Occupational employment / Knoxville, TN

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.

Estimates for "Knoxville, TN" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 334,160 $17.61 $36,620
Office and administrative support occupations 59,190 $13.77 $28,650
Sales and related occupations 34,480 $15.50 $32,240
Food preparation and serving related occupations 32,330 $8.63 $17,960
Transportation and material moving occupations 26,740 $13.79 $28,680
Production occupations 24,090 $14.65 $30,470
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 21,810 $27.32 $56,830
Management occupations 19,800 $37.88 $78,780
Education, training, and library occupations 15,930 $19.95 $41,500
Construction and extraction occupations 15,810 $16.39 $34,090
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 15,420 $17.75 $36,910
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 12,530 $10.00 $20,810
Business and financial operations occupations 11,280 $27.68 $57,570
Retail salespersons 10,660 $11.51 $23,930
Cashiers 9,320 $8.12 $16,890
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 9,270 $7.62 $15,850
Office clerks, general 9,090 $12.91 $26,850
Healthcare support occupations 8,500 $11.88 $24,700
Waiters and waitresses 8,120 $7.86 $16,340
Registered nurses 7,730 $26.38 $54,880
Personal care and service occupations 7,380 $10.41 $21,650
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 7,040 $11.47 $23,850
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 6,920 $18.00 $37,430
Customer service representatives 6,420 $13.61 $28,320
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 6,390 $9.24 $19,220
Architecture and engineering occupations 6,270 $34.08 $70,880
Stock clerks and order fillers 6,020 $10.25 $21,310
General and operations managers 5,710 $40.55 $84,340
Team assemblers 5,670 $13.57 $28,230
Protective service occupations 5,500 $14.91 $31,010
Computer and mathematical occupations 5,120 $30.61 $63,670
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 5,030 $12.89 $26,820
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 3,880 $19.69 $40,960
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 3,800 $20.37 $42,380
Maintenance and repair workers, general 3,790 $15.38 $32,000
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 3,740 $14.49 $30,140
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 3,570 $18.08 $37,600
Community and social services occupations 3,500 $16.46 $34,240
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 3,450 $16.15 $33,600
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 3,230 $10.49 $21,810
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 3,210 $28.14 $58,540
Construction laborers 3,170 $12.25 $25,490
Elementary school teachers, except special education 2,990 Not available $44,520
Teacher assistants 2,940 Not available $16,790
Cooks, restaurant 2,910 $10.48 $21,790
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 2,750 $13.65 $28,390
Life, physical, and social science occupations 2,690 $28.21 $58,670
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 2,510 $15.63 $32,510
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 2,480 $8.54 $17,770
Security guards 2,440 $10.57 $21,980
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 2,380 $11.64 $24,200
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 2,370 $12.40 $25,790
Receptionists and information clerks 2,240 $11.07 $23,020
Electricians 2,110 $18.55 $38,590
Packers and packagers, hand 2,060 $8.53 $17,740
Accountants and auditors 2,040 $26.91 $55,980
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 1,890 $15.75 $32,760
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 1,890 $10.88 $22,640
Business operations specialists, all other 1,880 $30.00 $62,390
Food preparation workers 1,870 $9.61 $19,980
Carpenters 1,840 $16.19 $33,680
Financial managers 1,810 $38.30 $79,670
Legal occupations 1,790 $34.23 $71,200
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 1,760 $13.95 $29,010
Bill and account collectors 1,730 $13.00 $27,040
Home health aides 1,640 $10.07 $20,950
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 1,590 Not available $45,430
Industrial truck and tractor operators 1,540 $13.12 $27,300
Tellers 1,540 $11.60 $24,130
Chief executives 1,510 $72.99 $151,810
Child care workers 1,400 $7.64 $15,890
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 1,400 $24.16 $50,260
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 1,400 $31.30 $65,110
Driver/sales workers 1,300 $10.68 $22,220
Medical assistants 1,290 $12.76 $26,550
Sales representatives, services, all other 1,290 $21.76 $45,260
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 1,260 $23.79 $49,490
Order clerks 1,250 $9.84 $20,460
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 1,240 $10.71 $22,290
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 1,240 Not available $45,600
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 1,230 $23.59 $49,070
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 1,210 $13.70 $28,490
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 1,210 $8.01 $16,670
