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 | 931,220 | $18.62 | $38,720 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 152,070 | $15.54 | $32,330 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 133,270 | $11.22 | $23,340 |
| Sales and related occupations | 96,960 | $15.65 | $32,550 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 80,690 | $23.51 | $48,900 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 67,220 | $14.56 | $30,290 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 56,490 | $13.04 | $27,130 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 54,640 | $11.70 | $24,330 |
| Management occupations | 40,380 | $43.97 | $91,450 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 35,590 | $20.91 | $43,480 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 33,280 | $21.26 | $44,220 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 32,960 | $9.66 | $20,100 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 31,640 | $36.00 | $74,880 |
| Retail salespersons | 31,080 | $12.06 | $25,090 |
| Protective service occupations | 29,960 | $18.00 | $37,450 |
| Production occupations | 27,230 | $15.12 | $31,440 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 25,840 | $28.66 | $59,610 |
| Cashiers | 25,430 | $10.20 | $21,220 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 23,530 | $12.59 | $26,180 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 20,750 | $9.00 | $18,720 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 20,550 | $12.80 | $26,620 |
| Office clerks, general | 19,990 | $14.11 | $29,350 |
| Gaming dealers | 19,820 | $7.06 | $14,690 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 19,580 | $12.68 | $26,370 |
| Security guards | 16,930 | $12.46 | $25,910 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 15,450 | $14.27 | $29,690 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 15,040 | $22.80 | $47,420 |
| Carpenters | 14,820 | $24.51 | $50,980 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 13,610 | $16.26 | $33,820 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 12,320 | $14.00 | $29,120 |
| Customer service representatives | 12,230 | $14.75 | $30,680 |
| General and operations managers | 12,230 | $49.14 | $102,220 |
| Registered nurses | 11,570 | $34.26 | $71,270 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 11,350 | $10.32 | $21,460 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 10,730 | $11.91 | $24,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 10,650 | $21.65 | $45,030 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 10,590 | $33.49 | $69,650 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 10,160 | $13.55 | $28,180 |
| Bartenders | 9,830 | $12.64 | $26,300 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 9,600 | $30.37 | $63,180 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 9,470 | $18.93 | $39,380 |
| Dishwashers | 9,190 | $10.95 | $22,770 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 9,070 | $12.59 | $26,190 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 9,030 | $20.17 | $41,960 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 8,280 | $12.42 | $25,830 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 8,260 | Not available | $47,380 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 8,180 | $13.71 | $28,520 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 7,990 | $16.53 | $34,390 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 7,860 | $34.08 | $70,890 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 7,830 | $16.75 | $34,840 |
| Construction laborers | 7,370 | $17.13 | $35,620 |
| Gaming supervisors | 7,220 | $22.61 | $47,030 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 6,690 | $29.27 | $60,880 |
| Electricians | 6,630 | $27.33 | $56,840 |
| Food preparation workers | 6,270 | $12.00 | $24,950 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 6,070 | $16.04 | $33,360 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 5,860 | $20.72 | $43,090 |
| Community and social services occupations | 5,820 | $23.22 | $48,290 |
| Legal occupations | 5,480 | $39.02 | $81,170 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 4,970 | $26.83 | $55,800 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 4,910 | $21.20 | $44,090 |
| Cooks, fast food | 4,700 | $8.32 | $17,310 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 4,340 | $14.86 | $30,920 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 4,320 | $11.14 | $23,170 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 4,230 | $13.65 | $28,380 |
| Accountants and auditors | 4,050 | $27.66 | $57,530 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 3,910 | $22.49 | $46,770 |
| Bill and account collectors | 3,890 | $16.02 | $33,320 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 3,840 | $18.26 | $37,980 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 3,840 | $23.05 | $47,940 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 3,810 | $29.68 | $61,740 |
| Managers, all other | 3,800 | $43.79 | $91,080 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 3,680 | $9.56 | $19,890 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 3,580 | $10.31 | $21,450 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 3,490 | $13.86 | $28,820 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 3,470 | $14.20 | $29,530 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 3,450 | $10.08 | $20,960 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 3,420 | $31.45 | $65,410 |
| Financial managers | 3,260 | $45.59 | $94,840 |
