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 | 65,790 | $17.10 | $35,580 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 9,990 | $12.39 | $25,760 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 7,440 | $27.20 | $56,580 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 6,280 | $8.22 | $17,100 |
| Sales and related occupations | 5,880 | $11.47 | $23,860 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 4,250 | $13.92 | $28,960 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 3,620 | $31.93 | $66,410 |
| Management occupations | 2,850 | $32.99 | $68,620 |
| Protective service occupations | 2,820 | $16.88 | $35,120 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 2,750 | $9.09 | $18,910 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 2,690 | $9.34 | $19,430 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 2,590 | $10.81 | $22,490 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,250 | $16.22 | $33,730 |
| Retail salespersons | 2,190 | $10.20 | $21,220 |
| Production occupations | 2,160 | $12.19 | $25,360 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,810 | $11.01 | $22,900 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 1,800 | $30.78 | $64,020 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,740 | $26.01 | $54,090 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 1,710 | $12.52 | $26,050 |
| Cashiers | 1,520 | $7.99 | $16,610 |
| Personal and home care aides | 1,440 | $8.92 | $18,550 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,400 | $7.36 | $15,310 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,310 | $9.19 | $19,120 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 1,210 | Not available | $57,210 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,200 | $7.67 | $15,950 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 1,190 | $32.02 | $66,600 |
| Teacher assistants | 1,140 | Not available | $21,650 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 1,100 | $7.92 | $16,480 |
| Registered nurses | 1,100 | $28.98 | $60,270 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1,080 | $12.27 | $25,520 |
| Community and social services occupations | 1,070 | $18.99 | $39,500 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 1,030 | $7.50 | $15,600 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,000 | $9.09 | $18,900 |
| Security guards | 970 | $10.92 | $22,710 |
| General and operations managers | 920 | $34.13 | $70,990 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 870 | $9.35 | $19,460 |
| Construction laborers | 850 | $11.19 | $23,280 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 840 | $9.69 | $20,160 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 820 | $9.36 | $19,460 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 780 | Not available | $59,540 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 750 | $20.60 | $42,850 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 670 | $9.41 | $19,580 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 660 | $8.81 | $18,330 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 660 | $27.87 | $57,970 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 650 | $8.53 | $17,730 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 640 | $15.52 | $32,280 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 630 | $11.75 | $24,440 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 510 | $19.95 | $41,490 |
| Child care workers | 510 | $7.66 | $15,930 |
| Carpenters | 480 | $13.78 | $28,660 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 470 | $7.77 | $16,170 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 440 | $18.44 | $38,350 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 420 | $14.37 | $29,890 |
| Accountants and auditors | 390 | $22.20 | $46,170 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 390 | $17.59 | $36,580 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 380 | $22.75 | $47,320 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 380 | $13.97 | $29,050 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 380 | $20.78 | $43,220 |
| Customer service representatives | 370 | $11.57 | $24,060 |
| Medical assistants | 360 | $11.77 | $24,480 |
| Dishwashers | 350 | $7.68 | $15,980 |
| Legal occupations | 350 | $23.95 | $49,810 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 340 | $28.59 | $59,470 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 340 | $14.25 | $29,650 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 340 | $11.88 | $24,710 |
| Cooks, fast food | 330 | $7.46 | $15,530 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 320 | $13.04 | $27,110 |
| Food preparation workers | 310 | $8.93 | $18,580 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 310 | $17.94 | $37,320 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 300 | $25.13 | $52,270 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 300 | $39.60 | $82,380 |
| Managers, all other | 290 | $27.06 | $56,290 |
| Bartenders | 280 | $7.58 | $15,770 |
| Tellers | 280 | $10.00 | $20,810 |
| File clerks | 270 | $11.32 | $23,540 |
| Administrative services managers | 260 | $26.75 | $55,630 |
| Electricians | 260 | $18.99 | $39,500 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 250 | Not available | $75,810 |
| Computer support specialists | 250 | $20.50 | $42,650 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 250 | $9.36 | $19,470 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 230 | $13.30 | $27,670 |
| Family and general practitioners | 230 | $74.20 | $154,340 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 230 | $7.30 | $15,170 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 220 | $10.05 | $20,900 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 220 | Not available | $76,230 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 210 | $7.43 | $15,460 |