Parts salespersons 1,200 $15.48 $32,210
Pharmacy technicians 1,180 $13.32 $27,700
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 1,180 $15.94 $33,150
Dishwashers 1,160 $8.55 $17,780
Cooks, fast food 1,070 $7.33 $15,250
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 1,040 $16.25 $33,800
Food service managers 1,030 $20.24 $42,090
Counter and rental clerks 990 $10.33 $21,490
Managers, all other 990 $31.71 $65,960
Administrative services managers 980 $28.19 $58,620
Production workers, all other 950 $12.17 $25,320
Lawyers 900 $47.45 $98,690
Preschool teachers, except special education 900 $10.54 $21,930
Computer systems analysts 890 $31.26 $65,010
Engineers, all other 890 $48.37 $100,610
Bartenders 880 $8.07 $16,790
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 880 $17.61 $36,620
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 870 $15.58 $32,410
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 870 $16.54 $34,400
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 850 $15.02 $31,240
Management analysts 850 $38.48 $80,040
Medical and health services managers 850 $33.35 $69,370
Radiologic technologists and technicians 840 $23.63 $49,150
Computer support specialists 830 $19.66 $40,880
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 830 $15.58 $32,400
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 810 $7.99 $16,610
Pharmacists 810 $49.35 $102,650
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 800 $15.96 $33,210
Child, family, and school social workers 790 $15.51 $32,260
Sales managers 790 $43.64 $90,780
Construction managers 780 $27.10 $56,380
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 780 $22.18 $46,140
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 760 $16.48 $34,290
Postal service mail carriers 760 Not available Not available
Automotive body and related repairers 750 $18.96 $39,430
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 750 $13.52 $28,130
Medical secretaries 750 $13.50 $28,070
Personal and home care aides 750 $9.59 $19,940
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 730 $8.96 $18,630
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 730 $33.86 $70,420
Computer and information systems managers 720 $40.05 $83,300
Dental assistants 720 $15.28 $31,790
Helpers--production workers 710 $13.01 $27,060
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 700 $17.67 $36,750
Industrial engineers 700 $36.67 $76,270
Machinists 700 $16.91 $35,170
Bus drivers, school 680 $8.84 $18,390
Training and development specialists 680 $22.59 $46,990
Computer programmers 670 $28.85 $60,000
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 670 $13.72 $28,540
Mechanical engineers 670 $37.58 $78,170
Cost estimators 660 $27.98 $58,200
Data entry keyers 660 $11.59 $24,110
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 660 $21.91 $45,570
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 660 $8.52 $17,730
Industrial machinery mechanics 660 $19.89 $41,380
Tree trimmers and pruners 650 $12.79 $26,600
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 640 $23.35 $48,560
Loan officers 620 $27.01 $56,190
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 610 $11.99 $24,930
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 600 $25.24 $52,490
Network and computer systems administrators 590 $27.68 $57,570
Bus drivers, transit and intercity 580 $12.34 $25,660
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 580 $13.20 $27,460
Paralegals and legal assistants 580 $19.63 $40,830
Teachers and instructors, all other 580 Not available $46,520
Engineering managers 570 $46.55 $96,830
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 570 $12.18 $25,340
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 570 $18.70 $38,900
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 560 $13.89 $28,890
Graphic designers 530 $20.60 $42,850
Fire fighters 520 $17.33 $36,050
Loan interviewers and clerks 520 $18.05 $37,550
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 520 $17.53 $36,470
Civil engineers 510 $33.85 $70,420
Computer software engineers, applications 510 $34.29 $71,320
Insurance sales agents 510 $25.03 $52,060
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 500 $25.08 $52,160
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 500 $17.25 $35,880
Medical records and health information technicians 490 $12.69 $26,400
Physical therapists 480 $33.60 $69,880
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 480 Not available Not available
Sewing machine operators 480 $9.41 $19,560
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 470 Not available $56,910
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 470 $15.77 $32,800
Dental hygienists 460 $27.81 $57,840
Surgical technologists 460 $16.56 $34,440
Marketing managers 450 $40.20 $83,620
Social and human service assistants 450 $11.20 $23,300
Computer software engineers, systems software 440 $45.23 $94,080
Switchboard operators, including answering service 440 $10.40 $21,630
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 430 $21.50 $44,710