| Teacher assistants | 3,210 | Not available | $27,970 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 3,190 | $12.18 | $25,330 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 3,160 | $22.10 | $45,970 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 3,080 | $10.82 | $22,510 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | 3,010 | $11.46 | $23,830 |
| Computer support specialists | 2,980 | $21.94 | $45,640 |
| Tellers | 2,970 | $12.48 | $25,950 |
| Home health aides | 2,960 | $10.70 | $22,250 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 2,950 | $11.24 | $23,390 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 2,950 | $31.34 | $65,180 |
| Gaming change persons and booth cashiers | 2,920 | $11.88 | $24,710 |
| Parking lot attendants | 2,910 | $9.32 | $19,380 |
| Medical assistants | 2,890 | $15.59 | $32,430 |
| Gaming service workers, all other | 2,840 | $12.83 | $26,680 |
| Construction managers | 2,750 | $47.46 | $98,720 |
| Cooks, short order | 2,700 | $13.11 | $27,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 2,700 | $28.25 | $58,750 |
| Gaming cage workers | 2,690 | $13.96 | $29,030 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 2,610 | $22.36 | $46,510 |
| Helpers--electricians | 2,560 | $16.58 | $34,490 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 2,540 | $17.38 | $36,140 |
| Sales managers | 2,540 | $40.37 | $83,960 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 2,520 | $16.12 | $33,530 |
| Lawyers | 2,520 | $54.37 | $113,090 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 2,460 | $9.50 | $19,770 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 2,460 | $11.48 | $23,890 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 2,420 | $13.98 | $29,080 |
| Real estate sales agents | 2,380 | $37.75 | $78,530 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 2,360 | $21.84 | $45,420 |
| Loan officers | 2,310 | $27.17 | $56,510 |
| Telemarketers | 2,270 | $11.68 | $24,300 |
| Tile and marble setters | 2,260 | $20.15 | $41,900 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 2,240 | $26.66 | $55,460 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | 2,230 | $20.54 | $42,710 |
| Civil engineers | 2,210 | $41.65 | $86,630 |
| Team assemblers | 2,210 | $12.26 | $25,490 |
| Food service managers | 2,170 | $30.59 | $63,620 |
| Order clerks | 2,170 | $13.14 | $27,340 |
| Driver/sales workers | 2,060 | $11.83 | $24,610 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 2,050 | $21.93 | $45,610 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 2,040 | $19.29 | $40,110 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 1,980 | $15.24 | $31,700 |
| Management analysts | 1,970 | $38.54 | $80,170 |
| Personal and home care aides | 1,960 | $11.04 | $22,960 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 1,900 | $13.80 | $28,700 |
| Cost estimators | 1,890 | $32.03 | $66,610 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 1,890 | $22.45 | $46,700 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 1,880 | $15.30 | $31,830 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 1,880 | $16.46 | $34,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 1,870 | $23.62 | $49,140 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 1,860 | $28.25 | $58,760 |
| Helpers--production workers | 1,830 | $10.68 | $22,220 |
| Dental assistants | 1,820 | $15.89 | $33,050 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 1,810 | $21.30 | $44,310 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 1,800 | Not available | Not available |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 1,770 | $28.31 | $58,870 |
| Pharmacists | 1,730 | $49.47 | $102,900 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 1,680 | $9.63 | $20,040 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 1,580 | $12.19 | $25,360 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 1,570 | $22.23 | $46,240 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 1,560 | $20.92 | $43,510 |
| Bakers | 1,530 | $13.83 | $28,760 |
| Gaming and sports book writers and runners | 1,520 | $10.63 | $22,110 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 1,500 | $17.31 | $36,010 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 1,490 | $14.50 | $30,160 |
| Bus drivers, school | 1,470 | $16.96 | $35,270 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 1,450 | $14.34 | $29,830 |
| Tapers | 1,450 | $20.17 | $41,950 |
| Legal secretaries | 1,440 | $21.22 | $44,140 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 1,430 | $20.09 | $41,790 |
| File clerks | 1,430 | $11.88 | $24,710 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 1,430 | $14.64 | $30,460 |
| Medical and health services managers | 1,430 | $44.01 | $91,540 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 1,420 | $30.42 | $63,270 |
| Sheet metal workers | 1,390 | $28.32 | $58,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 1,380 | $18.71 | $38,920 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 1,380 | $16.36 | $34,020 |
| Couriers and messengers | 1,370 | $11.47 | $23,870 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 1,370 | $9.65 | $20,070 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 1,370 | $26.52 | $55,150 |
| Fire fighters | 1,360 | $28.20 | $58,660 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 1,360 | $17.97 | $37,390 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 1,360 | $17.66 | $36,740 |
| Computer systems analysts | 1,350 | $34.73 | $72,240 |
