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 |
210,080 |
$20.51 |
$42,660 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
38,430 |
$15.98 |
$33,250 |
| Sales and related occupations |
20,880 |
$14.97 |
$31,130 |
| Production occupations |
18,260 |
$18.20 |
$37,860 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
17,710 |
$27.94 |
$58,110 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
17,220 |
$9.39 |
$19,520 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
12,170 |
$28.94 |
$60,200 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
12,170 |
$15.37 |
$31,960 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
11,370 |
$31.14 |
$64,780 |
| Management occupations |
9,300 |
$43.45 |
$90,370 |
| Retail salespersons |
7,160 |
$11.90 |
$24,750 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
7,070 |
$22.67 |
$47,140 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
6,790 |
$20.41 |
$42,450 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
6,180 |
$11.99 |
$24,950 |
| Cashiers |
5,870 |
$9.18 |
$19,100 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
5,590 |
$29.54 |
$61,440 |
| Office clerks, general |
5,510 |
$12.51 |
$26,010 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
4,770 |
$12.20 |
$25,370 |
| Registered nurses |
4,690 |
$30.00 |
$62,400 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
4,630 |
$17.48 |
$36,360 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
4,510 |
$11.14 |
$23,160 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
4,140 |
$8.64 |
$17,980 |
| Customer service representatives |
4,090 |
$15.75 |
$32,760 |
| Community and social services occupations |
3,750 |
$21.91 |
$45,580 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
3,500 |
$11.83 |
$24,600 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
3,460 |
$7.96 |
$16,550 |
| Protective service occupations |
3,390 |
$20.16 |
$41,930 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
3,310 |
$29.79 |
$61,970 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
3,270 |
$12.28 |
$25,540 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
3,020 |
$22.05 |
$45,860 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
2,860 |
$30.05 |
$62,490 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
2,850 |
$17.51 |
$36,420 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
2,640 |
$14.70 |
$30,590 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
2,450 |
$29.02 |
$60,360 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
2,170 |
$20.45 |
$42,530 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
2,110 |
Not available |
$54,560 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
2,050 |
$16.72 |
$34,770 |
| Accountants and auditors |
2,040 |
$27.63 |
$57,480 |
| Teacher assistants |
2,030 |
Not available |
$22,420 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
2,000 |
$18.10 |
$37,640 |
| Team assemblers |
1,840 |
$13.76 |
$28,620 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,760 |
$12.36 |
$25,710 |
| General and operations managers |
1,750 |
$48.13 |
$100,110 |
| Bus drivers, school |
1,730 |
$15.09 |
$31,380 |
| Home health aides |
1,730 |
$9.39 |
$19,530 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,710 |
$22.35 |
$46,500 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,620 |
$19.56 |
$40,680 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,590 |
$15.61 |
$32,460 |
| Management analysts |
1,520 |
$29.09 |
$60,510 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
1,470 |
$25.78 |
$53,610 |
| Legal occupations |
1,460 |
$42.74 |
$88,890 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,410 |
$9.87 |
$20,540 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,390 |
$12.75 |
$26,510 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,300 |
$9.86 |
$20,510 |
| Construction laborers |
1,150 |
$15.63 |
$32,520 |
| Cooks, fast food |
1,130 |
$8.23 |
$17,120 |
| Computer support specialists |
1,110 |
$19.83 |
$41,250 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,080 |
$12.18 |
$25,330 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,070 |
$14.71 |
$30,600 |
| Electricians |
1,050 |
$29.66 |
$61,690 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
1,050 |
Not available |
$54,030 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
1,040 |
$16.72 |
$34,770 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
1,030 |
$17.31 |
$36,010 |
| Lawyers |
980 |
$49.35 |
$102,650 |
| Security guards |
980 |
$12.27 |
$25,520 |
| Carpenters |
950 |
$21.96 |
$45,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
930 |
$28.42 |
$59,100 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
880 |
$8.84 |
$18,390 |
| Child care workers |
870 |
$9.34 |
$19,420 |
| Driver/sales workers |
850 |
$10.58 |
$22,010 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
820 |
$27.85 |
$57,930 |
| Dishwashers |
810 |
$8.67 |
$18,040 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
810 |
Not available |
$58,290 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
800 |
$28.26 |
$58,780 |
| Managers, all other |
800 |
$45.26 |
$94,140 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
800 |
$26.57 |
$55,270 |
| Tellers |
800 |
$12.34 |
$25,660 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
790 |
$14.64 |
$30,460 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
780 |
$9.64 |
$20,050 |
| Public relations specialists |
780 |
$28.40 |
$59,060 |
| Social and human service assistants |
780 |
$15.45 |
$32,150 |
| Medical and health services managers |
760 |
$38.12 |
$79,300 |
| Insurance sales agents |
750 |
$26.84 |
