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 | 204,870 | $17.60 | $36,610 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 38,400 | $13.43 | $27,930 |
| Sales and related occupations | 25,600 | $17.87 | $37,170 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 18,100 | $15.47 | $32,180 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 16,000 | $9.01 | $18,730 |
| Production occupations | 12,970 | $14.90 | $30,990 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 12,350 | Not available | Not available |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 11,150 | $29.13 | $60,580 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 10,710 | $15.98 | $33,230 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 10,070 | $17.86 | $37,140 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 9,280 | $26.19 | $54,470 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 7,510 | $10.91 | $22,700 |
| Retail salespersons | 6,690 | $13.89 | $28,880 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 6,180 | $8.00 | $16,630 |
| Cashiers | 6,110 | $8.47 | $17,620 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 5,630 | $18.79 | $39,080 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 5,450 | $11.30 | $23,510 |
| Management occupations | 5,150 | $50.31 | $104,640 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 5,080 | $10.94 | $22,760 |
| Office clerks, general | 4,390 | $11.91 | $24,770 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 4,220 | $10.48 | $21,800 |
| Protective service occupations | 4,140 | $17.02 | $35,400 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 4,000 | $12.01 | $24,990 |
| Customer service representatives | 3,850 | $12.72 | $26,460 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 3,710 | $12.31 | $25,610 |
| Registered nurses | 3,680 | $27.53 | $57,260 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 3,220 | $10.19 | $21,190 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 3,090 | $9.60 | $19,980 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 2,970 | $10.55 | $21,950 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 2,970 | $10.72 | $22,290 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 2,800 | $14.19 | $29,520 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 2,640 | $28.77 | $59,840 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 2,480 | $10.67 | $22,190 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 2,460 | $9.07 | $18,860 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 2,370 | $28.58 | $59,440 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 2,320 | $16.27 | $33,840 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 2,320 | $31.67 | $65,870 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 2,300 | $26.51 | $55,140 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 2,110 | $17.00 | $35,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 1,990 | $19.42 | $40,390 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 1,940 | $19.13 | $39,790 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 1,780 | $28.25 | $58,770 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 1,770 | $10.43 | $21,690 |
| Carpenters | 1,710 | $15.13 | $31,480 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 1,690 | $17.48 | $36,360 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 1,680 | $18.05 | $37,530 |
| Community and social services occupations | 1,530 | $19.83 | $41,250 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 1,510 | $13.74 | $28,580 |
| Team assemblers | 1,470 | $11.28 | $23,470 |
| Accountants and auditors | 1,460 | $29.47 | $61,290 |
| Construction laborers | 1,460 | $11.43 | $23,770 |
| General and operations managers | 1,450 | $52.34 | $108,860 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,450 | $9.05 | $18,830 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 1,390 | $16.62 | $34,570 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,380 | Not available | $55,070 |
| Legal occupations | 1,310 | $35.74 | $74,340 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 1,300 | $9.80 | $20,390 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 1,300 | $14.61 | $30,400 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 1,270 | $25.03 | $52,060 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 1,270 | $24.13 | $50,180 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 1,260 | $13.26 | $27,580 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 1,220 | $14.07 | $29,280 |
| Electricians | 1,150 | $18.91 | $39,330 |
| Insurance sales agents | 1,150 | $23.57 | $49,020 |
| Telemarketers | 1,090 | $12.19 | $25,350 |
| Child care workers | 1,080 | $8.69 | $18,070 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 1,060 | $14.93 | $31,060 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 1,030 | $33.97 | $70,650 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 1,030 | $16.43 | $34,180 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 1,020 | Not available | Not available |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 1,020 | $20.67 | $42,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 1,000 | $28.12 | $58,490 |
| Security guards | 940 | $10.24 | $21,310 |
| Food preparation workers | 840 | $9.49 | $19,730 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 830 | $13.76 | $28,630 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 800 | $15.12 | $31,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 780 | $28.82 | $59,950 |
| Helpers--production workers | 770 | $11.68 | $24,300 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 770 | $11.34 | $23,590 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 750 | $7.89 | $16,400 |
