$40,190 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
180 |
$21.09 |
$43,860 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
180 |
$10.94 |
$22,760 |
| Loan officers |
180 |
$19.78 |
$41,140 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
180 |
$13.29 |
$27,650 |
| Social and human service assistants |
180 |
$12.06 |
$25,080 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
180 |
$17.73 |
$36,880 |
| Bartenders |
170 |
$8.96 |
$18,630 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
170 |
$13.14 |
$27,320 |
| Data entry keyers |
170 |
$10.28 |
$21,380 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
170 |
$11.48 |
$23,880 |
| File clerks |
170 |
$11.53 |
$23,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
170 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
170 |
$22.22 |
$46,220 |
| Medical and health services managers |
170 |
$40.23 |
$83,690 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
170 |
$14.59 |
$30,340 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
170 |
Not available |
$42,280 |
| Training and development specialists |
170 |
$21.13 |
$43,950 |
| Administrative services managers |
160 |
$33.91 |
$70,530 |
| Fire fighters |
160 |
$15.31 |
$31,840 |
| Production workers, all other |
160 |
$12.80 |
$26,630 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
160 |
Not available |
$44,620 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
160 |
$14.80 |
$30,780 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
150 |
$15.75 |
$32,760 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
150 |
$20.11 |
$41,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
150 |
$19.48 |
$40,520 |
| Lawyers |
150 |
$34.35 |
$71,440 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
150 |
$15.02 |
$31,230 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
150 |
$13.90 |
$28,920 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
140 |
$14.74 |
$30,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
140 |
$14.83 |
$30,840 |
| Librarians |
140 |
$21.19 |
$44,080 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
140 |
$24.63 |
$51,240 |
| Physical therapists |
140 |
$37.38 |
$77,760 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
140 |
$11.66 |
$24,250 |
| Construction managers |
130 |
$25.93 |
$53,930 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
130 |
$13.15 |
$27,360 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders |
130 |
$14.75 |
$30,690 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
130 |
$14.71 |
$30,590 |
| Industrial production managers |
130 |
$37.04 |
$77,050 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
130 |
$10.69 |
$22,230 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
130 |
$22.79 |
$47,410 |
| Private detectives and investigators |
130 |
$19.67 |
$40,900 |
| Respiratory therapists |
130 |
$21.02 |
$43,720 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
130 |
$16.61 |
$34,540 |
| Sheet metal workers |
130 |
$11.92 |
$24,800 |
| Surgical technologists |
130 |
$16.87 |
$35,090 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
120 |
$7.63 |
$15,860 |
| Engineering managers |
120 |
$39.81 |
$82,800 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
120 |
$11.42 |
$23,750 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
120 |
$9.67 |
$20,100 |
| Legislators |
120 |
Not available |
$15,860 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
120 |
$8.04 |
$16,730 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
120 |
$28.01 |
$58,260 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
120 |
$13.96 |
$29,030 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
120 |
$14.33 |
$29,810 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
120 |
$11.60 |
$24,120 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
120 |
$12.80 |
$26,620 |
| Sewing machine operators |
120 |
$8.05 |
$16,730 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
110 |
$12.61 |
$26,230 |
| Computer programmers |
110 |
$22.76 |
$47,350 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
110 |
$22.62 |
$47,040 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
110 |
$18.80 |
$39,100 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
110 |
$15.23 |
$31,670 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
110 |
$14.33 |
$29,800 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
110 |
$24.36 |
$50,660 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
110 |
$13.30 |
$27,660 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
110 |
$7.83 |
$16,290 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
110 |
$16.38 |
$34,080 |
| Recreation workers |
110 |
$11.28 |
$23,460 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
110 |
$14.15 |
$29,430 |
| Advertising sales agents |
100 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
100 |
$23.76 |
$49,410 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
100 |
$10.42 |
$21,660 |
| Coaches and scouts |
100 |
Not available |
$29,580 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
100 |
$34.80 |
$72,380 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
100 |
$15.54 |
$32,320 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
100 |
$21.23 |
$44,160 |
| Graphic designers |
100 |
$15.67 |
$32,600 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
100 |
$11.49 |
