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 | 83,840 | $18.10 | $37,650 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 12,130 | $14.16 | $29,450 |
| Production occupations | 11,390 | $16.97 | $35,300 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 9,400 | $24.62 | $51,200 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 8,240 | $8.82 | $18,340 |
| Sales and related occupations | 7,790 | $13.84 | $28,780 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 5,120 | $13.78 | $28,670 |
| Team assemblers | 4,860 | $18.93 | $39,370 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 3,960 | $30.55 | $63,530 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 3,870 | $18.38 | $38,230 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 3,210 | $19.46 | $40,470 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 2,960 | $10.57 | $21,990 |
| Retail salespersons | 2,920 | $10.96 | $22,800 |
| Management occupations | 2,830 | $45.26 | $94,140 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 2,380 | $7.55 | $15,700 |
| Cashiers | 2,170 | $8.06 | $16,760 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,940 | $26.21 | $54,510 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,910 | $11.73 | $24,390 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,900 | $11.09 | $23,070 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,880 | $9.26 | $19,260 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,770 | $9.97 | $20,730 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,760 | $8.47 | $17,620 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 1,520 | $16.33 | $33,970 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 1,400 | $26.48 | $55,070 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 1,360 | $28.79 | $59,880 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 1,350 | $13.70 | $28,490 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 1,350 | $17.62 | $36,650 |
| Registered nurses | 1,270 | $25.74 | $53,540 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1,250 | $14.87 | $30,940 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,070 | $17.51 | $36,430 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 1,070 | $10.14 | $21,090 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 1,040 | $23.19 | $48,230 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 1,030 | $17.90 | $37,240 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 960 | $11.12 | $23,120 |
| Community and social services occupations | 860 | $19.14 | $39,810 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 850 | $17.83 | $37,080 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 820 | $10.49 | $21,810 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 770 | $17.35 | $36,090 |
| Teacher assistants | 750 | Not available | $20,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 730 | $22.27 | $46,310 |
| Customer service representatives | 710 | $16.74 | $34,830 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 660 | Not available | $49,410 |
| Cooks, fast food | 600 | $7.71 | $16,030 |
| General and operations managers | 600 | $48.08 | $100,000 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 600 | $13.82 | $28,750 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 590 | $26.34 | $54,780 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 590 | $29.68 | $61,730 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 580 | $15.59 | $32,420 |
| Carpenters | 570 | $18.27 | $38,010 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 530 | $14.96 | $31,120 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 530 | $9.42 | $19,600 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 510 | $9.26 | $19,260 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 490 | $9.18 | $19,090 |
| Electricians | 490 | $24.43 | $50,810 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 470 | $10.59 | $22,030 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 470 | Not available | $51,600 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 440 | $12.10 | $25,160 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 420 | $10.52 | $21,890 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 420 | $17.47 | $36,340 |
| Accountants and auditors | 390 | $28.07 | $58,390 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 380 | $14.18 | $29,490 |
| Child care workers | 380 | $7.24 | $15,060 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 370 | $16.91 | $35,170 |
| Mechanical engineers | 370 | $29.09 | $60,510 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 370 | Not available | $49,330 |
| Personal and home care aides | 370 | $9.21 | $19,150 |
| Tellers | 360 | $11.00 | $22,890 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 350 | $7.98 | $16,590 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 350 | $12.78 | $26,580 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 340 | $7.68 | $15,970 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 340 | $25.78 | $53,610 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 330 | $10.40 | $21,620 |
| Driver/sales workers | 320 | $9.96 | $20,720 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 320 | $20.37 | $42,360 |
| Dishwashers | 310 | $8.13 | $16,910 |
| Food preparation workers | 310 | $9.15 | $19,020 |
| Computer programmers | 300 | $27.18 | $56,530 |
| Construction laborers | 300 | $14.17 | $29,470 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 300 | $26.53 | $55,190 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 300 | $27.04 | $56,240 |
| Bartenders | 290 | $8.69 | $18,080 |
| Bus drivers, school | 290 | $11.83 | $24,600 |
| Industrial production managers | 290 | $51.33 | $106,770 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 280 | $14.37 | $29,880 |
| Computer support specialists | 280 | $17.81 | $37,050 |
| Helpers--production workers | 280 | $10.08 | $20,960 |
