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 |
395,880 |
$22.65 |
$47,120 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
63,940 |
$16.91 |
$35,170 |
| Sales and related occupations |
46,490 |
$20.31 |
$42,250 |
| Production occupations |
36,900 |
$16.90 |
$35,160 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
29,170 |
$9.75 |
$20,280 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
28,600 |
$24.92 |
$51,840 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
23,700 |
$14.44 |
$30,030 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
23,110 |
$31.92 |
$66,380 |
| Management occupations |
21,460 |
$53.12 |
$110,500 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
17,450 |
$34.75 |
$72,290 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
16,410 |
$12.11 |
$25,190 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
15,710 |
$27.86 |
$57,950 |
| Retail salespersons |
15,070 |
$12.66 |
$26,330 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
14,800 |
$22.22 |
$46,210 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
10,800 |
$36.51 |
$75,950 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
8,810 |
$12.84 |
$26,710 |
| Cashiers |
8,740 |
$9.26 |
$19,270 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
8,580 |
$13.80 |
$28,710 |
| Customer service representatives |
7,420 |
$16.63 |
$34,600 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
7,170 |
$13.03 |
$27,110 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
7,100 |
$8.54 |
$17,760 |
| Office clerks, general |
7,040 |
$13.80 |
$28,690 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
6,750 |
$11.20 |
$23,310 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
6,640 |
$34.18 |
$71,090 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
6,590 |
$29.71 |
$61,800 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
6,450 |
Not available |
$56,990 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
6,370 |
$39.49 |
$82,150 |
| Protective service occupations |
6,170 |
$21.57 |
$44,870 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
5,960 |
$36.06 |
$75,000 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
5,650 |
$11.84 |
$24,630 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
5,610 |
$9.54 |
$19,850 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
5,540 |
$23.08 |
$48,010 |
| Team assemblers |
5,520 |
$12.66 |
$26,330 |
| Registered nurses |
5,270 |
$33.26 |
$69,180 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
5,160 |
$10.92 |
$22,710 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
4,940 |
$21.89 |
$45,530 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
4,830 |
$22.36 |
$46,520 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
4,420 |
$18.18 |
$37,820 |
| Teacher assistants |
4,160 |
Not available |
$22,660 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
3,960 |
$21.60 |
$44,930 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
3,910 |
$12.59 |
$26,180 |
| Managers, all other |
3,870 |
$53.93 |
$112,180 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
3,860 |
$10.66 |
$22,180 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
3,860 |
$15.93 |
$33,130 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
3,780 |
$12.79 |
$26,610 |
| General and operations managers |
3,760 |
$59.74 |
$124,260 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
3,550 |
Not available |
$71,900 |
| Community and social services occupations |
3,540 |
$25.10 |
$52,200 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
3,460 |
$40.49 |
$84,220 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
3,290 |
Not available |
$58,920 |
| Accountants and auditors |
3,240 |
$34.73 |
$72,240 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
3,180 |
$25.72 |
$53,500 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
3,110 |
$14.96 |
$31,110 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
3,000 |
$17.13 |
$35,620 |
| Construction laborers |
2,970 |
$21.95 |
$45,660 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
2,590 |
$29.15 |
$60,630 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
2,590 |
$13.19 |
$27,430 |
| Food preparation workers |
2,510 |
$9.39 |
$19,530 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
2,480 |
$20.25 |
$42,110 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
2,430 |
$10.09 |
$20,990 |
| Production workers, all other |
2,390 |
$16.56 |
$34,430 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
2,340 |
$19.19 |
$39,920 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
2,240 |
$14.52 |
$30,200 |
| Legal occupations |
2,240 |
$43.65 |
$90,800 |
| Carpenters |
2,220 |
$26.70 |
$55,550 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,130 |
$10.12 |
$21,050 |
| Computer programmers |
2,080 |
$41.15 |
$85,600 |
| Helpers--production workers |
1,910 |
$10.91 |
$22,700 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
1,890 |
$14.25 |
$29,640 |
| Sales managers |
1,870 |
$48.79 |
$101,470 |
| Machinists |
1,850 |
$20.11 |
$41,820 |
| Order clerks |
1,770 |
$12.72 |
$26,450 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
1,750 |