$23,900 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
100 |
$16.63 |
$34,590 |
| Marketing managers |
100 |
$37.87 |
$78,770 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
100 |
$20.21 |
$42,040 |
| Pest control workers |
100 |
$13.62 |
$28,320 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
100 |
$14.12 |
$29,370 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
100 |
$33.57 |
$69,840 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
100 |
Not available |
$41,990 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
100 |
$14.19 |
$29,530 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
100 |
$10.46 |
$21,750 |
| Civil engineers |
90 |
$31.44 |
$65,390 |
| Surveyors |
90 |
$20.00 |
$41,600 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
80 |
$26.74 |
$55,610 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
80 |
$10.15 |
$21,110 |
| Dentists, general |
80 |
$102.51 |
$213,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
80 |
$14.20 |
$29,540 |
| Floral designers |
80 |
$10.00 |
$20,790 |
| Managers, all other |
80 |
$34.55 |
$71,870 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
80 |
$14.49 |
$30,130 |
| Pharmacy aides |
80 |
$8.80 |
$18,310 |
| Pipelayers |
80 |
$12.78 |
$26,590 |
| Public relations specialists |
80 |
$20.94 |
$43,560 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
80 |
Not available |
$43,180 |
| Tool and die makers |
80 |
$17.67 |
$36,760 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
80 |
$8.84 |
$18,400 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
80 |
$10.32 |
$21,470 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
70 |
$10.10 |
$21,000 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
70 |
$18.51 |
$38,490 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
70 |
$22.75 |
$47,320 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
70 |
$13.74 |
$28,580 |
| Editors |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
70 |
$22.62 |
$47,060 |
| Environmental engineers |
70 |
$32.04 |
$66,630 |
| Family and general practitioners |
70 |
$77.84 |
$161,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
70 |
$28.39 |
$59,050 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
70 |
$10.65 |
$22,160 |
| Library technicians |
70 |
$10.54 |
$21,910 |
| Mental health counselors |
70 |
$15.34 |
$31,900 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
70 |
$25.70 |
$53,460 |
| Occupational therapists |
70 |
$35.44 |
$73,710 |
| Postal service clerks |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Pourers and casters, metal |
70 |
$9.87 |
$20,520 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
70 |
$29.20 |
$60,750 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
70 |
$19.92 |
$41,420 |
| All other information and record clerks |
60 |
$14.69 |
$30,560 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
60 |
$19.07 |
$39,660 |
| Bakers |
60 |
$9.81 |
$20,400 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
60 |
$22.62 |
$47,040 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
60 |
$22.43 |
$46,660 |
| Computer operators |
60 |
$13.49 |
$28,060 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
60 |
$11.30 |
$23,500 |
| Electrical engineers |
60 |
$31.32 |
$65,150 |
| Funeral attendants |
60 |
$9.98 |
$20,760 |
| Glaziers |
60 |
$12.50 |
$26,010 |
| Health educators |
60 |
$15.65 |
$32,560 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
60 |
$17.24 |
$35,850 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
60 |
$24.38 |
$50,700 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
60 |
$19.16 |
$39,850 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
60 |
$20.76 |
$43,170 |
| Purchasing managers |
60 |
$41.17 |
$85,640 |
| Social and community service managers |
60 |
$26.31 |
$54,730 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
50 |
$8.75 |
$18,210 |
| Broadcast technicians |
50 |
$16.82 |
$34,980 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
50 |
$20.69 |
$43,030 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
50 |
$19.88 |
$41,360 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
50 |
$25.17 |
$52,350 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
50 |
$8.78 |
$18,260 |
| Funeral directors |
50 |
$21.85 |
$45,450 |
| Interior designers |
50 |
$18.31 |
$38,080 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
50 |
$14.80 |
$30,790 |
| Motorcycle mechanics |
50 |
$14.77 |
$30,710 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
50 |
$15.96 |
$33,190 |
| Physician assistants |
50 |
$39.38 |
$81,910 |
| Real estate sales agents |
50 |
$17.79 |
$36,990 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
50 |
$42.59 |
$88,590 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
$19.04 |
$39,600 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
40 |
$20.15 |
$41,910 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
40 |
$33.04 |
$68,720 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
40 |
$37.71 |
$78,440 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
40 |
$17.52 |
$36,430 |
| Credit analysts |
40 |
$22.78 |
$47,380 |
| Crossing guards |
40 |
$7.23 |
$15,030 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
40 |
$37.05 |
$77,060 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
40 |
$20.85 |
