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 |
252,470 |
$18.51 |
$38,510 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
38,800 |
$14.25 |
$29,640 |
| Production occupations |
27,350 |
$14.80 |
$30,780 |
| Sales and related occupations |
24,530 |
$15.68 |
$32,610 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
22,590 |
$8.95 |
$18,610 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
16,910 |
$14.38 |
$29,910 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
16,770 |
$30.99 |
$64,460 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
14,580 |
$24.62 |
$51,210 |
| Management occupations |
12,400 |
$39.56 |
$82,280 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
11,530 |
$18.64 |
$38,780 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
10,090 |
$17.78 |
$36,980 |
| Retail salespersons |
8,160 |
$11.59 |
$24,120 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
7,820 |
$26.08 |
$54,250 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
6,940 |
$10.77 |
$22,410 |
| Registered nurses |
6,590 |
$30.68 |
$63,800 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
6,330 |
$28.67 |
$59,640 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
6,250 |
$7.49 |
$15,580 |
| Protective service occupations |
6,240 |
$14.22 |
$29,570 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
6,030 |
$8.36 |
$17,390 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
6,020 |
$10.80 |
$22,470 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
5,880 |
$31.82 |
$66,180 |
| Cashiers |
5,650 |
$8.50 |
$17,680 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
5,500 |
$12.57 |
$26,150 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
4,650 |
$11.28 |
$23,460 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
4,100 |
$11.34 |
$23,590 |
| Team assemblers |
4,000 |
$14.53 |
$30,220 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
3,650 |
$19.04 |
$39,600 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
3,640 |
$19.06 |
$39,650 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
3,420 |
$14.63 |
$30,430 |
| General and operations managers |
3,300 |
$41.99 |
$87,340 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
3,190 |
$10.09 |
$20,990 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
3,180 |
$16.76 |
$34,870 |
| Office clerks, general |
3,050 |
$12.89 |
$26,820 |
| Customer service representatives |
2,790 |
$13.59 |
$28,280 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
2,790 |
$12.86 |
$26,740 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
2,710 |
$14.87 |
$30,920 |
| Security guards |
2,620 |
$10.11 |
$21,020 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
2,570 |
$19.01 |
$39,530 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
2,550 |
$9.54 |
$19,830 |
| Community and social services occupations |
2,510 |
$19.45 |
$40,450 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
2,500 |
$11.68 |
$24,290 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
2,380 |
$23.45 |
$48,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
2,350 |
$20.12 |
$41,860 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
2,290 |
$11.14 |
$23,180 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
2,060 |
Not available |
$45,760 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
2,010 |
$11.79 |
$24,520 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
1,870 |
$14.43 |
$30,020 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
1,840 |
$27.57 |
$57,350 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
1,820 |
$14.56 |
$30,280 |
| Teacher assistants |
1,820 |
Not available |
$25,490 |
| Computer support specialists |
1,760 |
$15.55 |
$32,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,710 |
$13.51 |
$28,100 |
| Legal occupations |
1,640 |
$34.33 |
$71,410 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,560 |
$14.76 |
$30,700 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,520 |
$27.22 |
$56,610 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
1,520 |
$15.75 |
$32,760 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
1,510 |
$10.41 |
$21,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,510 |
$23.43 |
$48,740 |
| Child care workers |
1,500 |
$8.94 |
$18,600 |
| Helpers--production workers |
1,480 |
$10.50 |
$21,830 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,440 |
$9.14 |
$19,000 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,410 |
$11.21 |
$23,320 |
| Electricians |
1,290 |
$18.96 |
$39,440 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
1,260 |
$27.69 |
$57,590 |
| Construction laborers |
1,240 |
$13.74 |
$28,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
1,140 |
$24.70 |
$51,370 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,140 |
$18.40 |
$38,280 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
1,120 |
$15.87 |
$33,000 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,080 |
Not available |
$48,160 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
1,050 |
$14.37 |