| Marketing managers | 1,330 | $46.38 | $96,480 |
| Massage therapists | 1,330 | $11.36 | $23,630 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 1,320 | $16.73 | $34,800 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 1,310 | $24.47 | $50,890 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 1,280 | $19.89 | $41,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 1,280 | $22.05 | $45,860 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 1,270 | $13.76 | $28,620 |
| Administrative services managers | 1,260 | $29.74 | $61,870 |
| Graphic designers | 1,250 | $23.01 | $47,860 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 1,250 | $16.59 | $34,510 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | 1,240 | $13.77 | $28,640 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 1,220 | $16.36 | $34,030 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 1,220 | $25.57 | $53,180 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 1,210 | $28.31 | $58,880 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 1,190 | $34.10 | $70,930 |
| Insurance sales agents | 1,190 | $26.83 | $55,810 |
| Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters | 1,190 | $9.77 | $20,310 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 1,180 | $29.28 | $60,900 |
| Medical secretaries | 1,170 | $16.38 | $34,070 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 1,160 | $22.90 | $47,620 |
| Parts salespersons | 1,140 | $16.01 | $33,290 |
| Roofers | 1,130 | $17.58 | $36,560 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 1,090 | $11.89 | $24,730 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 1,090 | $26.26 | $54,610 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 1,090 | $20.15 | $41,910 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 1,070 | $29.98 | $62,360 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 1,070 | $20.26 | $42,140 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 1,070 | $17.96 | $37,350 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 1,060 | $13.95 | $29,020 |
| Slot key persons | 1,040 | $13.45 | $27,980 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 1,010 | $11.90 | $24,750 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 1,000 | Not available | $86,220 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 1,000 | $18.38 | $38,230 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 990 | $17.75 | $36,920 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 980 | Not available | $40,220 |
| Data entry keyers | 970 | $12.63 | $26,260 |
| Computer programmers | 960 | $31.19 | $64,870 |
| Social and human service assistants | 960 | $13.12 | $27,300 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 940 | $27.82 | $57,870 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 940 | $29.02 | $60,350 |
| Child care workers | 930 | $8.39 | $17,450 |
| Photographers | 930 | $17.49 | $36,380 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 920 | $27.07 | $56,310 |
| Printing machine operators | 920 | $17.72 | $36,860 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 910 | $21.34 | $44,380 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 900 | $25.87 | $53,800 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 900 | $28.67 | $59,620 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 900 | $13.59 | $28,270 |
| Advertising sales agents | 890 | $30.36 | $63,150 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 890 | $21.86 | $45,480 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 890 | $37.13 | $77,230 |
| Dental hygienists | 890 | $34.56 | $71,890 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | 880 | $18.85 | $39,200 |
| Training and development specialists | 880 | $23.84 | $49,590 |
| Chief executives | 870 | $76.48 | $159,090 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 870 | $12.70 | $26,410 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 870 | $16.23 | $33,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 860 | $23.67 | $49,230 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 850 | $31.88 | $66,300 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 840 | $46.29 | $96,280 |
| Dancers | 840 | $19.56 | Not available |
| Family and general practitioners | 830 | $70.28 | $146,180 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 810 | $15.38 | $31,980 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 800 | $12.85 | $26,730 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 790 | $19.73 | $41,030 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 790 | $16.35 | $34,010 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 790 | $22.89 | $47,610 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 780 | $25.90 | $53,870 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 780 | $29.74 | $61,850 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 780 | $12.71 | $26,430 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 760 | $40.63 | $84,520 |
| Crossing guards | 760 | $10.06 | $20,920 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 760 | Not available | Not available |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 760 | $19.21 | $39,960 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 760 | $18.20 | $37,850 |
| Service station attendants | 750 | $9.34 | $19,430 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 740 | $23.78 | $49,470 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 740 | $30.61 | $63,670 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 740 | $13.62 | $28,330 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 740 | $16.39 | $34,080 |