| Medical assistants | 750 | $11.90 | $24,750 |
| Production workers, all other | 740 | $11.38 | $23,680 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 720 | $11.13 | $23,150 |
| Order clerks | 720 | $12.51 | $26,030 |
| Tellers | 720 | $11.62 | $24,170 |
| Dishwashers | 700 | $7.72 | $16,060 |
| Medical secretaries | 680 | $12.64 | $26,290 |
| Lawyers | 660 | $51.60 | $107,330 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 660 | $32.02 | $66,590 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 630 | $35.31 | $73,440 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 630 | $15.91 | $33,100 |
| File clerks | 620 | $10.90 | $22,680 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 610 | Not available | Not available |
| Cooks, fast food | 600 | $8.30 | $17,250 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 600 | $16.21 | $33,720 |
| Home health aides | 570 | $9.31 | $19,360 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 550 | $8.11 | $16,870 |
| Recreation workers | 550 | $10.14 | $21,090 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 540 | $13.31 | $27,690 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 540 | $18.60 | $38,690 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 530 | $11.11 | $23,100 |
| Driver/sales workers | 520 | $13.34 | $27,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 510 | $25.92 | $53,910 |
| Real estate sales agents | 510 | $18.81 | $39,130 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 490 | $19.68 | $40,930 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 490 | $28.15 | $58,550 |
| Chief executives | 480 | $80.02 | $166,450 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 470 | $14.01 | $29,150 |
| Loan officers | 470 | $25.25 | $52,510 |
| Pharmacists | 470 | $51.80 | $107,740 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 470 | $12.72 | $26,460 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 450 | $23.02 | $47,870 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 440 | $14.42 | $29,990 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 440 | $17.53 | $36,450 |
| Computer support specialists | 430 | $18.81 | $39,120 |
| Industrial engineers | 430 | $29.93 | $62,260 |
| Parts salespersons | 420 | $12.37 | $25,740 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 410 | $14.46 | $30,080 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 400 | $18.22 | $37,890 |
| Construction managers | 390 | $50.17 | $104,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 390 | $21.01 | $43,700 |
| Bartenders | 370 | $8.83 | $18,370 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 370 | $8.19 | $17,030 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 370 | $14.27 | $29,680 |
| Managers, all other | 370 | $42.90 | $89,230 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 360 | $14.51 | $30,180 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 360 | $9.31 | $19,360 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 360 | $14.44 | $30,040 |
| Insurance underwriters | 360 | $21.61 | $44,940 |
| Sales managers | 360 | $60.71 | $126,280 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 350 | $23.76 | $49,420 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 350 | $11.01 | $22,900 |
| Cost estimators | 340 | $28.11 | $58,470 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | 330 | $16.51 | $34,340 |
| Dental assistants | 330 | $14.55 | $30,270 |
| Fire fighters | 330 | $16.87 | $35,080 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 330 | $14.87 | $30,930 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 320 | $11.38 | $23,670 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 320 | $14.17 | $29,470 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 320 | $15.93 | $33,140 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 320 | $88.90 | $184,900 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 310 | $20.00 | $41,610 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 310 | $9.74 | $20,250 |
| Management analysts | 310 | $29.81 | $62,000 |
| Physical therapists | 310 | $30.57 | $63,590 |
| Training and development specialists | 310 | $24.01 | $49,940 |
| Data entry keyers | 300 | $11.42 | $23,750 |
| Financial managers | 300 | $48.30 | $100,450 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 300 | $19.09 | $39,700 |
| Personal and home care aides | 290 | $10.39 | $21,610 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 290 | $18.47 | $38,410 |
| Roofers | 290 | $12.58 | $26,160 |
| Computer programmers | 280 | $32.32 | $67,230 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 280 | $8.58 | $17,850 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 280 | $22.17 | $46,120 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 280 | $9.52 | $19,800 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 280 | $19.12 | $39,770 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 280 | $16.44 | $34,200 |
| All other information and record clerks | 270 | $14.17 | $29,470 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 270 | $19.58 | $40,720 |
| Civil engineers | 270 | $35.98 | $74,840 |
| Coaches and scouts | 270 | Not available | $34,110 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 270 | $12.99 | $27,020 |
| Computer systems analysts | 260 | $30.47 | $63,380 |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products | 260 | $8.17 | $17,000 |
| Machinists | 260 | $17.66 | $36,740 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 260 | $22.07 | $45,920 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 260 | $18.13 | $37,700 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 250 | $26.27 | $54,640 |
