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 |
233,190 |
$17.84 |
$37,100 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
37,340 |
$14.53 |
$30,220 |
| Production occupations |
28,960 |
$15.54 |
$32,330 |
| Sales and related occupations |
25,990 |
$16.41 |
$34,130 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
23,810 |
$14.47 |
$30,090 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
19,880 |
$9.92 |
$20,640 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
12,860 |
$19.07 |
$39,670 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
11,960 |
$30.18 |
$62,770 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
10,860 |
$23.03 |
$47,900 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
10,600 |
$19.11 |
$39,750 |
| Retail salespersons |
9,490 |
$12.39 |
$25,780 |
| Management occupations |
7,490 |
$42.43 |
$88,260 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
6,940 |
$27.86 |
$57,950 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
6,880 |
$12.65 |
$26,310 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
6,850 |
$12.02 |
$25,000 |
| Cashiers |
6,680 |
$8.79 |
$18,270 |
| Office clerks, general |
5,670 |
$13.19 |
$27,430 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
5,580 |
$11.04 |
$22,970 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
4,370 |
$13.30 |
$27,660 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
4,360 |
$19.83 |
$41,250 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
4,140 |
$9.74 |
$20,260 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
4,010 |
$27.72 |
$57,660 |
| Registered nurses |
3,950 |
$30.08 |
$62,560 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
3,720 |
$9.06 |
$18,850 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
3,500 |
$9.88 |
$20,560 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
3,490 |
$10.46 |
$21,770 |
| Customer service representatives |
3,270 |
$15.27 |
$31,750 |
| Carpenters |
3,210 |
$18.30 |
$38,060 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
3,190 |
$11.65 |
$24,240 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
3,150 |
$13.53 |
$28,150 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
3,130 |
$12.83 |
$26,680 |
| Team assemblers |
3,110 |
$14.82 |
$30,820 |
| Community and social services occupations |
3,100 |
$17.94 |
$37,310 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
3,060 |
$15.69 |
$32,640 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
3,020 |
$29.14 |
$60,610 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
2,790 |
$20.20 |
$42,010 |
| Protective service occupations |
2,700 |
$20.13 |
$41,870 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
2,590 |
$17.53 |
$36,460 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
2,560 |
$29.45 |
$61,250 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
2,510 |
Not available |
$56,280 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
2,350 |
$12.02 |
$25,000 |
| Helpers--production workers |
2,150 |
$11.23 |
$23,360 |
| Teacher assistants |
1,950 |
Not available |
$21,150 |
| Driver/sales workers |
1,940 |
$13.77 |
$28,650 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
1,930 |
$15.16 |
$31,530 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,910 |
$14.10 |
$29,330 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,880 |
$24.00 |
$49,920 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,830 |
$18.68 |
$38,860 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,820 |
$9.40 |
$19,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,780 |
$22.52 |
$46,850 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,780 |
$10.06 |
$20,920 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
1,780 |
$14.34 |
$29,820 |
| General and operations managers |
1,760 |
$44.69 |
$92,950 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
1,760 |
$14.63 |
$30,440 |
| Home health aides |
1,720 |
$10.00 |
$20,790 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
1,680 |
$17.74 |
$36,900 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,650 |
$28.39 |
$59,050 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1,560 |
$24.54 |
$51,050 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
1,540 |
$15.18 |
$31,580 |
| Cooks, short order |
1,510 |
$9.41 |
$19,580 |
| Construction laborers |
1,480 |
$15.38 |
$32,000 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
1,470 |
$11.08 |
$23,050 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,440 |
Not available |
$55,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,350 |
$15.24 |
$31,710 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
1,340 |
$17.40 |
$36,190 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,300 |
$22.79 |
$47,400 |
| Tellers |
1,300 |
$10.96 |
$22,800 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,250 |
$12.29 |
$25,560 |
| Printing machine operators |
1,220 |
$17.78 |
$36,980 |
| Bus drivers, school |
1,110 |
$11.64 |
$24,220 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
1,090 |
$8.80 |
$18,300 |
| Electricians |
1,080 |
$18.68 |
$38,850 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
1,060 |
$20.24 |
$42,100 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,020 |
Not available |
$55,840 |
| Child care workers |
1,010 |
$9.58 |
$19,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,000 |