| Physical therapists | 740 | $43.29 | $90,050 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers | 740 | $24.39 | $50,740 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 730 | $18.32 | $38,100 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 730 | $19.33 | $40,210 |
| Musicians and singers | 730 | $18.41 | Not available |
| Travel agents | 730 | $13.99 | $29,090 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 720 | $28.95 | $60,210 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 720 | $11.05 | $22,980 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 720 | $18.54 | $38,560 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 710 | $25.49 | $53,020 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 700 | $14.66 | $30,500 |
| Recreation workers | 700 | $14.75 | $30,670 |
| Flight attendants | 670 | Not available | $30,500 |
| Engineers, all other | 660 | $39.95 | $83,090 |
| Dentists, general | 650 | $76.03 | $158,150 |
| Surgical technologists | 650 | $22.37 | $46,530 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 640 | $23.71 | $49,320 |
| Public relations specialists | 640 | $33.44 | $69,560 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 630 | $12.61 | $26,230 |
| Market research analysts | 630 | $26.99 | $56,150 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 630 | $35.27 | $73,360 |
| Production workers, all other | 630 | $15.29 | $31,800 |
| Carpet installers | 620 | $21.36 | $44,440 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 620 | $32.21 | $66,990 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 620 | Not available | $50,130 |
| Actors | 610 | $25.71 | Not available |
| Pipelayers | 610 | $21.73 | $45,190 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 590 | $15.84 | $32,940 |
| Producers and directors | 590 | $37.58 | $78,170 |
| Engineering managers | 580 | $58.26 | $121,180 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | 580 | $13.07 | $27,190 |
| All other information and record clerks | 570 | $16.54 | $34,400 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons | 570 | $13.91 | $28,940 |
| Riggers | 570 | $29.31 | $60,960 |
| Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators | 560 | $17.60 | $36,600 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 560 | $22.41 | $46,610 |
| Food batchmakers | 550 | $9.74 | $20,250 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 540 | $28.74 | $59,780 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 540 | $46.02 | $95,730 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 540 | $29.62 | $61,620 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 530 | $35.82 | $74,510 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 530 | $24.78 | $51,540 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 520 | $42.11 | $87,600 |
| Surveyors | 520 | $30.35 | $63,120 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 500 | $38.98 | $81,080 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 490 | $33.21 | $69,080 |
| Skin care specialists | 490 | $10.19 | $21,200 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 480 | $34.16 | $71,050 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 480 | $32.83 | $68,280 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 480 | $10.30 | $21,430 |
| Credit analysts | 470 | $31.26 | $65,030 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other | 470 | $12.71 | $26,440 |
| Librarians | 460 | $30.45 | $63,350 |
| Media and communication equipment workers, all other | 460 | $24.61 | $51,190 |
| Personal financial advisors | 460 | $35.22 | $73,260 |
| Pest control workers | 460 | $15.81 | $32,880 |
| Tour guides and escorts | 460 | $11.98 | $24,930 |
| Transportation workers, all other | 460 | $12.67 | $26,350 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 450 | $28.50 | $59,270 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 450 | $9.69 | $20,140 |
| Procurement clerks | 450 | $16.75 | $34,850 |
| Social and community service managers | 450 | $22.89 | $47,610 |
| Stonemasons | 450 | $24.66 | $51,290 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 440 | $22.80 | $47,410 |
| Respiratory therapists | 440 | $30.96 | $64,400 |
| Commercial pilots | 430 | Not available | $66,710 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 430 | Not available | Not available |
| Interior designers | 430 | $34.24 | $71,210 |
| Occupational therapists | 430 | $41.81 | $86,960 |
| Surgeons | 430 | $102.91 | $214,050 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 420 | $18.56 | $38,600 |
| Fence erectors | 410 | $16.50 | $34,320 |
| Glaziers | 410 | $27.07 | $56,310 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 410 | $15.52 | $32,280 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | 410 | $10.22 | $21,250 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 410 | $19.03 | $39,580 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 410 | Not available | $55,300 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 400 | Not available | $68,500 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 400 | $23.72 | $49,330 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 400 | $23.26 | $48,370 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 400 | $25.12 | $52,250 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 400 | $22.97 | $47,780 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 400 | $15.83 | $32,930 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 390 | Not available | $51,140 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 390 | $13.08 | $27,210 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 390 | $42.89 | $89,210 |