| Lawyers | 200 | $28.45 | $59,170 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 190 | $22.21 | $46,200 |
| Telemarketers | 190 | $7.16 | $14,900 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 180 | $36.01 | $74,890 |
| Insurance sales agents | 180 | $18.10 | $37,660 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 180 | $12.78 | $26,590 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 180 | $10.84 | $22,550 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 180 | $10.64 | $22,130 |
| Bill and account collectors | 170 | $11.87 | $24,680 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 170 | $11.52 | $23,960 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 170 | $16.88 | $35,110 |
| Bakers | 160 | $11.08 | $23,040 |
| Dental assistants | 160 | $12.83 | $26,690 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 160 | $10.35 | $21,540 |
| Medical secretaries | 160 | $11.65 | $24,230 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 160 | $17.38 | $36,150 |
| All other information and record clerks | 150 | $16.71 | $34,760 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 150 | $10.88 | $22,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 150 | $19.75 | $41,090 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 150 | $9.97 | $20,730 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 150 | Not available | $53,800 |
| Data entry keyers | 140 | $9.63 | $20,020 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 140 | $7.69 | $15,980 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 140 | $14.17 | $29,460 |
| Physical therapists | 140 | $24.81 | $51,610 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 130 | $23.50 | $48,870 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 130 | $33.39 | $69,450 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 130 | $18.44 | $38,360 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 130 | $18.48 | $38,450 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 130 | $9.48 | $19,710 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Roofers | 130 | $12.05 | $25,070 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 120 | $9.55 | $19,860 |
| Civil engineers | 120 | $30.21 | $62,830 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 120 | $41.61 | $86,560 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 120 | $12.67 | $26,340 |
| Financial managers | 120 | $36.78 | $76,500 |
| Fire fighters | 120 | $16.54 | $34,400 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 120 | $15.56 | $32,370 |
| Pharmacy aides | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Recreation workers | 120 | $12.85 | $26,740 |
| Electrical engineers | 110 | $32.92 | $68,480 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 110 | $33.27 | $69,210 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 110 | $9.30 | $19,340 |
| Loan officers | 110 | $27.68 | $57,570 |
| Pharmacists | 110 | $48.26 | $100,380 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 110 | $27.04 | $56,240 |
| Social and community service managers | 110 | $21.95 | $45,650 |
| Social and human service assistants | 110 | $12.89 | $26,820 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 110 | $33.76 | $70,220 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 100 | $14.07 | $29,270 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 100 | $31.52 | $65,570 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 100 | $30.60 | $63,650 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 100 | $12.03 | $25,020 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 100 | $10.54 | $21,930 |
| Operations research analysts | 100 | $43.34 | $90,150 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 100 | $15.03 | $31,270 |
| Sales managers | 100 | $33.88 | $70,460 |
| Computer operators | 90 | $19.17 | $39,880 |
| Home health aides | 90 | $9.78 | $20,340 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 90 | $15.39 | $32,020 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 90 | $18.67 | $38,830 |
| Parts salespersons | 90 | $11.54 | $24,010 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 90 | $26.10 | $54,280 |
| Advertising sales agents | 80 | $13.10 | $27,260 |
| Coaches and scouts | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Dentists, general | 80 | $63.65 | $132,380 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 80 | $13.04 | $27,120 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 80 | $12.79 | $26,610 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 80 | $9.83 | $20,450 |
| Management analysts | 80 | $31.73 | $66,000 |
| Mechanical engineers | 80 | $37.20 | $77,370 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 80 | $13.11 | $27,280 |
| Production workers, all other | 80 | $9.72 | $20,220 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 80 | $14.46 | $30,080 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 80 | $10.47 | $21,770 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 80 | $8.13 | $16,910 |
| Computer hardware engineers | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 70 | $12.46 | $25,920 |
| Database administrators | 70 | $26.23 | $54,560 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians | 70 | $20.44 | $42,520 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 70 | $13.28 | $27,610 |
| Graphic designers | 70 | $13.55 | $28,180 |
| Helpers--production workers | 70 | $9.36 | $19,480 |
| Librarians | 70 | $23.66 | $49,220 |
| Medical and health services managers | 70 | $47.19 | $98,160 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 70 | $32.03 | $66,610 |
| Pipelayers | 70 | $11.41 | $23,730 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 70 | $32.36 | $67,310 |
| Tile and marble setters | 70 | $13.66 | $28,420 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 70 | $8.47 | $17,610 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 60 | $11.29 | $23,470 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 60 | $20.45 | $42,540 |