$27.69 |
$57,590 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
1,000 |
$12.36 |
$25,710 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
990 |
$10.23 |
$21,270 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
970 |
$13.91 |
$28,930 |
| Dishwashers |
940 |
$8.68 |
$18,050 |
| Medical secretaries |
900 |
$13.57 |
$28,220 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
880 |
$10.89 |
$22,650 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
880 |
$16.89 |
$35,130 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
870 |
$27.60 |
$57,410 |
| Personal and home care aides |
830 |
$11.93 |
$24,810 |
| Cost estimators |
780 |
$27.60 |
$57,410 |
| Machinists |
780 |
$16.64 |
$34,620 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
760 |
$11.65 |
$24,220 |
| Security guards |
760 |
$14.25 |
$29,650 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
750 |
$19.95 |
$41,490 |
| Social and human service assistants |
750 |
$12.79 |
$26,590 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
740 |
$13.27 |
$27,610 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
730 |
$9.08 |
$18,890 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
730 |
$8.70 |
$18,090 |
| Legal occupations |
710 |
$31.06 |
$64,600 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
710 |
$20.17 |
$41,960 |
| Cooks, fast food |
700 |
$9.53 |
$19,830 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
690 |
$20.01 |
$41,630 |
| Chief executives |
680 |
$69.64 |
$144,840 |
| Bartenders |
670 |
$9.76 |
$20,290 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
660 |
$12.49 |
$25,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
660 |
$29.59 |
$61,540 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
640 |
$9.61 |
$19,990 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
620 |
$13.95 |
$29,010 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
620 |
$12.09 |
$25,150 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
620 |
$19.59 |
$40,740 |
| Medical assistants |
620 |
$13.09 |
$27,230 |
| Recreation workers |
620 |
$11.88 |
$24,720 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
600 |
$24.52 |
$51,000 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
600 |
$15.95 |
$33,180 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
600 |
$18.91 |
$39,340 |
| Bakers |
590 |
$11.85 |
$24,650 |
| Financial managers |
580 |
$41.07 |
$85,430 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
570 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
560 |
$18.64 |
$38,780 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
550 |
$8.85 |
$18,410 |
| Bindery workers |
550 |
$16.22 |
$33,740 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
550 |
$15.81 |
$32,890 |
| Loan officers |
550 |
$24.70 |
$51,380 |
| Insurance sales agents |
540 |
$28.28 |
$58,830 |
| Computer support specialists |
520 |
$20.70 |
$43,060 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
520 |
$12.91 |
$26,860 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
520 |
$15.26 |
$31,730 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
520 |
$12.35 |
$25,680 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
520 |
$11.74 |
$24,420 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
510 |
$14.66 |
$30,500 |
| Sales managers |
510 |
$51.22 |
$106,530 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
500 |
$14.40 |
$29,950 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
500 |
$13.86 |
$28,820 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
490 |
$15.86 |
$32,990 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
490 |
$24.62 |
$51,220 |
| Parts salespersons |
480 |
$15.60 |
$32,440 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
470 |
$19.12 |
$39,770 |
| Bill and account collectors |
470 |
$16.29 |
$33,880 |
| Dental assistants |
470 |
$15.90 |
$33,080 |
| Civil engineers |
460 |
$34.60 |
$71,980 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
460 |
$17.83 |
$37,080 |
| Production workers, all other |
460 |
$12.75 |
$26,510 |
| Computer programmers |
450 |
$29.08 |
$60,480 |
| Order clerks |
440 |
$13.99 |
$29,090 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
440 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Medical and public health social workers |
430 |
$19.97 |
$41,550 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
430 |
$30.52 |
$63,490 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
430 |
$32.36 |
$67,310 |
| Sheet metal workers |
430 |
$24.80 |
$51,590 |
| Advertising sales agents |
420 |
$24.70 |
$51,380 |
| Construction managers |
420 |
$35.83 |
$74,520 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
420 |
$27.94 |
$58,120 |
| Graphic designers |
420 |
$21.61 |
$44,960 |
| Market research analysts |
420 |
$27.13 |
$56,430 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
410 |
$27.29 |
$56,770 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
400 |
$15.31 |
$31,850 |
| Data entry keyers |
400 |
$12.90 |
$26,840 |
| Industrial engineers |
400 |
$33.20 |
$69,050 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
400 |
$26.09 |
$54,270 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
400 |
Not available |
$52,900 |
| Computer systems analysts |
390 |
$30.37 |
$63,160 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
390 |
$9.07 |
$18,870 |
