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 |
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 |
More than $70 |
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 |