$13.47 |
$28,010 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
1,740 |
Not available |
$62,920 |
| Dishwashers |
1,730 |
$8.33 |
$17,330 |
| Financial managers |
1,680 |
$53.69 |
$111,660 |
| Tellers |
1,670 |
$12.12 |
$25,210 |
| Bartenders |
1,620 |
$9.37 |
$19,480 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
1,580 |
$25.91 |
$53,890 |
| Lawyers |
1,570 |
$51.73 |
$107,600 |
| Bus drivers, school |
1,530 |
$14.41 |
$29,980 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
1,520 |
$27.42 |
$57,040 |
| Fire fighters |
1,450 |
$24.12 |
$50,180 |
| Computer support specialists |
1,430 |
$25.53 |
$53,100 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
1,410 |
$10.18 |
$21,180 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
1,410 |
$35.66 |
$74,160 |
| Electricians |
1,380 |
$30.84 |
$64,160 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
1,380 |
$13.80 |
$28,700 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,350 |
$32.36 |
$67,300 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
1,350 |
$13.59 |
$28,270 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
1,340 |
$34.02 |
$70,760 |
| Security guards |
1,330 |
$15.93 |
$33,120 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
1,330 |
Not available |
$53,850 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
1,280 |
$13.46 |
$28,000 |
| Industrial engineers |
1,270 |
$35.51 |
$73,850 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
1,260 |
$20.59 |
$42,820 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
1,250 |
$16.04 |
$33,350 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
1,250 |
$11.12 |
$23,140 |
| Market research analysts |
1,230 |
$31.42 |
$65,360 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,200 |
$21.18 |
$44,050 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
1,190 |
$39.31 |
$81,770 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
1,190 |
$8.83 |
$18,370 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
1,160 |
$8.64 |
$17,970 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
1,160 |
$29.09 |
$60,520 |
| Chief executives |
1,120 |
$85.54 |
$177,930 |
| Dental assistants |
1,120 |
$15.52 |
$32,290 |
| Medical secretaries |
1,120 |
$15.92 |
$33,110 |
| Computer systems analysts |
1,110 |
$38.52 |
$80,130 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
1,110 |
$11.74 |
$24,410 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
1,100 |
$13.51 |
$28,110 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
1,070 |
Not available |
Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
1,060 |
$34.29 |
$71,330 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
970 |
$39.23 |
$81,590 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
950 |
$57.20 |
$118,980 |
| Home health aides |
940 |
$11.38 |
$23,670 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
930 |
$20.89 |
$43,440 |
| Industrial production managers |
910 |
$38.99 |
$81,090 |
| Recreation workers |
910 |
$12.63 |
$26,270 |
| Administrative services managers |
900 |
$33.42 |
$69,500 |
| Medical assistants |
900 |
$14.79 |
$30,760 |
| Bill and account collectors |
880 |
$17.81 |
$37,050 |
| Cooks, fast food |
870 |
$8.85 |
$18,400 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
860 |
$21.25 |
$44,190 |
| Insurance sales agents |
860 |
$39.20 |
$81,540 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
860 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
850 |
$21.47 |
$44,660 |
| Loan officers |
850 |
$30.52 |
$63,470 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
840 |
$9.60 |
$19,960 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
840 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Financial specialists, all other |
820 |
$40.93 |
$85,130 |
| Child care workers |
810 |
$10.53 |
$21,910 |
| Financial analysts |
810 |
$40.35 |
$83,920 |
| Library technicians |
810 |
$13.20 |
$27,450 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
800 |
Not available |
$114,980 |
| Coaches and scouts |
780 |
Not available |
$31,760 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
770 |
$25.81 |
$53,690 |
| Engineers, all other |
770 |
$37.49 |
$77,980 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
770 |
$42.96 |
$89,360 |
| Marketing managers |
750 |
$62.43 |
$129,860 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
750 |
$84.07 |
$174,870 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
740 |
$32.86 |
$68,350 |
| Graphic designers |
710 |
$27.81 |
$57,850 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
710 |
$11.33 |
$23,570 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
710 |
$34.12 |
$70,980 |
| Pharmacists |
710 |
$50.65 |
$105,340 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
700 |
$19.00 |
$39,520 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
690 |
$20.36 |
$42,340 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
690 |
$40.83 |
$84,920 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
680 |
$19.00 |
$39,530 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
670 |
$10.87 |
$22,600 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
670 |
$15.33 |