$55,830 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
720 |
$19.52 |
$40,600 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
720 |
$21.24 |
$44,180 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
720 |
Not available |
$61,520 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
690 |
$10.58 |
$22,000 |
| Financial managers |
690 |
$43.80 |
$91,100 |
| Personal and home care aides |
690 |
$10.03 |
$20,860 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
680 |
$26.68 |
$55,490 |
| Bartenders |
660 |
$8.65 |
$17,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
650 |
$31.25 |
$65,010 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
630 |
$24.87 |
$51,740 |
| Medical assistants |
610 |
$13.30 |
$27,670 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
610 |
$8.81 |
$18,320 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
600 |
$15.70 |
$32,650 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
600 |
$26.65 |
$55,430 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
600 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Legal secretaries |
590 |
$19.94 |
$41,490 |
| Machinists |
590 |
$18.91 |
$39,330 |
| Recreation workers |
590 |
$10.81 |
$22,490 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
580 |
$8.43 |
$17,540 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
580 |
$21.20 |
$44,090 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
580 |
$16.09 |
$33,460 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
570 |
$11.43 |
$23,780 |
| Computer systems analysts |
550 |
$33.17 |
$68,990 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
550 |
$19.03 |
$39,580 |
| Dental hygienists |
530 |
$28.80 |
$59,900 |
| Medical secretaries |
530 |
$15.28 |
$31,780 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
530 |
$14.94 |
$31,080 |
| Bill and account collectors |
520 |
$16.62 |
$34,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
520 |
$27.99 |
$58,210 |
| Chief executives |
510 |
$81.89 |
$170,320 |
| Sales managers |
510 |
$40.49 |
$84,220 |
| Tool and die makers |
510 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
500 |
$13.07 |
$27,180 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
490 |
$20.42 |
$42,470 |
| Civil engineers |
470 |
$33.45 |
$69,590 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
460 |
$17.45 |
$36,290 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
450 |
$47.10 |
$97,970 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
430 |
$14.45 |
$30,060 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
430 |
$10.49 |
$21,820 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
430 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
420 |
$28.68 |
$59,650 |
| Word processors and typists |
420 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Administrative services managers |
410 |
$31.48 |
$65,480 |
| Coaches and scouts |
410 |
Not available |
$37,350 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
410 |
$9.67 |
$20,120 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
410 |
$19.59 |
$40,750 |
| Data entry keyers |
410 |
$14.95 |
$31,100 |
| Training and development specialists |
410 |
$29.11 |
$60,540 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
400 |
$78.56 |
$163,400 |
| Telemarketers |
400 |
$11.18 |
$23,250 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
390 |
$30.74 |
$63,930 |
| Industrial engineers |
390 |
$37.14 |
$77,240 |
| Computer programmers |
380 |
$31.08 |
$64,640 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
380 |
$13.98 |
$29,080 |
| Librarians |
370 |
$33.60 |
$69,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
360 |
$34.70 |
$72,170 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
360 |
$26.35 |
$54,810 |
| Instructional coordinators |
350 |
$38.68 |
$80,450 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
350 |
$14.56 |
$30,280 |
| Library technicians |
350 |
$15.56 |
$32,370 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
340 |
$29.15 |
$60,630 |
| Cost estimators |
330 |
$29.87 |
$62,130 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
330 |
$24.23 |
$50,410 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
330 |
$10.37 |
$21,570 |
| Pharmacists |
330 |
$49.81 |
$103,610 |
| All other information and record clerks |
320 |
$16.05 |
$33,380 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
320 |
$23.77 |
$49,440 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
320 |
$9.42 |
$19,600 |
| Real estate sales agents |
320 |
$25.18 |
$52,380 |
| Social and community service managers |
320 |
$31.04 |
$64,570 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
320 |
Not available |
$55,050 |
| Dental assistants |
310 |
$16.58 |
$34,500 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
310 |
$11.34 |
$23,590 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
310 |
$18.96 |
$39,440 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
300 |
$21.26 |
$44,220 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
300 |
$16.72 |
$34,780 |
| Loan officers |
300 |
$24.41 |
$50,780 |
| Fire fighters |
290 |
$19.09 |
$39,710 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
290 |
$14.21 |
$29,550 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
290 |
$18.94 |
$39,390 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
280 |
$29.55 |
$61,470 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
280 |
$27.37 |
$56,930 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
270 |
$22.84 |
$47,510 |
| Helpers--production workers |
270 |
$9.04 |
$18,800 |
| Mechanical drafters |
270 |
$27.65 |
$57,510 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