$43,370 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$52,030 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
40 |
$8.67 |
$18,030 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
40 |
$23.96 |
$49,850 |
| Instructional coordinators |
40 |
$25.41 |
$52,860 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$48,320 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$16.23 |
$33,750 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers |
40 |
$16.95 |
$35,260 |
| Photographers |
40 |
$11.42 |
$23,750 |
| Procurement clerks |
40 |
$13.54 |
$28,170 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
40 |
$15.31 |
$31,840 |
| Surgeons |
40 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
40 |
$25.50 |
$53,030 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners |
40 |
$10.57 |
$21,980 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
40 |
$12.78 |
$26,590 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
30 |
$21.43 |
$44,570 |
| Engineers, all other |
30 |
$32.26 |
$67,110 |
| Fallers |
30 |
$11.53 |
$23,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
30 |
$18.63 |
$38,750 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
30 |
$16.16 |
$33,610 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
30 |
$15.99 |
$33,270 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
30 |
$10.26 |
$21,340 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
30 |
$28.35 |
$58,970 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
30 |
$11.58 |
$24,080 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
30 |
$11.53 |
$23,990 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
30 |
$19.29 |
$40,120 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
30 |
$13.08 |
$27,220 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
Not available |
$20.09 |
$41,790 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$41,830 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
Not available |
$20.64 |
$42,940 |
| Chemical engineers |
Not available |
$40.28 |
$83,780 |
| Chemical technicians |
Not available |
$23.15 |
$48,150 |
| Chemists |
Not available |
$30.55 |
$63,540 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
Not available |
$12.91 |
$26,840 |
| Cooks, short order |
Not available |
$7.67 |
$15,960 |
| Couriers and messengers |
Not available |
$9.72 |
$20,220 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
Not available |
$15.57 |
$32,390 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$15.77 |
$32,810 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
Not available |
$23.20 |
$48,250 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
Not available |
$20.29 |
$42,210 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
Not available |
$23.83 |
$49,560 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$12.71 |
$26,430 |
| Financial analysts |
Not available |
$28.00 |
$58,240 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
Not available |
$21.27 |
$44,230 |
| Food batchmakers |
Not available |
$7.69 |
$16,000 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
Not available |
$7.31 |
$15,200 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
Not available |
$10.77 |
$22,410 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
Not available |
$11.53 |
$23,980 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
Not available |
$20.19 |
$41,990 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
Not available |
$19.80 |
$41,190 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall |
Not available |
$19.03 |
$39,580 |
| Job printers |
Not available |
$15.69 |
$32,640 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$16.87 |
$35,090 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
Not available |
$14.60 |
$30,360 |
| Market research analysts |
Not available |
$25.53 |
$53,110 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
Not available |
$10.45 |
$21,730 |
| Mechanical door repairers |
Not available |
$10.63 |
$22,110 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
Not available |
$21.71 |
$45,150 |
| Mechanical engineers |
Not available |
$30.86 |
$64,190 |
| Millwrights |
Not available |
$31.51 |
$65,530 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
Not available |
$17.14 |
$35,650 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$11.76 |
$24,460 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
Not available |
$14.74 |
$30,660 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
Not available |
$12.04 |
$25,050 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
Not available |
$8.05 |
$16,750 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
Not available |
$12.63 |
$26,270 |
| Real estate brokers |
Not available |
$11.21 |
$23,310 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians |
Not available |
$17.77 |
$36,970 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$9.43 |
$19,620 |
| Social workers, all other |
Not available |
$14.15 |
$29,430 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
Not available |
$19.84 |
$41,270 |
| Tax preparers |
Not available |
$11.41 |
$23,730 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
Not available |
$23.38 |
$48,620 |
| Tile and marble setters |
Not available |
$14.90 |
$30,980 |
| Transportation workers, all other |
Not available |
$10.61 |
$22,070 |
| Veterinarians |
Not available |
$48.82 |
$101,550 |