$31,880 |
| Librarians |
660 |
$28.03 |
$58,290 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
650 |
$12.21 |
$25,400 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
640 |
$20.09 |
$41,790 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
640 |
$19.33 |
$40,200 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
620 |
$19.32 |
$40,180 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
610 |
$29.80 |
$61,990 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
610 |
$25.65 |
$53,340 |
| Public relations specialists |
600 |
$26.32 |
$54,740 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
600 |
$19.84 |
$41,270 |
| Cost estimators |
590 |
$31.49 |
$65,500 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
590 |
$16.89 |
$35,130 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
580 |
$22.41 |
$46,610 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
570 |
$24.05 |
$50,020 |
| Mechanical engineers |
570 |
$33.93 |
$70,580 |
| Parts salespersons |
570 |
$14.40 |
$29,960 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
560 |
$26.41 |
$54,930 |
| Dental hygienists |
560 |
$34.18 |
$71,080 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
560 |
$35.21 |
$73,230 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
560 |
$22.39 |
$46,570 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
560 |
$9.93 |
$20,650 |
| Medical and health services managers |
560 |
$50.18 |
$104,370 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
550 |
$13.28 |
$27,620 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
550 |
$33.60 |
$69,890 |
| Training and development specialists |
550 |
$24.58 |
$51,130 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
540 |
$29.07 |
$60,470 |
| Data entry keyers |
530 |
$13.54 |
$28,160 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
530 |
$14.62 |
$30,410 |
| Natural sciences managers |
530 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
530 |
$19.48 |
$40,520 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
520 |
Not available |
$61,430 |
| Physical therapists |
510 |
$36.96 |
$76,870 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
500 |
$19.01 |
$39,550 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
500 |
$11.45 |
$23,820 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
490 |
$27.81 |
$57,840 |
| Insurance underwriters |
480 |
$32.39 |
$67,370 |
| Driver/sales workers |
470 |
$15.70 |
$32,650 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
470 |
$21.42 |
$44,560 |
| Printing machine operators |
470 |
$20.34 |
$42,310 |
| Civil engineers |
460 |
$39.71 |
$82,590 |
| Engineering managers |
460 |
$57.11 |
$118,800 |
| New accounts clerks |
460 |
$15.94 |
$33,150 |
| All other information and record clerks |
450 |
$18.62 |
$38,730 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
450 |
$23.87 |
$49,650 |
| Roofers |
450 |
$27.48 |
$57,160 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
450 |
Not available |
$54,990 |
| Legal secretaries |
430 |
$20.61 |
$42,870 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
420 |
$40.51 |
$84,260 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
420 |
$20.51 |
$42,670 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
420 |
$19.14 |
$39,810 |
| Bakers |
410 |
$12.25 |
$25,490 |
| Chemists |
410 |
$35.11 |
$73,030 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
410 |
$17.88 |
$37,200 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
410 |
$36.95 |
$76,860 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
410 |
$11.09 |
$23,070 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
410 |
$30.41 |
$63,260 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
400 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
400 |
$34.24 |
$71,220 |
| Occupational therapists |
400 |
$33.92 |
$70,560 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
390 |
$14.72 |
$30,610 |
| File clerks |
390 |
$11.58 |
$24,090 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
390 |
$13.51 |
$28,100 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
390 |
$17.81 |
$37,040 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
380 |
$20.31 |
$42,250 |
| Personal and home care aides |
380 |
$10.44 |
$21,720 |
| Advertising sales agents |
370 |
$23.35 |
$48,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
370 |
$27.40 |
$57,000 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
360 |
$18.95 |
$39,410 |
| Purchasing managers |
360 |
$42.29 |
$87,970 |
| Social and human service assistants |
360 |
$17.80 |
$37,030 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
360 |
$13.22 |
$27,500 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
350 |
$18.29 |
$38,040 |
| Counselors, all other |
350 |
$19.66 |
$40,900 |
| Dentists, general |
350 |
$65.53 |
$136,310 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
350 |
$17.89 |
$37,200 |
| Food service managers |
350 |
$26.49 |
$55,090 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
350 |
$9.57 |
$19,900 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
350 |
Not available |
$45,320 |
| Real estate sales agents |
350 |
$28.45 |
$59,170 |