Electrical engineers 430 $42.75 $88,910
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 430 $21.21 $44,110
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 420 $23.78 $49,460
Recreation workers 420 $10.66 $22,170
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 410 $29.27 $60,880
Hazardous materials removal workers 410 $21.21 $44,120
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 410 $13.60 $28,290
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 410 $25.87 $53,800
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 400 $16.44 $34,200
Public relations specialists 400 $22.81 $47,440
Cement masons and concrete finishers 390 $14.11 $29,340
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders 390 $18.23 $37,920
Helpers--electricians 390 $11.44 $23,800
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 390 Not available $43,380
Network systems and data communications analysts 390 $34.92 $72,620
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 390 $18.97 $39,460
Parking lot attendants 380 $7.52 $15,640
Printing machine operators 380 $16.18 $33,660
Computer operators 370 $15.77 $32,800
Industrial production managers 370 $35.34 $73,500
Painters, construction and maintenance 370 $13.11 $27,260
Residential advisors 370 $9.41 $19,570
Sheet metal workers 370 $19.97 $41,530
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 370 Not available $44,190
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 360 $16.67 $34,660
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 360 $21.51 $44,740
Cooks, short order 350 $8.68 $18,060
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 350 $7.71 $16,030
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health 350 $27.69 $57,600
Librarians 350 $20.38 $42,390
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 350 Not available $45,480
File clerks 340 $11.18 $23,250
Highway maintenance workers 340 $13.27 $27,600
Physicians and surgeons, all other 340 $88.39 $183,840
Pipelayers 340 $18.05 $37,540
Property, real estate, and community association managers 340 $18.45 $38,370
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 340 $36.70 $76,330
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 330 $26.91 $55,980
Couriers and messengers 320 Not available Not available
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 320 $10.24 $21,290
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 310 $20.01 $41,610
Instructional coordinators 310 $26.88 $55,910
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 310 $24.59 $51,150
Tire repairers and changers 310 $10.28 $21,370
Amusement and recreation attendants 300 $7.53 $15,650
Architectural and civil drafters 300 $21.35 $44,410
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 300 $11.79 $24,520
Respiratory therapists 300 $20.18 $41,970
Telemarketers 300 $11.02 $22,920
Coaches and scouts 290 Not available $42,860
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 290 $20.99 $43,650
Fiberglass laminators and fabricators 290 $14.29 $29,730
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other 290 $21.46 $44,640
Healthcare support workers, all other 290 $12.50 $26,010
Elevator installers and repairers 280 $33.07 $68,790
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 280 $30.33 $63,080
Medical transcriptionists 280 $13.42 $27,920
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 280 $14.85 $30,880
Database administrators 270 $31.11 $64,720
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 270 $17.50 $36,400
Financial analysts 260 $31.52 $65,550
Private detectives and investigators 260 Not available Not available
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 260 Not available Not available
Surgeons 260 $75.00 More than $145,600
Business teachers, postsecondary 250 Not available $69,240
Butchers and meat cutters 250 $13.97 $29,060
Chemical technicians 250 $22.36 $46,510
Civil engineering technicians 250 $19.35 $40,250
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 250 $15.07 $31,350
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 250 $16.95 $35,250
Market research analysts 250 $22.21 $46,190
Medical and public health social workers 250 $19.45 $40,470
Physician assistants 250 $39.91 $83,020
Purchasing managers 250 $36.66 $76,260
Social and community service managers 250 $20.88 $43,420
Special education teachers, middle school 250 Not available $46,350
All other information and record clerks 240 $16.35 $34,010
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary 240 Not available $49,730
Correctional officers and jailers 240 $13.39 $27,860
Diagnostic medical sonographers 240 $24.93 $51,850
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 240 $13.48 $28,040
Physical therapist assistants 240 $21.84 $45,430
Radio and television announcers 240 $13.88 $28,870
Speech-language pathologists 240 $24.82 $51,620
Advertising sales agents 230 $19.48 $40,520
Computer specialists, all other 230 $25.21 $52,430
Financial specialists, all other 230 $24.62 $51,210
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary 220 Not available Not available
Funeral directors 220 $19.87 $41,330