260 |
$19.18 |
$39,900 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
260 |
$13.06 |
$27,160 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
260 |
$24.16 |
$50,260 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
260 |
$18.20 |
$37,860 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
260 |
$12.00 |
$24,960 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
260 |
$26.46 |
$55,040 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
260 |
$22.34 |
$46,470 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
250 |
Not available |
$84,910 |
| Engineering managers |
250 |
$41.94 |
$87,240 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
250 |
$18.97 |
$39,460 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
250 |
$9.05 |
$18,820 |
| Market research analysts |
250 |
$31.04 |
$64,570 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
250 |
$11.62 |
$24,170 |
| Printing machine operators |
250 |
$13.86 |
$28,830 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
240 |
$18.13 |
$37,720 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
240 |
$17.16 |
$35,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
240 |
$28.59 |
$59,460 |
| Food service managers |
240 |
$22.28 |
$46,330 |
| Industrial production managers |
240 |
$46.85 |
$97,450 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
240 |
$22.35 |
$46,480 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
240 |
$15.35 |
$31,930 |
| Advertising sales agents |
230 |
$24.82 |
$51,620 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
230 |
$8.61 |
$17,910 |
| Database administrators |
230 |
$30.61 |
$63,660 |
| Financial analysts |
230 |
$36.26 |
$75,430 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
230 |
$34.08 |
$70,890 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
230 |
$16.97 |
$35,300 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
230 |
$16.81 |
$34,970 |
| Millwrights |
230 |
$31.44 |
$65,400 |
| Physical therapists |
230 |
$34.51 |
$71,780 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
230 |
$37.93 |
$78,900 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners |
230 |
$13.72 |
$28,540 |
| Construction managers |
220 |
$42.38 |
$88,140 |
| Education administrators, all other |
220 |
$36.99 |
$76,930 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
220 |
$20.29 |
$42,210 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
220 |
$11.85 |
$24,640 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
220 |
$22.82 |
$47,460 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
210 |
$29.17 |
$60,680 |
| Parking lot attendants |
210 |
$8.78 |
$18,250 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
210 |
$15.12 |
$31,440 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
210 |
$19.39 |
$40,330 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
200 |
$23.53 |
$48,950 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
200 |
$21.17 |
$44,030 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
200 |
$15.46 |
$32,150 |
| Parts salespersons |
200 |
$15.26 |
$31,740 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
200 |
$19.44 |
$40,430 |
| Computer operators |
190 |
$16.18 |
$33,660 |
| Engineers, all other |
190 |
$34.99 |
$72,780 |
| Insurance underwriters |
190 |
$29.17 |
$60,670 |
| Mechanical engineers |
190 |
$33.92 |
$70,550 |
| Personal financial advisors |
190 |
$50.61 |
$105,260 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
190 |
Not available |
$56,300 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
190 |
$21.21 |
$44,130 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
180 |
$31.24 |
$64,990 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
180 |
$24.25 |
$50,440 |
| File clerks |
180 |
$10.32 |
$21,460 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
180 |
$17.25 |
$35,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
180 |
$19.97 |
$41,540 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
180 |
$12.38 |
$25,760 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
180 |
$37.74 |
$78,510 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
180 |
$15.69 |
$32,630 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
180 |
Not available |
$57,700 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
170 |
$17.64 |
$36,700 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
170 |
$20.78 |
$43,230 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
170 |
$25.04 |
$52,090 |
| Graphic designers |
170 |
$21.13 |
$43,960 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
170 |
$15.94 |
$33,150 |
| Logisticians |
170 |
$32.56 |
$67,720 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
170 |
$15.51 |
$32,260 |
| Physician assistants |
170 |
$39.01 |
$81,150 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
170 |
$32.41 |
$67,420 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
170 |
$12.17 |
$25,310 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
170 |
$9.37 |
$19,490 |
| Electrical engineers |
160 |
$36.57 |
$76,060 |
| Family and general practitioners |
160 |
$72.55 |
$150,910 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
160 |
$16.42 |
$34,140 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
160 |
$21.58 |
$44,890 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
160 |
$19.99 |
$41,590 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
160 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
160 |
$16.47 |
$34,260 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
150 |
$25.52 |
$53,070 |
| Marketing managers |
150 |
$43.47 |