| Medical assistants | 280 | $12.86 | $26,760 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 280 | $7.71 | $16,030 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 280 | $21.68 | $45,100 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 270 | $102.58 | $213,360 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 240 | $16.09 | $33,470 |
| Legal occupations | 240 | $34.96 | $72,720 |
| Security guards | 240 | $12.90 | $26,830 |
| Coaches and scouts | 230 | Not available | $32,670 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 230 | $12.81 | $26,650 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 220 | $14.15 | $29,420 |
| Medical secretaries | 220 | $12.67 | $26,360 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 210 | $14.55 | $30,270 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 210 | $26.71 | $55,570 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 210 | Not available | Not available |
| Industrial engineers | 200 | $33.20 | $69,050 |
| Bill and account collectors | 190 | $12.44 | $25,870 |
| Dental assistants | 190 | $12.42 | $25,840 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 190 | $8.84 | $18,380 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians | 170 | $15.52 | $32,280 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 170 | $41.35 | $86,000 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 170 | $15.19 | $31,590 |
| Public relations specialists | 170 | $24.10 | $50,130 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 160 | $9.17 | $19,070 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 160 | $14.08 | $29,280 |
| Recreation workers | 160 | $8.65 | $17,980 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 150 | $7.90 | $16,430 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 150 | $8.19 | $17,030 |
| Lawyers | 150 | $42.40 | $88,200 |
| Pharmacists | 150 | $46.75 | $97,240 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 150 | $26.86 | $55,860 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 150 | $27.22 | $56,610 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 150 | $25.03 | $52,050 |
| Chemists | 140 | $31.66 | $65,860 |
| Chief executives | 140 | $75.30 | $156,630 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 140 | $15.86 | $33,000 |
| Cost estimators | 140 | $27.92 | $58,080 |
| Engineering managers | 140 | $47.25 | $98,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 140 | $13.34 | $27,740 |
| Graphic designers | 140 | $20.80 | $43,270 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 140 | $25.65 | $53,350 |
| Medical and health services managers | 140 | $42.24 | $87,850 |
| Training and development specialists | 140 | $25.74 | $53,530 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 130 | $16.44 | $34,190 |
| Computer systems analysts | 130 | $29.78 | $61,950 |
| Financial managers | 130 | $44.00 | $91,520 |
| Home health aides | 130 | $10.02 | $20,850 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 130 | $9.30 | $19,350 |
| Sales managers | 130 | $43.67 | $90,830 |
| Surgical technologists | 130 | $18.17 | $37,800 |
| Cooks, short order | 120 | $8.84 | $18,380 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 120 | $14.38 | $29,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 120 | $28.16 | $58,570 |
| Food service managers | 120 | $25.64 | $53,340 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 120 | $13.14 | $27,330 |
| Insurance sales agents | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 120 | $12.71 | $26,430 |
| Legal secretaries | 120 | $15.97 | $33,220 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 120 | $14.74 | $30,670 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 110 | $27.42 | $57,040 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 110 | $14.25 | $29,640 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 110 | $35.73 | $74,310 |
| Order clerks | 110 | $13.34 | $27,750 |
| Physical therapists | 110 | $29.34 | $61,030 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 110 | $11.08 | $23,050 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 110 | $11.43 | $23,770 |
| Advertising sales agents | 100 | $18.21 | $37,880 |
| Chemical technicians | 100 | $16.08 | $33,440 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 100 | $29.34 | $61,030 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 100 | $23.59 | $49,060 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 100 | $9.98 | $20,760 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 100 | $18.93 | $39,370 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 100 | $8.30 | $17,270 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 100 | $15.11 | $31,420 |
| Parts salespersons | 100 | $12.48 | $25,960 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 100 | $19.13 | $39,800 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 100 | $22.90 | $47,630 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 90 | $18.27 | $38,000 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 90 | $16.07 | $33,430 |
| Database administrators | 90 | $30.58 | $63,610 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 90 | $19.10 | $39,720 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 90 | $26.79 | $55,720 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 90 | $11.36 | $23,620 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 90 | $17.08 | $35,530 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 90 | $9.72 | $20,230 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 90 | $14.89 | $30,970 |
| Managers, all other | 90 | $28.78 | $59,860 |
| Administrative services managers | 80 | $37.47 | $77,930 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 80 | $12.76 | $26,530 |
| Computer operators | 80 | $15.79 | $32,840 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 80 | $33.40 | $69,460 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 80 | $18.20 | $37,850 |
| Data entry keyers | 80 | $12.65 | $26,300 |
| Dental hygienists | 80 | $35.30 | $73,420 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 80 | Not available | $85,310 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 80 | $15.16 | $31,530 |