| Gaming managers | 390 | $43.76 | $91,010 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical | 390 | $27.15 | $56,480 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 390 | $24.86 | $51,710 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 380 | $23.39 | $48,660 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 380 | $33.58 | $69,850 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | 380 | Not available | $71,100 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 380 | $17.93 | $37,300 |
| Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other | 370 | $31.39 | Not available |
| Industrial production managers | 370 | $41.74 | $86,810 |
| Media and communication workers, all other | 370 | $23.92 | $49,760 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 370 | $15.98 | $33,230 |
| Concierges | 360 | $16.41 | $34,130 |
| Costume attendants | 360 | $16.00 | $33,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 350 | $37.55 | $78,110 |
| Helpers--roofers | 350 | $12.60 | $26,210 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 350 | $24.61 | $51,180 |
| Physician assistants | 350 | $48.92 | $101,740 |
| Electrical engineers | 340 | $38.62 | $80,340 |
| Lodging managers | 340 | $33.89 | $70,480 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 330 | $26.76 | $55,650 |
| Tax preparers | 330 | $28.48 | $59,240 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 320 | $20.10 | $41,810 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants | 320 | $10.44 | $21,710 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 320 | $12.59 | $26,190 |
| Postal service clerks | 320 | Not available | Not available |
| Real estate brokers | 310 | $44.33 | $92,210 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 300 | $32.16 | $66,880 |
| Sound engineering technicians | 300 | $26.09 | $54,270 |
| Writers and authors | 300 | $25.59 | $53,230 |
| Editors | 290 | $26.05 | $54,180 |
| Mechanical engineers | 290 | $43.12 | $89,690 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 290 | $24.08 | $50,090 |
| Purchasing managers | 290 | $38.58 | $80,250 |
| Mechanical drafters | 280 | $25.86 | $53,800 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 270 | $34.25 | $71,250 |
| Crane and tower operators | 270 | $33.49 | $69,660 |
| Financial analysts | 270 | $36.82 | $76,580 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 270 | $31.14 | $64,760 |
| Word processors and typists | 270 | $14.01 | $29,140 |
| Floral designers | 260 | $15.35 | $31,920 |
| Machinists | 260 | $17.97 | $37,390 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | 260 | $11.18 | $23,250 |
| Veterinarians | 260 | $41.75 | $86,830 |
| Computer operators | 250 | $19.29 | $40,120 |
| Job printers | 250 | $16.94 | $35,230 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | 250 | $14.34 | $29,820 |
| Sales engineers | 250 | $33.64 | $69,970 |
| Art directors | 240 | $29.52 | $61,410 |
| Sewing machine operators | 240 | $10.77 | $22,400 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 240 | Not available | Not available |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 240 | $19.01 | $39,540 |
| Chiropractors | 230 | $57.83 | $120,290 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 230 | $20.00 | $41,600 |
| Database administrators | 230 | $39.19 | $81,520 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 230 | $21.05 | $43,790 |
| Power plant operators | 230 | $31.13 | $64,750 |
| Public relations managers | 230 | $55.12 | $114,640 |
| Radio and television announcers | 230 | Not available | Not available |
| Social workers, all other | 230 | $20.72 | $43,110 |
| Industrial engineers | 220 | $32.15 | $66,860 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 220 | $27.44 | $57,070 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 220 | $15.20 | $31,630 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 210 | Not available | $42,900 |
| Mental health counselors | 210 | $23.69 | $49,280 |
| Multi-media artists and animators | 210 | $30.84 | $64,140 |
| New accounts clerks | 210 | $16.46 | $34,240 |
| Technical writers | 210 | $24.38 | $50,710 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 210 | $12.71 | $26,450 |
| Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders | 200 | $19.33 | $40,210 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 190 | $27.86 | $57,950 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 190 | $14.41 | $29,980 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 190 | $27.21 | $56,600 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 190 | $18.29 | $38,050 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 190 | $30.74 | $63,930 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 180 | $21.60 | $44,940 |
| Law clerks | 180 | $25.07 | $52,140 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 180 | $21.81 | $45,360 |
| Terrazzo workers and finishers | 180 | $21.85 | $45,450 |
| Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers | 170 | Not available | Not available |
| Budget analysts | 170 | $34.17 | $71,070 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 170 | $13.68 | $28,460 |