$90,410 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
150 |
$22.82 |
$47,460 |
| Order clerks |
150 |
$15.63 |
$32,510 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
150 |
$16.25 |
$33,790 |
| Roofers |
150 |
$16.30 |
$33,900 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
150 |
$27.72 |
$57,670 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
140 |
$22.42 |
$46,640 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
140 |
$23.49 |
$48,860 |
| Couriers and messengers |
140 |
$11.77 |
$24,480 |
| Editors |
140 |
$24.27 |
$50,490 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
140 |
$27.66 |
$57,540 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
140 |
$19.50 |
$40,550 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
140 |
$17.22 |
$35,820 |
| Religious workers, all other |
140 |
$10.42 |
$21,680 |
| Respiratory therapists |
140 |
$25.33 |
$52,680 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
140 |
$8.83 |
$18,360 |
| Mental health counselors |
130 |
$26.53 |
$55,190 |
| Occupational therapists |
130 |
$29.89 |
$62,180 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
130 |
$14.98 |
$31,150 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
130 |
$26.14 |
$54,380 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
130 |
$18.50 |
$38,480 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
130 |
$24.16 |
$50,240 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
130 |
$24.49 |
$50,940 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
130 |
Not available |
$60,950 |
| Broadcast technicians |
120 |
$25.35 |
$52,730 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
120 |
$23.89 |
$49,680 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
120 |
$28.14 |
$58,530 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
120 |
$9.45 |
$19,660 |
| Technical writers |
120 |
$23.20 |
$48,250 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
120 |
$10.12 |
$21,060 |
| Veterinarians |
120 |
$37.26 |
$77,500 |
| Actuaries |
110 |
$39.95 |
$83,100 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
110 |
$23.67 |
$49,230 |
| Postal service clerks |
110 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Sheet metal workers |
110 |
$26.94 |
$56,040 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
110 |
$18.72 |
$38,930 |
| Bakers |
100 |
$12.17 |
$25,310 |
| Chemists |
100 |
$24.89 |
$51,770 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
100 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
100 |
$24.42 |
$50,790 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
100 |
$23.72 |
$49,330 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
100 |
$18.93 |
$39,380 |
| Grounds maintenance workers, all other |
100 |
$13.45 |
$27,980 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
100 |
$15.22 |
$31,670 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
100 |
$27.02 |
$56,200 |
| Photographers |
100 |
$16.50 |
$34,330 |
| Skin care specialists |
100 |
$13.33 |
$27,720 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
100 |
$39.69 |
$82,550 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
90 |
$26.87 |
$55,880 |
| Bindery workers |
90 |
$13.80 |
$28,710 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
90 |
$30.36 |
$63,160 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
90 |
$14.90 |
$30,990 |
| Helpers--electricians |
90 |
$16.56 |
$34,440 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
90 |
$21.33 |
$44,360 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
90 |
$14.46 |
$30,070 |
| Operations research analysts |
90 |
$44.41 |
$92,370 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
90 |
$20.41 |
$42,460 |
| Procurement clerks |
90 |
$14.79 |
$30,770 |
| Public relations managers |
90 |
$47.73 |
$99,280 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
90 |
$9.95 |
$20,700 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians |
80 |
$20.45 |
$42,540 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
80 |
$28.22 |
$58,700 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
80 |
$45.57 |
$94,780 |
| Crossing guards |
80 |
$11.13 |
$23,160 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
80 |
$24.12 |
$50,160 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
80 |
$20.93 |
$43,540 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
80 |
$30.64 |
$63,730 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
80 |
$25.76 |
$53,570 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
80 |
$23.21 |
$48,280 |
| Massage therapists |
80 |
$19.15 |
$39,820 |
| Media and communication workers, all other |
80 |
$16.87 |
$35,100 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
80 |
$17.57 |
$36,540 |
| Sales engineers |
80 |
$43.68 |
$90,860 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
80 |
$25.54 |
$53,120 |
| Surgeons |
80 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Biological technicians |
70 |
$16.69 |
$34,720 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
70 |
$13.39 |
$27,850 |
| Clergy |
70 |
$14.72 |
$30,620 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
70 |
$26.84 |
$55,820 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
70 |
$10.26 |
$21,340 |
| Funeral attendants |
70 |
$11.28 |
$23,460 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
70 |
$19.26 |
$40,060 |
| Landscape architects |
70 |
$29.35 |
$61,050 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
70 |
$22.27 |
$46,320 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
70 |
$16.89 |
$35,120 |
| Optometrists |
70 |
$59.63 |
$124,040 |
| Pest control workers |
70 |
$20.18 |
$41,970 |
| Producers and directors |