| Librarians | 80 | $29.03 | $60,390 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 80 | $14.17 | $29,470 |
| Respiratory therapists | 80 | $23.11 | $48,060 |
| Bakers | 70 | $10.51 | $21,870 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 70 | $16.40 | $34,120 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 70 | $10.91 | $22,690 |
| File clerks | 70 | $8.56 | $17,810 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 70 | $19.96 | $41,510 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 70 | $10.22 | $21,250 |
| Library technicians | 70 | $13.53 | $28,140 |
| Loan officers | 70 | $23.41 | $48,700 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 70 | $11.19 | $23,280 |
| Machinists | 70 | $18.61 | $38,700 |
| Natural sciences managers | 70 | $41.13 | $85,550 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 70 | $16.28 | $33,860 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 70 | $20.62 | $42,900 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 70 | $35.61 | $74,070 |
| Sewing machine operators | 70 | $13.48 | $28,030 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 70 | $11.85 | $24,640 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 70 | $18.96 | $39,430 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 70 | $21.21 | $44,110 |
| Aerospace engineering and operations technicians | 60 | $21.98 | $45,720 |
| Budget analysts | 60 | $28.72 | $59,740 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 60 | $17.06 | $35,470 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | 60 | $9.29 | $19,330 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 60 | $16.96 | $35,280 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 60 | $21.20 | $44,100 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other | 60 | $13.67 | $28,440 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 60 | $26.37 | $54,860 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 60 | $15.58 | $32,410 |
| Residential advisors | 60 | $14.26 | $29,660 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | 60 | $17.78 | $36,990 |
| Veterinarians | 60 | $33.76 | $70,220 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 60 | $16.18 | $33,660 |
| Civil engineers | 50 | $27.61 | $57,430 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 50 | $28.94 | $60,190 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 50 | $24.62 | $51,210 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 50 | $11.77 | $24,480 |
| Market research analysts | 50 | $25.20 | $52,420 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 50 | $34.07 | $70,870 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 50 | $15.29 | $31,810 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 50 | $23.72 | $49,350 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 50 | $11.43 | $23,780 |
| Printing machine operators | 50 | $15.37 | $31,970 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 50 | $12.99 | $27,020 |
| Surveyors | 50 | $23.06 | $47,970 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 50 | $14.29 | $29,720 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 40 | $15.98 | $33,250 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 40 | $16.24 | $33,770 |
| Construction managers | 40 | $40.91 | $85,100 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 40 | $22.17 | $46,100 |
| Couriers and messengers | 40 | $9.72 | $20,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 40 | $21.21 | $44,120 |
| Floral designers | 40 | $9.34 | $19,420 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 40 | $47.04 | $97,850 |
| Legislators | 40 | Not available | $80,800 |
| Logisticians | 40 | $22.76 | $47,350 |
| Management analysts | 40 | $43.28 | $90,020 |
| Marketing managers | 40 | $38.35 | $79,770 |
| Mechanical drafters | 40 | $26.03 | $54,150 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 40 | $24.89 | $51,770 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 40 | $8.23 | $17,110 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 40 | $12.41 | $25,810 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 40 | $11.89 | $24,740 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 40 | $11.27 | $23,450 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 40 | $20.21 | $42,040 |
| Physical therapist aides | 40 | $10.46 | $21,750 |
| Purchasing managers | 40 | $41.65 | $86,630 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 30 | $32.56 | $67,710 |
| Funeral attendants | 30 | $10.68 | $22,210 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 30 | $10.20 | $21,210 |
| Mental health counselors | 30 | $28.04 | $58,330 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 30 | $24.56 | $51,080 |
| Postal service clerks | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 30 | $19.47 | $40,500 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 30 | $26.25 | $54,590 |
| Service station attendants | 30 | $8.48 | $17,640 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 30 | $25.98 | $54,030 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | Not available | $24.03 | $49,990 |
| Dentists, general | Not available | $84.63 | $176,030 |
| Editors | Not available | $17.44 | $36,270 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | Not available | $25.95 | $53,980 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | Not available | $21.64 | $45,020 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | Not available | $10.86 | $22,590 |
| Family and general practitioners | Not available | $80.18 | $166,770 |
| Health educators | Not available | $21.02 | $43,720 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | Not available | $20.22 | $42,050 |
| Home appliance repairers | Not available | $19.70 | $40,980 |
| Insurance underwriters | Not available | $29.56 | $61,490 |
| New accounts clerks | Not available | $15.83 | $32,920 |
| Photographers | Not available | $16.25 | $33,800 |
| Sheet metal workers | Not available | $25.29 | $52,600 |
| Tax preparers | Not available | $17.50 | $36,400 |
| Tire repairers and changers | Not available | $10.64 | $22,130 |