| Printing machine operators | 250 | $14.96 | $31,120 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 240 | $23.65 | $49,190 |
| Graphic designers | 240 | $17.74 | $36,900 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 240 | $10.88 | $22,620 |
| Legal secretaries | 240 | $15.78 | $32,820 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 230 | $14.77 | $30,710 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 230 | $14.41 | $29,980 |
| Public relations specialists | 230 | $24.79 | $51,570 |
| Engineers, all other | 220 | Not available | Not available |
| Medical equipment preparers | 220 | $11.25 | $23,400 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 220 | $14.33 | $29,800 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | 220 | $9.12 | $18,960 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 210 | $11.41 | $23,730 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 210 | Not available | Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 210 | $20.94 | $43,560 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 210 | $13.28 | $27,610 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 210 | $13.64 | $28,360 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 210 | Not available | Not available |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 210 | $11.60 | $24,130 |
| Administrative services managers | 200 | $44.21 | $91,960 |
| Librarians | 200 | $27.91 | $58,060 |
| Pest control workers | 200 | $16.42 | $34,150 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 190 | $13.42 | $27,910 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 190 | $16.14 | $33,570 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 190 | $25.44 | $52,920 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 190 | $29.78 | $61,950 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 190 | $25.22 | $52,470 |
| Advertising sales agents | 180 | $22.57 | $46,950 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 180 | $12.42 | $25,830 |
| Food service managers | 180 | $22.98 | $47,790 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 180 | $18.78 | $39,050 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 180 | $15.34 | $31,900 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 180 | $44.02 | $91,570 |
| Social and human service assistants | 180 | $14.37 | $29,880 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 180 | $15.39 | $32,010 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 170 | $17.24 | $35,850 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 170 | $34.37 | $71,490 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 170 | $14.37 | $29,880 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 170 | $10.94 | $22,760 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 170 | $11.90 | $24,750 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 170 | $17.80 | $37,020 |
| Sheet metal workers | 170 | $13.94 | $28,990 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 160 | $10.45 | $21,740 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 160 | $10.04 | $20,880 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 160 | $12.12 | $25,220 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 150 | $16.40 | $34,100 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 150 | $24.34 | $50,620 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 150 | Not available | $57,900 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other | 150 | $29.45 | $61,260 |
| Helpers--electricians | 150 | $13.51 | $28,110 |
| Industrial production managers | 150 | $52.34 | $108,870 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 150 | $15.30 | $31,820 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 150 | $15.24 | $31,700 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 150 | $12.83 | $26,680 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers | 150 | $16.33 | $33,970 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 140 | $12.82 | $26,660 |
| Dental hygienists | 140 | $29.91 | $62,210 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 140 | $24.23 | $50,400 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 140 | $13.54 | $28,160 |
| Instructional coordinators | 140 | $27.90 | $58,020 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | 140 | $15.90 | $33,080 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 140 | $39.42 | $81,980 |
| Athletes and sports competitors | 130 | Not available | $21,680 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 130 | $20.97 | $43,620 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | 130 | $18.83 | $39,170 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 130 | $22.18 | $46,120 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 130 | $15.74 | $32,740 |
| Database administrators | 130 | $29.79 | $61,960 |
| Dentists, general | 130 | $71.53 | $148,770 |
| Medical and health services managers | 130 | $48.35 | $100,580 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 130 | $11.58 | $24,080 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | 130 | $14.85 | $30,880 |
| Residential advisors | 130 | $10.86 | $22,580 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 130 | $21.28 | $44,270 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 120 | $14.83 | $30,840 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 120 | $26.70 | $55,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 120 | $24.70 | $51,370 |