| Cooks, all other | 170 | $13.13 | $27,310 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 170 | $15.67 | $32,590 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 170 | $17.66 | $36,730 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 170 | $18.10 | $37,640 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 170 | $35.54 | $73,930 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 170 | $22.23 | $46,240 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | 170 | $19.15 | $39,830 |
| Paperhangers | 170 | $28.63 | $59,560 |
| Urban and regional planners | 170 | $35.72 | $74,310 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | 160 | $26.97 | $56,090 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 160 | $17.30 | $35,980 |
| Optometrists | 160 | $53.78 | $111,860 |
| Physical therapist aides | 160 | $12.54 | $26,080 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians | 160 | $30.76 | $63,980 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 150 | $16.64 | $34,600 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 150 | $12.04 | $25,040 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other | 150 | $16.76 | $34,860 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 150 | $26.59 | $55,310 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 140 | Not available | $63,210 |
| Environmental engineers | 140 | $42.11 | $87,580 |
| Health educators | 140 | $30.27 | $62,960 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 140 | $19.06 | $39,650 |
| Photographic process workers | 140 | $15.14 | $31,490 |
| Broadcast technicians | 130 | $15.26 | $31,740 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 130 | $34.85 | $72,490 |
| Computer hardware engineers | 130 | $30.94 | $64,350 |
| Counselors, all other | 130 | $20.57 | $42,780 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | 130 | $15.98 | $33,240 |
| Private detectives and investigators | 130 | $24.18 | $50,290 |
| Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes | 120 | $43.97 | $91,450 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 120 | $26.18 | $54,450 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 120 | $26.26 | $54,630 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 120 | $29.57 | $61,500 |
| Chemical technicians | 110 | $23.05 | $47,940 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 110 | $23.29 | $48,440 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators | 110 | $35.62 | $74,080 |
| Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles | 110 | $23.59 | $49,060 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 110 | $36.96 | $76,870 |
| Internists, general | 110 | $75.93 | $157,930 |
| Interpreters and translators | 110 | $19.54 | $40,650 |
| Material moving workers, all other | 110 | $15.22 | $31,650 |
| Pharmacy aides | 110 | $12.08 | $25,130 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 110 | $19.36 | $40,280 |
| Training and development managers | 110 | $36.65 | $76,230 |
| Chemists | 100 | $38.17 | $79,400 |
| Home appliance repairers | 100 | $24.42 | $50,800 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 100 | $17.76 | $36,930 |
| Motorcycle mechanics | 100 | $19.72 | $41,020 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | 100 | $17.91 | $37,250 |
| Therapists, all other | 100 | $28.93 | $60,180 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 90 | $17.26 | $35,910 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Forest and conservation technicians | 90 | $17.68 | $36,770 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 90 | $15.41 | $32,060 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 90 | $23.14 | $48,130 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 90 | $18.03 | $37,500 |
| Motion picture projectionists | 90 | $10.30 | $21,410 |
| Operations research analysts | 90 | $38.07 | $79,180 |
| Physical scientists, all other | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Artists and related workers, all other | 80 | $20.05 | $41,710 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists | 80 | $34.73 | $72,240 |
| Drafters, all other | 80 | $18.97 | $39,470 |
| Funeral attendants | 80 | $12.84 | $26,710 |
| Hydrologists | 80 | $39.49 | $82,150 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 80 | $62.47 | $129,930 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 80 | $19.47 | $40,500 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $51,220 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | 80 | $14.85 | $30,900 |
| Recreational therapists | 80 | $14.29 | $29,730 |
| Upholsterers | 80 | $20.46 | $42,550 |
| Animal control workers | 70 | $25.28 | $52,590 |
| Bindery workers | 70 | $13.17 | $27,380 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture | 70 | $20.93 | $43,530 |
| Desktop publishers | 70 | $16.88 | $35,100 |
| Fashion designers | 70 | $23.41 | $48,680 |
| Film and video editors | 70 | $21.90 | $45,550 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 70 | $9.64 | $20,060 |
| Instructional coordinators | 70 | $23.34 | $48,540 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 70 | $24.91 | $51,800 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | 70 | $31.28 | $65,050 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians | 70 | $21.74 | $45,210 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 70 | $32.31 | $67,210 |
| Zoologists and wildlife biologists | 70 | $29.60 | $61,570 |
| Athletic trainers | 60 | Not available | $47,730 |
| Clergy | 60 | $28.13 | $58,510 |
| Designers, all other | 60 | $26.22 | $54,540 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 60 | $32.50 | $67,590 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians | 60 | $26.54 | $55,210 |
| Emergency management specialists | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators | 60 | $14.83 | $30,850 |