| Chemists |
380 |
$23.41 |
$48,690 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
380 |
$18.63 |
$38,740 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
380 |
$25.00 |
$52,010 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
380 |
$9.99 |
$20,780 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
380 |
$15.51 |
$32,270 |
| Dental hygienists |
370 |
$26.48 |
$55,070 |
| Management analysts |
370 |
$30.02 |
$62,440 |
| Telemarketers |
370 |
$11.99 |
$24,940 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
360 |
$12.86 |
$26,750 |
| File clerks |
360 |
$11.85 |
$24,640 |
| Lawyers |
350 |
$44.88 |
$93,350 |
| Medical and health services managers |
350 |
$36.73 |
$76,400 |
| Tool and die makers |
350 |
$21.43 |
$44,570 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
340 |
$11.16 |
$23,210 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
330 |
$12.02 |
$24,990 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
330 |
$16.33 |
$33,970 |
| Industrial production managers |
330 |
$42.70 |
$88,810 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
330 |
$11.14 |
$23,180 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
320 |
$21.34 |
$44,390 |
| Administrative services managers |
310 |
$32.51 |
$67,630 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
310 |
$9.79 |
$20,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
310 |
$42.09 |
$87,550 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
310 |
$15.34 |
$31,900 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
310 |
$16.57 |
$34,470 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
310 |
Not available |
$50,640 |
| Mental health counselors |
310 |
$18.83 |
$39,170 |
| Pharmacists |
310 |
$46.06 |
$95,810 |
| Public relations specialists |
310 |
$25.34 |
$52,700 |
| Sewing machine operators |
310 |
$10.84 |
$22,550 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
300 |
$19.75 |
$41,080 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
290 |
$47.57 |
$98,940 |
| Legal secretaries |
290 |
$16.91 |
$35,180 |
| Physical therapists |
290 |
$38.39 |
$79,850 |
| Training and development specialists |
290 |
$22.50 |
$46,800 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
290 |
$38.61 |
$80,320 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
280 |
$22.78 |
$47,370 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
280 |
$31.35 |
$65,210 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
280 |
$25.01 |
$52,020 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
280 |
$15.69 |
$32,640 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
280 |
$15.01 |
$31,230 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
270 |
$19.16 |
$39,860 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
270 |
$9.86 |
$20,510 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
260 |
$27.93 |
$58,100 |
| Coaches and scouts |
260 |
Not available |
$25,760 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
260 |
$16.97 |
$35,290 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
260 |
$36.30 |
$75,500 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
260 |
$19.13 |
$39,780 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
260 |
$11.93 |
$24,810 |
| Roofers |
260 |
$17.44 |
$36,280 |
| Tour guides and escorts |
260 |
$9.96 |
$20,710 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
250 |
Not available |
$45,390 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
250 |
$21.12 |
$43,920 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
250 |
$23.93 |
$49,770 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
250 |
Not available |
$54,320 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
250 |
$26.30 |
$54,710 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
240 |
$10.95 |
$22,780 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
240 |
$16.78 |
$34,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
240 |
$20.77 |
$43,200 |
| Insurance underwriters |
240 |
$26.98 |
$56,120 |
| Mechanical engineers |
240 |
$34.41 |
$71,580 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
240 |
$20.11 |
$41,820 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
240 |
$19.30 |
$40,140 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
240 |
$17.45 |
$36,290 |
| Anesthesiologists |
230 |
$93.69 |
$194,870 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
230 |
Not available |
$82,610 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
230 |
$12.52 |
$26,030 |
| Personal financial advisors |
230 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
230 |
$19.50 |
$40,560 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
220 |
$24.13 |
$50,190 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
220 |
$17.54 |
$36,490 |
| Crossing guards |
220 |
$11.66 |
$24,240 |
| Food service managers |
220 |
$21.65 |
$45,030 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
220 |
$24.68 |
$51,320 |
| Real estate sales agents |
220 |
$19.58 |
$40,730 |
| Slaughterers and meat packers |
220 |
$11.19 |
$23,280 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
220 |
$14.84 |
$30,870 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
210 |
$14.14 |
$29,420 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
210 |
$8.21 |
$17,080 |
| Word processors and typists |
210 |
$14.24 |
$29,620 |
| Couriers and messengers |