| Sheet metal workers |
350 |
$33.75 |
$70,190 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
350 |
$11.98 |
$24,910 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
340 |
$10.99 |
$22,860 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
330 |
$22.39 |
$46,560 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
330 |
$18.73 |
$38,970 |
| Psychiatric technicians |
330 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
330 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Tool and die makers |
320 |
$25.71 |
$53,480 |
| Computer operators |
310 |
$19.70 |
$40,980 |
| Construction managers |
310 |
$58.88 |
$122,480 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
310 |
$19.05 |
$39,630 |
| Technical writers |
300 |
$26.00 |
$54,080 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
290 |
$30.56 |
$63,560 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
290 |
$28.22 |
$58,690 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
290 |
$40.40 |
$84,030 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
290 |
$9.98 |
$20,760 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
280 |
$19.77 |
$41,130 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
280 |
$25.39 |
$52,820 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
280 |
$50.50 |
$105,050 |
| Food batchmakers |
270 |
$12.46 |
$25,920 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
270 |
$24.22 |
$50,390 |
| Travel agents |
270 |
$15.72 |
$32,690 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
260 |
Not available |
$42,120 |
| Credit analysts |
260 |
$27.32 |
$56,830 |
| Sales engineers |
260 |
$33.16 |
$68,980 |
| Editors |
250 |
$22.16 |
$46,090 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
250 |
$41.98 |
$87,320 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
240 |
$17.58 |
$36,570 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
240 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
240 |
$28.08 |
$58,420 |
| Job printers |
240 |
$19.78 |
$41,140 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
240 |
$23.60 |
$49,090 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
240 |
$24.89 |
$51,760 |
| Procurement clerks |
240 |
$18.24 |
$37,930 |
| Sewing machine operators |
240 |
$10.75 |
$22,360 |
| Cooks, short order |
230 |
$11.39 |
$23,700 |
| Database administrators |
230 |
$31.30 |
$65,100 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
230 |
$10.79 |
$22,440 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
230 |
$17.41 |
$36,220 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
230 |
$21.93 |
$45,610 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
230 |
$25.91 |
$53,890 |
| Social workers, all other |
230 |
$29.02 |
$60,360 |
| Tile and marble setters |
230 |
$24.99 |
$51,990 |
| Bindery workers |
220 |
$14.99 |
$31,180 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
220 |
$44.64 |
$92,850 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
220 |
$14.95 |
$31,100 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
220 |
$9.92 |
$20,630 |
| Musicians and singers |
220 |
$23.53 |
Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
210 |
$42.83 |
$89,090 |
| Legislators |
210 |
Not available |
$30,010 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
200 |
$23.00 |
$47,830 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
200 |
$20.04 |
$41,670 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
200 |
$12.49 |
$25,980 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
200 |
Not available |
$50,370 |
| Instructional coordinators |
200 |
$30.04 |
$62,470 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
200 |
$16.71 |
$34,760 |
| Logisticians |
200 |
$30.45 |
$63,340 |
| Statisticians |
200 |
$42.32 |
$88,020 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
190 |
Not available |
$50,920 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
190 |
$12.92 |
$26,870 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
190 |
$19.92 |
$41,430 |
| Respiratory therapists |
190 |
$26.52 |
$55,170 |
| Skin care specialists |
190 |
$17.55 |
$36,500 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
180 |
$38.27 |
$79,600 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
180 |
$20.43 |
$42,490 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
180 |
$16.04 |
$33,360 |
| Designers, all other |
180 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Postal service clerks |
180 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
180 |
$22.55 |
$46,900 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
180 |
$29.94 |
$62,280 |
| Surgeons |
180 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
170 |
$38.16 |
$79,370 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
170 |
$23.17 |
$48,190 |
| Photographers |
170 |
$17.08 |
$35,530 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
160 |
$21.14 |
$43,970 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
160 |
$17.12 |
$35,600 |
| Floral designers |
160 |
$11.75 |
$24,440 |
| Interior designers |
160 |
$20.04 |
$41,680 |
| Life scientists, all other |
160 |
$34.57 |
$71,900 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