| Construction managers | 60 | $31.42 | $65,350 |
| Cooks, short order | 60 | $9.22 | $19,170 |
| Driver/sales workers | 60 | $10.29 | $21,410 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 60 | $17.73 | $36,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 60 | $17.42 | $36,240 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 60 | $15.49 | $32,210 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons | 60 | $10.00 | $20,790 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 60 | $16.52 | $34,360 |
| Instructional coordinators | 60 | $33.46 | $69,600 |
| Library technicians | 60 | $13.37 | $27,800 |
| Machinists | 60 | $19.15 | $39,840 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 60 | $11.26 | $23,420 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 60 | $8.82 | $18,350 |
| Occupational therapists | 60 | $31.23 | $64,950 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Real estate sales agents | 60 | $16.40 | $34,100 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 60 | $19.85 | $41,280 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 60 | $12.67 | $26,350 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 50 | $27.24 | $56,660 |
| Cost estimators | 50 | $22.01 | $45,780 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 50 | $16.38 | $34,080 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 50 | $13.81 | $28,720 |
| Mechanical drafters | 50 | $18.47 | $38,420 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 50 | $13.84 | $28,780 |
| Parking lot attendants | 50 | $7.34 | $15,270 |
| Physicists | 50 | $46.88 | $97,520 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 50 | $11.05 | $22,990 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 50 | $13.05 | $27,140 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 50 | $17.44 | $36,270 |
| Veterinarians | 50 | $39.42 | $81,990 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 50 | $11.68 | $24,290 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 50 | $15.61 | $32,460 |
| Aerospace engineers | 40 | $41.28 | $85,860 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 40 | $15.55 | $32,340 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 40 | $13.53 | $28,140 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 40 | $19.23 | $40,000 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 40 | $28.94 | $60,190 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 40 | $25.66 | $53,360 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 40 | $18.68 | $38,850 |
| Engineering managers | 40 | $44.26 | $92,070 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 40 | $23.41 | $48,680 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 40 | $19.69 | $40,950 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 40 | $16.12 | $33,530 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 40 | $11.82 | $24,580 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 40 | $31.20 | $64,900 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 40 | $9.99 | $20,780 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 40 | $25.60 | $53,240 |
| Natural sciences managers | 40 | $41.58 | $86,490 |
| Order clerks | 40 | $10.63 | $22,110 |
| Pediatricians, general | 40 | $85.02 | $176,830 |
| Physician assistants | 40 | $32.99 | $68,610 |
| Postal service clerks | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other | 40 | $21.43 | $44,570 |
| Procurement clerks | 40 | $18.11 | $37,660 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 40 | $8.80 | $18,310 |
| Training and development specialists | 40 | $15.96 | $33,190 |
| Couriers and messengers | 30 | $8.14 | $16,930 |
| Environmental engineers | 30 | $32.92 | $68,480 |
| New accounts clerks | 30 | $13.63 | $28,340 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 30 | $19.60 | $40,770 |
| Respiratory therapists | 30 | $22.46 | $46,720 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | Not available | $8.58 | $17,850 |
| Computer and information systems managers | Not available | $44.17 | $91,880 |
| Computer systems analysts | Not available | $31.78 | $66,110 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | Not available | $7.73 | $16,080 |
| Dental hygienists | Not available | $30.37 | $63,170 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | Not available | $17.04 | $35,450 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | Not available | $8.66 | $18,020 |
| Food batchmakers | Not available | $9.99 | $20,780 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | Not available | $16.30 | $33,900 |
| Helpers--carpenters | Not available | $9.81 | $20,400 |
| Helpers--electricians | Not available | $11.44 | $23,800 |
| Helpers--roofers | Not available | $9.00 | $18,720 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | Not available | $11.47 | $23,850 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | Not available | $9.84 | $20,480 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | Not available | $34.13 | $70,980 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | Not available | $7.36 | $15,320 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | Not available | $17.05 | $35,460 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | Not available | $9.62 | $20,000 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | Not available | $14.99 | $31,180 |
| Printing machine operators | Not available | $10.79 | $22,450 |
| Sheet metal workers | Not available | $16.17 | $33,630 |
| Surveyors | Not available | $28.32 | $58,900 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | Not available | Not available | $33,960 |
| Team assemblers | Not available | $11.71 | $24,360 |
| Training and development managers | Not available | $24.46 | $50,880 |