200 |
$11.78 |
$24,490 |
| Mechanical drafters |
200 |
$21.83 |
$45,420 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
200 |
Not available |
$53,130 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
200 |
$11.98 |
$24,920 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
200 |
$18.39 |
$38,250 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
190 |
$43.36 |
$90,190 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
190 |
$35.36 |
$73,550 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
180 |
$19.67 |
$40,910 |
| Job printers |
180 |
$16.37 |
$34,060 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
180 |
$21.08 |
$43,840 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
180 |
$14.96 |
$31,110 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
180 |
$33.66 |
$70,020 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
180 |
$101.05 |
$210,190 |
| Social and community service managers |
180 |
$26.92 |
$55,990 |
| Librarians |
170 |
$28.33 |
$58,930 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
170 |
$11.30 |
$23,510 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
170 |
$9.49 |
$19,740 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
170 |
$14.39 |
$29,930 |
| Photographers |
170 |
$19.57 |
$40,700 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
170 |
$10.29 |
$21,400 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
$28.42 |
$59,110 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
160 |
$38.08 |
$79,200 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
160 |
$17.09 |
$35,550 |
| Chemical technicians |
160 |
$15.16 |
$31,530 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
160 |
$39.90 |
$82,990 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
160 |
$14.33 |
$29,800 |
| Occupational therapists |
160 |
$30.89 |
$64,250 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
160 |
$14.04 |
$29,200 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
150 |
$20.76 |
$43,170 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
150 |
$14.48 |
$30,120 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
150 |
$10.39 |
$21,610 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
150 |
$30.69 |
$63,840 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
150 |
$15.25 |
$31,720 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
150 |
$20.99 |
$43,670 |
| Travel agents |
150 |
$18.39 |
$38,240 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
150 |
$10.37 |
$21,570 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
140 |
$13.53 |
$28,150 |
| Engineering managers |
140 |
$45.64 |
$94,930 |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders |
140 |
$17.27 |
$35,920 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
140 |
$17.71 |
$36,830 |
| Marketing managers |
140 |
$47.78 |
$99,370 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
140 |
$16.64 |
$34,610 |
| Respiratory therapists |
140 |
$26.19 |
$54,480 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
140 |
$14.12 |
$29,370 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
130 |
$36.88 |
$76,700 |
| Editors |
130 |
$24.08 |
$50,080 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
130 |
$23.86 |
$49,620 |
| Financial analysts |
130 |
$29.01 |
$60,340 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
130 |
$36.78 |
$76,510 |
| Furniture finishers |
130 |
$14.81 |
$30,800 |
| Interior designers |
130 |
$20.22 |
$42,060 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
130 |
$17.33 |
$36,050 |
| Postal service clerks |
130 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
130 |
$17.10 |
$35,570 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
120 |
$11.99 |
$24,940 |
| Dentists, general |
120 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
120 |
$18.28 |
$38,020 |
| Helpers--electricians |
120 |
$13.03 |
$27,100 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
120 |
$17.29 |
$35,950 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
120 |
$20.13 |
$41,860 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
120 |
$18.01 |
$37,450 |
| Residential advisors |
120 |
$12.91 |
$26,860 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians |
110 |
$14.32 |
$29,790 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
110 |
$22.83 |
$47,490 |
| Computer operators |
110 |
$16.88 |
$35,110 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
110 |
$20.06 |
$41,730 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
110 |
Not available |
$62,250 |
| Procurement clerks |
110 |
$16.26 |
$33,820 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
110 |
$16.83 |
$35,010 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
110 |
$18.34 |
$38,150 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
110 |
$14.78 |
$30,740 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
100 |
$45.09 |
$93,790 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
100 |
$21.44 |
$44,600 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
100 |
$24.53 |
$51,030 |
| Managers, all other |
100 |
$35.76 |
$74,380 |
| Physician assistants |
100 |
$35.04 |
$72,880 |
| Producers and directors |
100 |
$21.43 |
$44,580 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
100 |
$20.35 |
$42,340 |
| Surveyors |
100 |
$24.71 |
$51,400 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