70 |
$24.29 |
$50,530 |
| Purchasing managers |
70 |
$34.72 |
$72,220 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
70 |
$13.28 |
$27,610 |
| Counselors, all other |
60 |
$21.36 |
$44,430 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
60 |
$22.36 |
$46,500 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
60 |
Not available |
$56,370 |
| Lodging managers |
60 |
$22.11 |
$45,990 |
| Photographic process workers |
60 |
$11.60 |
$24,130 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
60 |
$20.06 |
$41,730 |
| Real estate brokers |
60 |
$23.38 |
$48,630 |
| Survey researchers |
60 |
$19.60 |
$40,760 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Desktop publishers |
50 |
$14.80 |
$30,780 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
50 |
$11.31 |
$23,520 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
50 |
$25.64 |
$53,340 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
50 |
$41.65 |
$86,640 |
| Internists, general |
50 |
$57.84 |
$120,310 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
50 |
$14.58 |
$30,330 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
50 |
$12.18 |
$25,330 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
50 |
$9.54 |
$19,840 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
50 |
$13.82 |
$28,740 |
| Residential advisors |
50 |
$16.67 |
$34,680 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
50 |
$20.85 |
$43,370 |
| Statisticians |
50 |
$34.11 |
$70,940 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
50 |
$18.89 |
$39,290 |
| Surveyors |
50 |
$29.83 |
$62,040 |
| Training and development managers |
50 |
$41.17 |
$85,640 |
| Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators |
40 |
$42.11 |
$87,580 |
| Budget analysts |
40 |
$30.64 |
$63,720 |
| Chiropractors |
40 |
$26.95 |
$56,060 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
40 |
$23.14 |
$48,140 |
| Curators |
40 |
$21.23 |
$44,160 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
40 |
$26.88 |
$55,920 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
40 |
$17.40 |
$36,190 |
| Floral designers |
40 |
$12.43 |
$25,860 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$16.10 |
$33,480 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
40 |
$17.49 |
$36,370 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
40 |
$19.66 |
$40,890 |
| Social science research assistants |
40 |
$19.01 |
$39,540 |
| Athletic trainers |
30 |
Not available |
$44,890 |
| Credit analysts |
30 |
$18.87 |
$39,260 |
| Dietetic technicians |
30 |
$12.75 |
$26,520 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
30 |
$13.30 |
$27,670 |
| Film and video editors |
30 |
$16.19 |
$33,670 |
| Interpreters and translators |
30 |
$18.59 |
$38,680 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
30 |
$31.21 |
$64,920 |
| Service station attendants |
30 |
$13.49 |
$28,060 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
Not available |
$30.40 |
$63,240 |
| Agricultural equipment operators |
Not available |
$12.00 |
$24,950 |
| Art directors |
Not available |
$30.62 |
$63,680 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
Not available |
$14.50 |
$30,160 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
Not available |
$38.92 |
$80,960 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
Not available |
$19.13 |
$39,780 |
| Cooks, short order |
Not available |
$8.68 |
$18,050 |
| Dentists, general |
Not available |
$80.34 |
$167,100 |
| Directors, religious activities and education |
Not available |
$18.17 |
$37,790 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$16.29 |
$33,880 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
Not available |
$16.83 |
$35,010 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles |
Not available |
$11.74 |
$24,420 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers |
Not available |
$18.42 |
$38,320 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
Not available |
$14.66 |
$30,490 |
| Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators |
Not available |
$11.58 |
$24,080 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$13.83 |
$28,770 |
| Funeral directors |
Not available |
$37.38 |
$77,750 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
Not available |
$29.75 |
$61,890 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$15.23 |
$31,680 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
Not available |
$9.92 |
$20,630 |
| Home appliance repairers |
Not available |
$16.77 |
$34,880 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
Not available |
$31.29 |
$65,090 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
Not available |
$17.90 |
$37,240 |
| Interior designers |
Not available |
$19.63 |
$40,830 |
| Job printers |
Not available |
$15.18 |
$31,580 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants |
Not available |
$8.73 |
$18,160 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
Not available |
$13.42 |
$27,910 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
Not available |
$11.02 |
$22,930 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
Not available |
$17.94 |
$37,320 |
| Power plant operators |
Not available |
$26.63 |
$55,400 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
Not available |
$15.32 |
$31,860 |
| Radiation therapists |
Not available |
$31.30 |
$65,100 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
Not available |
$23.81 |
$49,520 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
Not available |
$17.88 |
$37,180 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school |
Not available |
Not available |
$40,820 |