160 |
$25.01 |
$52,020 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
150 |
$16.39 |
$34,090 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
150 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
150 |
$13.90 |
$28,910 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
150 |
$21.75 |
$45,230 |
| Mechanical drafters |
150 |
$24.67 |
$51,320 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
150 |
$20.27 |
$42,150 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation |
150 |
$11.38 |
$23,680 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
150 |
$13.64 |
$28,380 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
150 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Shampooers |
150 |
$10.06 |
$20,930 |
| Social and community service managers |
150 |
$26.42 |
$54,950 |
| Tapers |
150 |
$29.40 |
$61,160 |
| Training and development managers |
150 |
$39.50 |
$82,170 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
150 |
$16.35 |
$34,020 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
140 |
Not available |
$54,520 |
| Boilermakers |
140 |
$32.74 |
$68,110 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
140 |
Not available |
$79,090 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
140 |
$32.90 |
$68,440 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
140 |
$22.58 |
$46,960 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
140 |
$16.72 |
$34,770 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
140 |
$25.88 |
$53,820 |
| Physician assistants |
140 |
$60.99 |
$126,850 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
140 |
$13.66 |
$28,420 |
| Public relations managers |
140 |
$45.29 |
$94,210 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners |
140 |
$9.91 |
$20,620 |
| Veterinarians |
140 |
$50.07 |
$104,140 |
| Word processors and typists |
140 |
$17.65 |
$36,710 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
130 |
$20.00 |
$41,600 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
130 |
$32.82 |
$68,270 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
130 |
$19.79 |
$41,170 |
| Interpreters and translators |
130 |
$15.96 |
$33,190 |
| Massage therapists |
130 |
$27.51 |
$57,230 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
130 |
$10.24 |
$21,300 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
130 |
$18.85 |
$39,210 |
| Surgical technologists |
130 |
$22.78 |
$47,380 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
120 |
$30.44 |
$63,310 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
120 |
$37.96 |
$78,960 |
| Fence erectors |
120 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Internists, general |
120 |
$95.37 |
$198,370 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
120 |
Not available |
$48,320 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary |
120 |
Not available |
$57,560 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
120 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Animal trainers |
110 |
$16.33 |
$33,970 |
| Budget analysts |
100 |
$31.25 |
$65,010 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
Not available |
$46,270 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
100 |
$34.19 |
$71,110 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
100 |
$20.56 |
$42,760 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
Not available |
$58,500 |
| Therapists, all other |
100 |
$28.66 |
$59,610 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
90 |
$15.31 |
$31,840 |
| Crossing guards |
90 |
$11.98 |
$24,920 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
90 |
$20.87 |
$43,420 |
| Helpers--roofers |
90 |
$13.72 |
$28,530 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
90 |
$23.16 |
$48,160 |
| Millwrights |
90 |
$29.40 |
$61,140 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers |
90 |
$37.15 |
$77,280 |
| Residential advisors |
90 |
$18.26 |
$37,980 |
| Surveyors |
90 |
$26.80 |
$55,750 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
90 |
$25.29 |
$52,610 |
| Writers and authors |
90 |
$31.19 |
$64,880 |
| Carpet installers |
80 |
$31.18 |
$64,860 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$50,560 |
| Couriers and messengers |
80 |
$11.91 |
$24,780 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
80 |
$14.23 |
$29,590 |
| Environmental engineers |
80 |
$36.77 |
$76,490 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
80 |
$28.62 |
$59,530 |
| Family and general practitioners |
80 |
$82.65 |
$171,920 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
80 |
$40.08 |
$83,370 |
| Funeral attendants |
80 |
$14.19 |
$29,520 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Landscape architects |
80 |
$30.40 |
$63,240 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
80 |
$15.12 |
$31,460 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
80 |
$16.73 |
$34,810 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
80 |
$23.88 |
$49,680 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
80 |
$32.49 |
$67,580 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
80 |
$19.89 |
$41,360 |
| Recreational therapists |