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 220 $15.83 $32,920
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 220 $10.39 $21,610
Architects, except landscape and naval 210 $34.86 $72,500
Court, municipal, and license clerks 210 $15.11 $31,430
Education administrators, postsecondary 210 $38.17 $79,390
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders 210 $20.04 $41,670
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 210 $26.90 $55,950
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 210 $14.10 $29,330
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 210 $8.67 $18,040
Medical scientists, except epidemiologists 210 $23.27 $48,400
Photographers 210 $15.35 $31,920
Pourers and casters, metal 210 $18.70 $38,890
Chemists 200 $39.74 $82,660
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 200 $14.43 $30,020
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 200 $16.96 $35,290
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks 200 $13.15 $27,350
Surveying and mapping technicians 200 $17.02 $35,400
Anesthesiologists 190 $80.48 $167,400
Bakers 190 $10.00 $20,790
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 190 $16.88 $35,120
Environmental engineers 190 $36.75 $76,430
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 190 $22.35 $46,490
Helpers--carpenters 190 $11.76 $24,450
Pest control workers 190 $15.42 $32,060
Special education teachers, secondary school 190 Not available $44,440
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 190 $14.76 $30,690
Broadcast technicians 180 $16.02 $33,330
Clergy 180 $23.27 $48,390
Construction and building inspectors 180 $20.37 $42,360
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 180 $15.30 $31,820
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 180 $12.16 $25,300
Bindery workers 170 $12.30 $25,580
Chemical engineers 170 $45.19 $93,990
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 170 $15.07 $31,350
Editors 170 $21.36 $44,420
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 170 $16.88 $35,110
Industrial engineering technicians 170 $18.73 $38,960
Legislators 170 Not available $18,960
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other 170 $20.87 $43,400
Logisticians 170 $26.39 $54,900
Maintenance workers, machinery 170 $19.87 $41,320
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary 170 Not available $53,780
Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders 170 $17.56 $36,530
Nonfarm animal caretakers 170 $9.73 $20,240
Occupational health and safety specialists 170 $43.37 $90,210
Opticians, dispensing 170 $14.40 $29,960
Chefs and head cooks 160 $19.31 $40,170
Compensation and benefits managers 160 $31.09 $64,670
Computer and information scientists, research 160 $40.39 $84,020
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 160 $11.71 $24,360
Sales and related workers, all other 160 $21.97 $45,690
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 160 $11.21 $23,310
Writers and authors 160 $22.07 $45,910
Biological science teachers, postsecondary 150 Not available $87,220
Brickmasons and blockmasons 150 $19.03 $39,580
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 150 $31.79 $66,130
Detectives and criminal investigators 150 $29.55 $61,470
Dietitians and nutritionists 150 $21.22 $44,130
Food servers, nonrestaurant 150 $10.29 $21,410
Health educators 150 $18.02 $37,490
Occupational therapists 150 $31.57 $65,670
Personal financial advisors 150 $35.58 $74,020
Physical therapist aides 150 $10.19 $21,190
Postal service clerks 150 Not available Not available
Roofers 150 $16.23 $33,770
Self-enrichment education teachers 150 $20.25 $42,110
Travel agents 150 $15.02 $31,250
Veterinarians 150 $28.17 $58,600
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door 140 $17.02 $35,410
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 140 $13.92 $28,950
Lodging managers 140 $24.04 $49,990
Nuclear engineers 140 $50.03 $104,050
Pharmacy aides 140 $8.65 $17,990
Procurement clerks 140 $14.97 $31,130
Public relations managers 140 $30.42 $63,270
Real estate sales agents 140 Not available Not available
Tool and die makers 140 $20.06 $41,730
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders 130 $14.18 $29,500
Mechanical drafters 130 $23.07 $47,980
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders 130 $14.57 $30,310
Protective service workers, all other 130 $14.35 $29,850
Security and fire alarm systems installers 130 $15.30 $31,820
Surveyors 130 $19.06 $39,650
Training and development managers 130 $31.18 $64,850
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 120 $18.25 $37,970
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 120 $23.90 $49,710
Crane and tower operators 120 $19.29 $40,110
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 120 $14.25 $29,650
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 120 $15.40 $32,040
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles 120 $15.52 $32,290
Emergency management specialists 120 $35.17 $73,160
Health technologists and technicians, all other 120 $25.12 $52,260