| Food batchmakers | 120 | $14.00 | $29,110 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 120 | $15.68 | $32,610 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 120 | $11.47 | $23,860 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 120 | $14.48 | $30,120 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 120 | $19.72 | $41,020 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | 120 | $13.48 | $28,030 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 120 | $12.52 | $26,030 |
| Operations research analysts | 120 | $23.07 | $47,980 |
| Surveyors | 120 | $28.99 | $60,300 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 120 | $11.34 | $23,580 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 120 | $7.93 | $16,500 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 120 | $13.09 | $27,220 |
| Chemical technicians | 110 | $20.76 | $43,190 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders | 110 | $12.59 | $26,190 |
| Computer operators | 110 | $17.62 | $36,650 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | 110 | $14.03 | $29,190 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 110 | $17.45 | $36,290 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | $36,380 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 110 | $15.08 | $31,370 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 110 | $14.56 | $30,280 |
| Power plant operators | 110 | $22.87 | $47,580 |
| Surgical technologists | 110 | $18.24 | $37,950 |
| Agricultural inspectors | 100 | $19.63 | $40,830 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 100 | $27.81 | $57,850 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | $51,330 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 100 | $18.62 | $38,730 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 100 | $21.14 | $43,970 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 100 | $25.42 | $52,870 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 100 | $22.83 | $47,490 |
| Family and general practitioners | 100 | $81.68 | $169,900 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | 100 | $12.79 | $26,590 |
| Food scientists and technologists | 100 | $19.42 | $40,390 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall | 100 | $13.13 | $27,310 |
| Mechanical engineers | 100 | $34.36 | $71,470 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 100 | $9.60 | $19,960 |
| Pipelayers | 100 | $16.16 | $33,620 |
| Postal service clerks | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 100 | $16.38 | $34,080 |
| Real estate brokers | 100 | $27.46 | $57,110 |
| Sewing machine operators | 100 | $10.81 | $22,480 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 90 | $35.40 | $73,620 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 90 | $15.92 | $33,120 |
| Clergy | 90 | $18.58 | $38,650 |
| Editors | 90 | $31.27 | $65,040 |
| Electrical engineers | 90 | $37.36 | $77,720 |
| Engineering managers | 90 | $53.46 | $111,190 |
| Home appliance repairers | 90 | $19.44 | $40,420 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 90 | $17.76 | $36,950 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 90 | $10.81 | $22,480 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 90 | $30.60 | $63,640 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 80 | $33.04 | $68,730 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 80 | $21.46 | $44,640 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 80 | $54.77 | $113,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 80 | $32.92 | $68,470 |
| Job printers | 80 | $13.18 | $27,410 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 80 | $10.57 | $21,980 |
| Personal financial advisors | 80 | $25.94 | $53,950 |
| Veterinarians | 80 | $45.79 | $95,240 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 70 | $22.94 | $47,710 |
| Couriers and messengers | 70 | $12.93 | $26,900 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 70 | $16.11 | $33,510 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 70 | $11.86 | $24,670 |
| Private detectives and investigators | 70 | $20.52 | $42,690 |
| Procurement clerks | 70 | $14.96 | $31,110 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 70 | $14.64 | $30,450 |
| Chemists | 60 | $34.60 | $71,960 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 60 | $14.63 | $30,430 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 60 | $15.35 | $31,930 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 60 | $20.22 | $42,060 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | 60 | $14.08 | $29,280 |
| Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders | 60 | $13.72 | $28,550 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 60 | $26.13 | $54,340 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 60 | $15.89 | $33,050 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 60 | $15.49 | $32,210 |
| Financial analysts | 60 | $32.95 | $68,530 |
| Floral designers | 60 | $12.22 | $25,420 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 60 | $20.09 | $41,790 |
| Internists, general | 60 | $96.13 | $199,950 |
| Logisticians | 60 | $25.58 | $53,210 |
| Market research analysts | 60 | $32.23 | $67,030 |
| Marketing managers | 60 | $49.43 | $102,810 |
| Marriage and family therapists | 60 | $19.86 | $41,300 |
| New accounts clerks | 60 | $13.81 | $28,730 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 60 | $29.42 | $61,190 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 60 | $11.58 | $24,090 |
| Purchasing managers | 60 | $50.93 | $105,930 |
| Service station attendants | 60 | $11.67 | $24,270 |
| Tool and die makers | 60 | $18.42 | $38,320 |
| Bakers | 50 | $10.76 | $22,380 |
| Bindery workers | 50 | $14.03 | $29,180 |
| Biological scientists, all other | 50 | $21.70 | $45,130 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 50 | $36.33 | $75,570 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 50 | $15.88 | $33,030 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 50 | $13.63 | $28,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 50 | $28.56 | $59,400 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 50 | $12.34 | $25,680 |