90 |
$40.18 |
$83,570 |
| Carpet installers |
90 |
$16.32 |
$33,940 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
90 |
$29.29 |
$60,930 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
90 |
$34.22 |
$71,190 |
| Floral designers |
90 |
$11.31 |
$23,530 |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products |
90 |
$10.00 |
$20,810 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
90 |
$14.41 |
$29,970 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
90 |
$15.18 |
$31,580 |
| Legislators |
90 |
Not available |
$41,590 |
| Library technicians |
90 |
$11.60 |
$24,130 |
| Logisticians |
90 |
$27.95 |
$58,140 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
90 |
$18.15 |
$37,740 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
90 |
$12.02 |
$25,000 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
90 |
$19.55 |
$40,660 |
| Pourers and casters, metal |
90 |
$14.45 |
$30,050 |
| Purchasing managers |
90 |
$39.03 |
$81,180 |
| Sales engineers |
90 |
$36.96 |
$76,880 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
90 |
$14.43 |
$30,020 |
| Surgical technologists |
90 |
$19.66 |
$40,900 |
| Tapers |
90 |
$20.65 |
$42,950 |
| Veterinarians |
90 |
$36.79 |
$76,530 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$74,250 |
| Choreographers |
80 |
$17.82 |
$37,060 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
80 |
$20.62 |
$42,880 |
| Database administrators |
80 |
$28.26 |
$58,780 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
80 |
$19.59 |
$40,750 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$56,250 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
80 |
$27.35 |
$56,900 |
| Health educators |
80 |
$23.54 |
$48,960 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
80 |
$12.75 |
$26,520 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
80 |
$12.32 |
$25,620 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
80 |
$19.96 |
$41,510 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
80 |
$8.09 |
$16,820 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers |
80 |
$14.71 |
$30,590 |
| Clergy |
70 |
$21.87 |
$45,490 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
70 |
$12.88 |
$26,790 |
| Desktop publishers |
70 |
$17.93 |
$37,290 |
| Dietetic technicians |
70 |
$11.72 |
$24,380 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
70 |
$20.78 |
$43,210 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
70 |
$18.85 |
$39,220 |
| Funeral directors |
70 |
$26.10 |
$54,280 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
70 |
$21.47 |
$44,660 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders |
70 |
$15.14 |
$31,500 |
| New accounts clerks |
70 |
$12.28 |
$25,540 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$61,550 |
| Pest control workers |
70 |
$21.72 |
$45,180 |
| Photographic process workers |
70 |
$18.83 |
$39,160 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
70 |
$26.57 |
$55,270 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
60 |
$24.21 |
$50,350 |
| Chiropractors |
60 |
$37.44 |
$77,870 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
60 |
$13.95 |
$29,010 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
60 |
$28.99 |
$60,310 |
| Electrical engineers |
60 |
$34.49 |
$71,750 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
60 |
$25.23 |
$52,480 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
60 |
$17.03 |
$35,420 |
| Landscape architects |
60 |
$30.25 |
$62,930 |
| Lodging managers |
60 |
$20.35 |
$42,320 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$69,060 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
60 |
$24.47 |
$50,890 |
| Operations research analysts |
60 |
$34.63 |
$72,030 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
60 |
$17.91 |
$37,250 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
60 |
$15.04 |
$31,290 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
60 |
$29.64 |
$61,650 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products |
60 |
$27.71 |
$57,630 |
| Surgeons |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders |
50 |
$14.49 |
$30,150 |
| Chemical engineers |
50 |
$31.29 |
$65,090 |
| Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
50 |
$14.65 |
$30,460 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
50 |
$18.09 |
$37,630 |
| Environmental engineers |
50 |
$32.29 |
$67,170 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
50 |
$15.55 |
$32,350 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
50 |
$37.10 |
$77,170 |
| Occupational therapist aides |
50 |
$10.41 |
$21,660 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
50 |
$16.05 |
$33,390 |
| Optometrists |
50 |
$52.62 |
$109,450 |
| Physical therapist aides |
50 |
$15.30 |
$31,830 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
50 |
$10.50 |
$21,840 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$70,580 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
50 |
$13.24 |
$27,550 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
50 |
$21.68 |
$45,100 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
50 |
$12.19 |
$25,350 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
50 |
$21.67 |
$45,070 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners |
50 |
$17.66 |
$36,740 |
| Upholsterers |
50 |
$16.07 |
$33,420 |
| Writers and authors |
50 |