Internists, general 120 $89.09 $185,300
Job printers 120 $14.34 $29,840
Legal secretaries 120 $19.21 $39,950
Library technicians 120 $13.65 $28,400
Machine feeders and offbearers 120 $10.53 $21,900
Massage therapists 120 $21.31 $44,320
Producers and directors 120 $28.42 $59,120
Reporters and correspondents 120 $17.46 $36,320
Structural iron and steel workers 120 $17.82 $37,070
Communications teachers, postsecondary 110 Not available Not available
Demonstrators and product promoters 110 $13.89 $28,900
Floral designers 110 $11.92 $24,800
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 110 $12.88 $26,780
History teachers, postsecondary 110 Not available Not available
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 110 $16.13 $33,550
Interior designers 110 $22.80 $47,430
Meter readers, utilities 110 $15.95 $33,170
Office machine operators, except computer 110 $12.33 $25,650
Prepress technicians and workers 110 $15.56 $32,360
Psychology teachers, postsecondary 110 Not available $43,220
Social scientists and related workers, all other 110 $23.04 $47,920
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 110 $12.66 $26,340
Technical writers 110 $29.48 $61,310
Upholsterers 110 $13.78 $28,660
Community and social service specialists, all other 100 $14.55 $30,270
Education, training, and library workers, all other 100 $17.58 $36,570
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 100 $13.23 $27,520
Environmental engineering technicians 100 $24.50 $50,960
Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers 100 $15.27 $31,770
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 100 $30.65 $63,760
Food batchmakers 100 $10.25 $21,320
Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary 100 Not available Not available
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary 100 Not available Not available
Medical equipment preparers 100 $11.87 $24,690
Mental health counselors 100 $12.93 $26,900
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary 100 Not available Not available
Office and administrative support workers, all other 100 $14.11 $29,350
Painters, transportation equipment 100 $16.84 $35,030
Statisticians 100 $37.78 $78,590
Advertising and promotions managers 90 $33.85 $70,400
Dentists, general 90 $89.37 $185,900
Drafters, all other 90 $16.06 $33,410
Electronics engineers, except computer 90 $32.95 $68,530
Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors 90 $45.77 $95,190
Mechanical engineering technicians 90 $24.13 $50,200
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 90 $16.43 $34,170
Pediatricians, general 90 $68.51 $142,500
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers 90 $12.69 $26,400
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 90 $16.85 $35,040
Animal control workers 80 $12.47 $25,940
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 80 $23.64 $49,180
Brokerage clerks 80 Not available Not available
Budget analysts 80 $30.37 $63,160
Conveyor operators and tenders 80 $16.49 $34,300
Electrical and electronics drafters 80 $29.77 $61,920
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers 80 $14.60 $30,370
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other 80 $24.62 $51,210
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 80 $9.08 $18,890
Media and communication equipment workers, all other 80 $19.63 $40,820
Painting, coating, and decorating workers 80 $10.77 $22,400
Physicists 80 $48.58 $101,050
Social work teachers, postsecondary 80 Not available Not available
Stationary engineers and boiler operators 80 $15.50 $32,240
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 80 $24.26 $50,450
Traffic technicians 80 $17.15 $35,660
Education teachers, postsecondary 70 Not available $47,710
Human resources managers, all other 70 $35.87 $74,610
Law clerks 70 $13.61 $28,310
Medical equipment repairers 70 $31.46 $65,440
Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary 70 Not available $58,690
Physics teachers, postsecondary 70 Not available Not available
Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 70 $15.19 $31,600
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 70 $15.57 $32,390
Art directors 60 $26.55 $55,230
Athletic trainers 60 Not available $40,870
Audio and video equipment technicians 60 $16.55 $34,420
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers 60 $14.36 $29,870
Computer science teachers, postsecondary 60 Not available $82,720
Family and general practitioners 60 $61.00 $126,890
Grinding and polishing workers, hand 60 $11.61 $24,140
Natural sciences managers 60 $39.24 $81,620
Respiratory therapy technicians 60 $17.71 $36,840
Transportation workers, all other 60 $12.40 $25,790
Word processors and typists 60 $14.70 $30,580
Chemical equipment operators and tenders 50 $18.63 $38,750
Chemistry teachers, postsecondary 50 Not available $49,820
Commercial and industrial designers 50 $32.75 $68,120
Desktop publishers 50 $17.84 $37,110
Farm equipment mechanics 50 $13.91 $28,940
Financial examiners 50 $31.49 $65,500
Foresters 50 $21.33 $44,370
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers 50 $27.92 $58,080