| Legislators | 50 | Not available | $38,390 |
| Mechanical drafters | 50 | $20.47 | $42,580 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 50 | $15.21 | $31,630 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 50 | $30.82 | $64,100 |
| Occupational therapists | 50 | $36.18 | $75,260 |
| Optometrists | 50 | $65.41 | $136,060 |
| Photographers | 50 | $13.27 | $27,600 |
| Urban and regional planners | 50 | $27.47 | $57,130 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $48,490 |
| Biological technicians | 40 | $18.00 | $37,440 |
| Chemical engineers | 40 | $35.14 | $73,090 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 40 | $42.62 | $88,660 |
| Credit analysts | 40 | $25.97 | $54,010 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 40 | $41.07 | $85,430 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $45,780 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | 40 | $15.90 | $33,070 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 40 | $15.75 | $32,760 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | 40 | $10.57 | $21,980 |
| Forensic science technicians | 40 | $19.77 | $41,130 |
| Funeral attendants | 40 | $11.85 | $24,660 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 40 | $43.85 | $91,210 |
| Library technicians | 40 | $14.07 | $29,260 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | 40 | $14.30 | $29,740 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $52,220 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 40 | $19.69 | $40,960 |
| Motorcycle mechanics | 40 | $15.07 | $31,350 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 40 | $12.73 | $26,480 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 40 | $23.26 | $48,390 |
| Physician assistants | 40 | $41.84 | $87,030 |
| Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers | 40 | $17.11 | $35,580 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products | 40 | $29.41 | $61,170 |
| Sales engineers | 40 | $32.56 | $67,730 |
| Social and community service managers | 40 | $33.47 | $69,610 |
| Training and development managers | 40 | $41.82 | $86,990 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 40 | $16.11 | $33,500 |
| Writers and authors | 40 | $25.85 | $53,780 |
| Budget analysts | 30 | $27.37 | $56,940 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 30 | $29.36 | $61,060 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 30 | $35.65 | $74,160 |
| Health educators | 30 | $23.27 | $48,390 |
| Massage therapists | 30 | $22.08 | $45,930 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | 30 | $102.77 | $213,750 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | $38,940 |
| Radiation therapists | 30 | $35.27 | $73,360 |
| Surgeons | 30 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Agricultural equipment operators | Not available | $12.10 | $25,160 |
| Anesthesiologists | Not available | $57.75 | $120,110 |
| Audiologists | Not available | $37.71 | $78,440 |
| Bill and account collectors | Not available | $14.64 | $30,460 |
| Brokerage clerks | Not available | $16.50 | $34,330 |
| Cargo and freight agents | Not available | $17.78 | $36,980 |
| Chefs and head cooks | Not available | $16.81 | $34,960 |
| Chemical plant and system operators | Not available | $21.45 | $44,630 |
| Cooks, short order | Not available | $8.06 | $16,770 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | Not available | $11.74 | $24,430 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | Not available | $39.11 | $81,340 |
| Environmental engineers | Not available | $27.96 | $58,150 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | Not available | $24.25 | $50,440 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | Not available | $10.53 | $21,900 |
| Furniture finishers | Not available | $13.81 | $28,710 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $12.08 | $25,130 |
| Helpers--carpenters | Not available | $10.50 | $21,840 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $11.26 | $23,410 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | Not available | $18.46 | $38,400 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | Not available | $11.57 | $24,070 |
| Medical equipment repairers | Not available | $14.70 | $30,570 |
| Millwrights | Not available | $18.00 | $37,440 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | Not available | $15.43 | $32,100 |
| Motorboat mechanics | Not available | $20.58 | $42,810 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $13.72 | $28,540 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $61,800 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | Not available | $11.76 | $24,460 |
| Pharmacy aides | Not available | $9.42 | $19,590 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | Not available | $9.06 | $18,850 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | Not available | $27.66 | $57,530 |
| Tax preparers | Not available | $12.93 | $26,890 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | Not available | $23.59 | $49,070 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | Not available | $17.54 | $36,490 |
| Travel agents | Not available | $12.05 | $25,060 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners | Not available | $16.06 | $33,410 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | Not available | $9.32 | $19,390 |
| Woodworkers, all other | Not available | $14.58 | $30,330 |
| Word processors and typists | Not available | $12.32 | $25,620 |