80 |
$19.94 |
$41,480 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
80 |
$19.91 |
$41,410 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners |
80 |
$23.66 |
$49,220 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
70 |
$20.48 |
$42,600 |
| Clergy |
70 |
$14.21 |
$29,560 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$53,190 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
70 |
$16.19 |
$33,670 |
| Glaziers |
70 |
$18.22 |
$37,910 |
| Grounds maintenance workers, all other |
70 |
$13.02 |
$27,090 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
70 |
$39.88 |
$82,950 |
| Occupational therapist aides |
70 |
$14.64 |
$30,460 |
| Optometrists |
70 |
$45.32 |
$94,260 |
| Physical therapist aides |
70 |
$11.77 |
$24,490 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$80,430 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
70 |
$13.62 |
$28,330 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
70 |
$16.16 |
$33,610 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
70 |
Not available |
$54,970 |
| Chemical engineers |
60 |
$38.27 |
$79,600 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$61,120 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians |
60 |
$24.50 |
$50,950 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
60 |
$19.61 |
$40,790 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
60 |
$28.01 |
$58,250 |
| History teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$57,450 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
60 |
$17.21 |
$35,800 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
60 |
$15.17 |
$31,560 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
60 |
$17.08 |
$35,530 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
60 |
$11.69 |
$24,320 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
60 |
$12.77 |
$26,550 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
60 |
$10.07 |
$20,950 |
| Physical scientists, all other |
60 |
$54.57 |
$113,500 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$63,530 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
60 |
$20.18 |
$41,980 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
50 |
$19.77 |
$41,120 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$69,150 |
| Funeral directors |
50 |
$39.16 |
$81,450 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates |
50 |
$64.06 |
$133,240 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
50 |
$24.42 |
$50,780 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
50 |
$24.70 |
$51,380 |
| Pipelayers |
50 |
$29.32 |
$60,980 |
| Producers and directors |
50 |
$33.58 |
$69,850 |
| Psychologists, all other |
50 |
$42.62 |
$88,650 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
50 |
$14.96 |
$31,120 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
50 |
$17.83 |
$37,090 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other |
50 |
$26.17 |
$54,440 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
50 |
$27.80 |
$57,830 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
50 |
$37.10 |
$77,170 |
| Urban and regional planners |
50 |
$35.45 |
$73,750 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
50 |
$16.39 |
$34,100 |
| Athletic trainers |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Commercial pilots |
40 |
Not available |
$77,280 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
40 |
$17.15 |
$35,680 |
| Desktop publishers |
40 |
$22.27 |
$46,330 |
| Education administrators, all other |
40 |
$26.64 |
$55,410 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
40 |
$10.55 |
$21,950 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Fire inspectors and investigators |
40 |
$34.79 |
$72,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
40 |
$31.20 |
$64,890 |
| Furniture finishers |
40 |
$15.83 |
$32,930 |
| Health educators |
40 |
$20.38 |
$42,390 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
40 |
$24.37 |
$50,690 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants |
40 |
$13.10 |
$27,250 |
| Motorcycle mechanics |
40 |
$21.20 |
$44,100 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers |
40 |
$22.35 |
$46,490 |
| Parking enforcement workers |
40 |
$12.56 |
$26,120 |
| Parking lot attendants |
40 |
$8.37 |
$17,410 |
| Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes |
30 |
$35.17 |
$73,140 |
| Athletes and sports competitors |
30 |
Not available |
$39,680 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
30 |
$18.87 |
$39,250 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers |
30 |
$16.63 |
$34,590 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
30 |
$13.62 |
$28,340 |
| Food scientists and technologists |
30 |
$23.84 |
$49,580 |
| Media and communication workers, all other |
30 |
$21.23 |
$44,160 |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary |
30 |
Not available |
$63,760 |
| Podiatrists |
30 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
30 |
$33.32 |
$69,310 |
| Telephone operators |
30 |
$14.42 |
$29,980 |
| Actuaries |
Not available |
$43.62 |
$90,740 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
Not available |
$21.79 |