| Natural sciences managers | 60 | $42.95 | $89,330 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 60 | $40.08 | $83,380 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | 60 | $15.11 | $31,420 |
| Plant and system operators, all other | 60 | $25.69 | $53,440 |
| Residential advisors | 60 | $13.19 | $27,430 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 60 | $14.06 | $29,240 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 50 | $15.35 | $31,920 |
| Legislators | 50 | Not available | $49,940 |
| Motorboat mechanics | 50 | $19.94 | $41,480 |
| Nuclear engineers | 50 | $61.34 | $127,590 |
| Occupational health and safety technicians | 50 | $27.15 | $56,460 |
| Psychiatrists | 50 | $98.26 | $204,380 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 40 | $20.43 | $42,490 |
| Aircraft cargo handling supervisors | 40 | $20.28 | $42,170 |
| Animal trainers | 40 | $10.96 | $22,800 |
| Conservation scientists | 40 | $29.44 | $61,240 |
| Dietetic technicians | 40 | $14.59 | $30,340 |
| Epidemiologists | 40 | $28.41 | $59,090 |
| Funeral directors | 40 | $40.30 | $83,820 |
| Logisticians | 40 | $29.82 | $62,030 |
| Materials engineers | 40 | $32.32 | $67,230 |
| Medical appliance technicians | 40 | $20.50 | $42,640 |
| Public address system and other announcers | 40 | $18.22 | $37,900 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products | 40 | $23.16 | $48,180 |
| Traffic technicians | 40 | $33.35 | $69,370 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 40 | $14.63 | $30,430 |
| Curators | 30 | $28.22 | $58,710 |
| Education administrators, all other | 30 | $27.29 | $56,770 |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders | 30 | $11.28 | $23,470 |
| Geological and petroleum technicians | 30 | $23.78 | $49,450 |
| Landscape architects | 30 | $37.11 | $77,190 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers | 30 | $23.68 | $49,250 |
| Actuaries | Not available | $27.05 | $56,260 |
| Anthropologists and archeologists | Not available | $27.77 | $57,760 |
| Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $58,350 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | Not available | $21.65 | $45,030 |
| Avionics technicians | Not available | $21.30 | $44,310 |
| Biological technicians | Not available | $13.94 | $28,990 |
| Broadcast news analysts | Not available | $31.85 | $66,250 |
| Brokerage clerks | Not available | $17.21 | $35,800 |
| Building cleaning workers, all other | Not available | $13.87 | $28,840 |
| Coaches and scouts | Not available | Not available | $32,990 |
| Commercial and industrial designers | Not available | $31.97 | $66,500 |
| Continuous mining machine operators | Not available | $22.50 | $46,790 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas | Not available | $25.40 | $52,840 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | Not available | $12.61 | $26,220 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | Not available | $14.04 | $29,200 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | Not available | $14.66 | $30,490 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $16.97 | $35,300 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | Not available | $11.86 | $24,670 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | Not available | $13.99 | $29,100 |
| Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators | Not available | $13.47 | $28,030 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | Not available | $29.13 | $60,590 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other | Not available | $30.61 | $63,660 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall | Not available | $16.15 | $33,600 |
| Insurance appraisers, auto damage | Not available | $23.90 | $49,720 |
| Insurance underwriters | Not available | $29.19 | $60,710 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | Not available | $18.71 | $38,910 |
| Loan counselors | Not available | $21.20 | $44,090 |
| Medical equipment repairers | Not available | $21.85 | $45,460 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | Not available | $13.67 | $28,440 |
| Music directors and composers | Not available | $41.02 | $85,330 |
| Musical instrument repairers and tuners | Not available | $12.12 | $25,200 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | Not available | $95.06 | $197,730 |
| Orthotists and prosthetists | Not available | $23.78 | $49,460 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $14.61 | $30,380 |
| Pediatricians, general | Not available | $86.57 | $180,070 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | Not available | $90.40 | $188,040 |
| Podiatrists | Not available | $59.28 | $123,310 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other | Not available | $24.68 | $51,320 |
| Psychiatric technicians | Not available | $12.23 | $25,430 |
| Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers | Not available | $16.77 | $34,880 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $12.15 | $25,280 |
| Shampooers | Not available | $10.45 | $21,750 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | Not available | Not available | $50,600 |
| Tank car, truck, and ship loaders | Not available | $19.62 | $40,810 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | Not available | Not available | $33,700 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners | Not available | $17.31 | $36,010 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | Not available | $11.87 | $24,690 |