$22.22 |
$46,220 |
| Agricultural inspectors |
40 |
$21.80 |
$45,330 |
| All other information and record clerks |
40 |
$16.18 |
$33,660 |
| Brokerage clerks |
40 |
$15.49 |
$32,230 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
40 |
$13.10 |
$27,240 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
40 |
$28.08 |
$58,400 |
| Crane and tower operators |
40 |
$19.76 |
$41,100 |
| Credit analysts |
40 |
$26.82 |
$55,790 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers |
40 |
$19.60 |
$40,770 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
40 |
$28.47 |
$59,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers |
40 |
$19.97 |
$41,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
40 |
$24.94 |
$51,880 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$13.14 |
$27,330 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
40 |
$15.73 |
$32,730 |
| Massage therapists |
40 |
$18.63 |
$38,750 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
40 |
$22.05 |
$45,860 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
40 |
$27.75 |
$57,710 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
40 |
$104.89 |
$218,180 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
40 |
$26.75 |
$55,630 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
40 |
$19.34 |
$40,220 |
| Pharmacy aides |
40 |
$10.24 |
$21,300 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$54,690 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
40 |
$16.17 |
$33,630 |
| Public relations managers |
40 |
$39.44 |
$82,030 |
| Radio and television announcers |
40 |
$14.30 |
$29,740 |
| Recreational therapists |
40 |
$13.57 |
$28,230 |
| Sound engineering technicians |
40 |
$21.56 |
$44,850 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
40 |
Not available |
$43,280 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
40 |
$10.57 |
$21,980 |
| Training and development managers |
40 |
$31.53 |
$65,570 |
| Urban and regional planners |
40 |
$16.24 |
$33,770 |
| Agricultural engineers |
30 |
$30.12 |
$62,650 |
| Art directors |
30 |
$39.18 |
$81,500 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
30 |
$15.50 |
$32,250 |
| Engineers, all other |
30 |
$36.84 |
$76,630 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
30 |
$11.73 |
$24,400 |
| Food scientists and technologists |
30 |
$36.87 |
$76,700 |
| Foundry mold and coremakers |
30 |
$13.94 |
$29,000 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
30 |
$16.04 |
$33,350 |
| Motorcycle mechanics |
30 |
$15.05 |
$31,310 |
| Pipelayers |
30 |
$19.30 |
$40,150 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians |
30 |
$18.62 |
$38,730 |
| Audiologists |
Not available |
$21.81 |
$45,360 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders |
Not available |
$13.76 |
$28,620 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
Not available |
$13.77 |
$28,650 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand |
Not available |
$11.62 |
$24,180 |
| Directors, religious activities and education |
Not available |
$17.48 |
$36,370 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$13.47 |
$28,020 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas |
Not available |
$18.59 |
$38,660 |
| Family and general practitioners |
Not available |
$53.69 |
$111,670 |
| Food batchmakers |
Not available |
$15.44 |
$32,110 |
| Funeral attendants |
Not available |
$11.66 |
$24,260 |
| Glaziers |
Not available |
$21.45 |
$44,610 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
Not available |
$16.69 |
$34,710 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
Not available |
$12.01 |
$24,990 |
| Helpers--roofers |
Not available |
$11.85 |
$24,650 |
| Home appliance repairers |
Not available |
$16.66 |
$34,650 |
| Instructional coordinators |
Not available |
$24.45 |
$50,860 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers |
Not available |
$18.61 |
$38,710 |
| Mechanical door repairers |
Not available |
$21.73 |
$45,190 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
Not available |
$12.70 |
$26,410 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$14.68 |
$30,530 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
Not available |
$10.52 |
$21,870 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers |
Not available |
$22.04 |
$45,850 |
| Orthotists and prosthetists |
Not available |
$42.60 |
$88,600 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
Not available |
$14.72 |
$30,610 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$14.50 |
$30,160 |
| Paperhangers |
Not available |
$15.37 |
$31,980 |
| Parking lot attendants |
Not available |
$10.02 |
$20,840 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other |
Not available |
$24.16 |
$50,240 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
Not available |
$16.00 |
$33,280 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
Not available |
$21.08 |
$43,840 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$9.53 |
$19,820 |
| Set and exhibit designers |
Not available |
$29.18 |
$60,700 |
| Social workers, all other |
Not available |
$24.81 |
$51,600 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
Not available |
$19.29 |
$40,130 |
| Tax preparers |
Not available |
$16.95 |
$35,250 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
Not available |
Not available |
$56,160 |