$45,330 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
Not available |
$27.34 |
$56,860 |
| Art directors |
Not available |
$46.74 |
$97,220 |
| Bicycle repairers |
Not available |
$12.21 |
$25,400 |
| Biological technicians |
Not available |
$18.47 |
$38,410 |
| Biomedical engineers |
Not available |
$41.41 |
$86,140 |
| Brokerage clerks |
Not available |
$13.90 |
$28,910 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders |
Not available |
$14.35 |
$29,850 |
| Chemical plant and system operators |
Not available |
$20.89 |
$43,460 |
| Chemical technicians |
Not available |
$22.65 |
$47,120 |
| Chiropractors |
Not available |
$48.65 |
$101,180 |
| Choreographers |
Not available |
$16.55 |
$34,430 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
Not available |
$26.68 |
$55,480 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$9.85 |
$20,490 |
| Computer and information scientists, research |
Not available |
$40.77 |
$84,800 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
Not available |
$34.48 |
$71,710 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
Not available |
$38.80 |
$80,710 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
Not available |
$37.28 |
$77,550 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$21.39 |
$44,490 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
Not available |
$20.22 |
$42,060 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
Not available |
$10.66 |
$22,160 |
| Dietetic technicians |
Not available |
$15.55 |
$32,350 |
| Drafters, all other |
Not available |
$22.43 |
$46,650 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
Not available |
$17.81 |
$37,030 |
| Electrical engineers |
Not available |
$35.72 |
$74,300 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
Not available |
$34.08 |
$70,890 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
Not available |
$14.35 |
$29,850 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
Not available |
$32.02 |
$66,600 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
Not available |
$24.03 |
$49,980 |
| Etchers and engravers |
Not available |
$15.54 |
$32,330 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$12.61 |
$26,220 |
| Financial examiners |
Not available |
$38.91 |
$80,940 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
Not available |
$10.30 |
$21,420 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
Not available |
$16.33 |
$33,960 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
Not available |
$41.80 |
$86,940 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$65,930 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
Not available |
$9.78 |
$20,330 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
Not available |
$17.08 |
$35,530 |
| Helpers--electricians |
Not available |
$13.61 |
$28,320 |
| Home appliance repairers |
Not available |
$15.76 |
$32,780 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
Not available |
$17.29 |
$35,960 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
Not available |
$25.83 |
$53,730 |
| Lodging managers |
Not available |
$27.78 |
$57,780 |
| Management analysts |
Not available |
$41.30 |
$85,900 |
| Marriage and family therapists |
Not available |
$20.82 |
$43,300 |
| Materials scientists |
Not available |
$43.49 |
$90,460 |
| Medical appliance technicians |
Not available |
$20.27 |
$42,160 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
Not available |
$57.87 |
$120,370 |
| Mental health counselors |
Not available |
$33.23 |
$69,110 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
Not available |
$16.34 |
$34,000 |
| Motorboat mechanics |
Not available |
$18.36 |
$38,200 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
Not available |
$16.95 |
$35,260 |
| Operations research analysts |
Not available |
$42.64 |
$88,690 |
| Personal financial advisors |
Not available |
$26.22 |
$54,540 |
| Pest control workers |
Not available |
$10.11 |
$21,020 |
| Photographic process workers |
Not available |
$12.30 |
$25,580 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other |
Not available |
$25.01 |
$52,020 |
| Psychiatrists |
Not available |
$45.01 |
$93,620 |
| Real estate brokers |
Not available |
$36.33 |
$75,570 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
Not available |
$25.39 |
$52,800 |
| Set and exhibit designers |
Not available |
$19.85 |
$41,300 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
Not available |
$36.49 |
$75,890 |
| Tax preparers |
Not available |
$12.68 |
$26,370 |
| Telemarketers |
Not available |
$15.80 |
$32,860 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
Not available |
$12.39 |
$25,760 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
Not available |
$17.70 |
$36,810 |
| Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters |
Not available |
$9.75 |
$20,280 |
| Transportation workers, all other |
Not available |
$13.11 |
$27,260 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
Not available |
$8.08 |
$16,810 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
Not available |
$18.54 |
$38,570 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$17.60 |
$36,620 |