Materials engineers 50 $37.09 $77,140
Nuclear medicine technologists 50 $29.83 $62,040
Occupational health and safety technicians 50 $25.05 $52,100
Radiation therapists 50 $51.00 $106,070
Recreational therapists 50 $16.22 $33,740
Social workers, all other 50 $17.82 $37,070
Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers 40 $45.64 $94,920
Anthropologists and archeologists 40 $19.16 $39,850
Baggage porters and bellhops 40 $8.42 $17,520
Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture 40 $14.90 $30,980
Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders 40 $13.69 $28,470
Education administrators, all other 40 $26.83 $55,810
Fire inspectors and investigators 40 $21.45 $44,610
Furniture finishers 40 $14.20 $29,530
Interpreters and translators 40 $11.45 $23,820
Legal support workers, all other 40 $20.49 $42,620
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers 40 $8.97 $18,650
Media and communication workers, all other 40 $13.80 $28,700
Motor vehicle operators, all other 40 $15.40 $32,030
Numerical tool and process control programmers 40 $23.03 $47,900
Occupational therapist aides 40 Not available Not available
Occupational therapist assistants 40 $21.99 $45,740
Physical scientists, all other 40 $45.98 $95,640
Sociology teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available $47,300
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders 40 $11.42 $23,750
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 30 $22.25 $46,280
Bailiffs 30 $16.17 $33,630
Biomedical engineers 30 $31.05 $64,580
Commercial pilots 30 Not available $91,240
Meeting and convention planners 30 $16.71 $34,750
Urban and regional planners 30 $29.29 $60,910
Athletes and sports competitors Not available Not available $25,930
Audiologists Not available $45.58 $94,800
Biological scientists, all other Not available $31.43 $65,370
Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders Not available $11.00 $22,870
Computer hardware engineers Not available $37.52 $78,050
Construction and related workers, all other Not available $15.43 $32,090
Continuous mining machine operators Not available $15.27 $31,760
Cooks, all other Not available $10.62 $22,080
Counselors, all other Not available $14.46 $30,070
Credit analysts Not available $28.08 $58,410
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks Not available $16.90 $35,160
Crossing guards Not available $9.78 $20,350
Cutters and trimmers, hand Not available $10.74 $22,340
Dental laboratory technicians Not available $13.97 $29,050
Economists Not available $33.12 $68,880
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators Not available $18.36 $38,190
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $13.50 $28,070
Film and video editors Not available $24.70 $51,380
Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators Not available $20.76 $43,180
Food cooking machine operators and tenders Not available $11.43 $23,770
Glaziers Not available $14.13 $29,380
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters Not available $16.81 $34,970
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Not available $10.94 $22,750
Helpers--roofers Not available $11.32 $23,550
Home appliance repairers Not available $12.93 $26,900
Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall Not available $15.56 $32,360
Library assistants, clerical Not available $10.88 $22,630
Locksmiths and safe repairers Not available $13.59 $28,260
Material moving workers, all other Not available $14.25 $29,640
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers Not available $11.81 $24,560
Millwrights Not available $19.19 $39,910
Mine cutting and channeling machine operators Not available $21.22 $44,140
New accounts clerks Not available $14.41 $29,980
Ophthalmic laboratory technicians Not available $10.99 $22,850
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics Not available $11.57 $24,070
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation Not available $10.79 $22,450
Plasterers and stucco masons Not available $14.88 $30,950
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials Not available $8.57 $17,820
Real estate brokers Not available $28.08 $58,400
Recreational vehicle service technicians Not available $15.15 $31,510
Rehabilitation counselors Not available $15.67 $32,590
Sales engineers Not available $46.46 $96,640
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners Not available $15.14 $31,490
Sound engineering technicians Not available $16.87 $35,080
Tax preparers Not available $15.80 $32,860
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs Not available $9.89 $20,580
Telephone operators Not available $9.51 $19,780
Tile and marble setters Not available $15.07 $31,350
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers Not available $18.57 $38,630
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers Not available $7.87 $16,370
Veterinary technologists and technicians Not available $11.56 $24,040
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing Not available $13.52 $28,130
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