$29,890 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
1,040 |
$11.65 |
$24,240 |
| Financial managers |
1,040 |
$42.14 |
$87,650 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
1,020 |
$9.74 |
$20,250 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,010 |
Not available |
$47,410 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
1,010 |
$17.96 |
$37,360 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
1,000 |
$14.17 |
$29,470 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,000 |
$22.82 |
$47,460 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
1,000 |
$20.32 |
$42,270 |
| Carpenters |
990 |
$16.91 |
$35,180 |
| Production workers, all other |
990 |
$11.62 |
$24,170 |
| Computer systems analysts |
980 |
$35.09 |
$72,990 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
970 |
$10.78 |
$22,430 |
| Food preparation workers |
970 |
$9.85 |
$20,490 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
960 |
$18.73 |
$38,960 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
940 |
$8.10 |
$16,860 |
| Insurance sales agents |
940 |
$24.30 |
$50,540 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
920 |
$9.29 |
$19,320 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
920 |
$12.23 |
$25,440 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
890 |
$21.47 |
$44,650 |
| Lawyers |
860 |
$47.38 |
$98,550 |
| Medical secretaries |
860 |
$13.48 |
$28,030 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
860 |
$9.87 |
$20,530 |
| Tellers |
860 |
$10.98 |
$22,830 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
850 |
$20.35 |
$42,320 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
830 |
$19.29 |
$40,120 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
820 |
$38.66 |
$80,420 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
790 |
$11.32 |
$23,540 |
| Pharmacists |
770 |
$45.93 |
$95,520 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
770 |
$43.64 |
$90,770 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
720 |
$18.38 |
$38,230 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
720 |
$16.58 |
$34,490 |
| Fire fighters |
720 |
$12.95 |
$26,940 |
| Medical assistants |
700 |
$14.38 |
$29,900 |
| Bartenders |
690 |
$9.72 |
$20,210 |
| Bus drivers, school |
690 |
$13.94 |
$29,000 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
690 |
$11.62 |
$24,180 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
670 |
$16.14 |
$33,580 |
| Database administrators |
660 |
$30.27 |
$62,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
640 |
$27.90 |
$58,030 |
| Managers, all other |
640 |
$37.20 |
$77,370 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
640 |
$26.35 |
$54,800 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
640 |
$21.42 |
$44,560 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
630 |
$18.72 |
$38,930 |
| Chief executives |
620 |
$71.45 |
$148,610 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
620 |
$18.66 |
$38,810 |
| Industrial engineers |
610 |
$34.22 |
$71,170 |
| Medical and health services managers |
610 |
$40.39 |
$84,010 |
| Bill and account collectors |
590 |
$16.85 |
$35,040 |
| Construction managers |
590 |
$31.77 |
$66,090 |
| Driver/sales workers |
590 |
$11.76 |
$24,460 |
| Machinists |
580 |
$15.93 |
$33,140 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
580 |
$9.22 |
$19,180 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
570 |
$7.87 |
$16,370 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
570 |
$23.88 |
$49,660 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
570 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Coaches and scouts |
550 |
Not available |
$35,630 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
530 |
$41.42 |
$86,140 |
| Data entry keyers |
530 |
$10.20 |
$21,220 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
530 |
$17.70 |
$36,820 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
530 |
$19.10 |
$39,720 |
| Cooks, fast food |
510 |
$7.25 |
$15,070 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
510 |
$13.53 |
$28,140 |
| Dishwashers |
500 |
$8.99 |
$18,700 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
500 |
$14.08 |
$29,290 |
| Loan officers |
500 |
$26.82 |
$55,780 |
| Public relations specialists |
500 |
$20.58 |
$42,820 |
| Computer programmers |
490 |
$33.16 |
$68,980 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
480 |
$7.75 |
$16,130 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
480 |
$23.11 |
$48,070 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
480 |
$15.70 |
$32,650 |
| Tool and die makers |
480 |
$22.33 |
$46,440 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
470 |
$28.65 |
$59,580 |
| Industrial production managers |
470 |
$36.53 |
$75,980 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
470 |
$24.78 |
$51,550 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
460 |
$14.93 |
$31,060 |
| Dental assistants |
460 |
$13.91 |
$28,940 |
| Food service managers |
460 |
$23.25 |
$48,360 |
| Personal and home care aides |
450 |
$8.86 |
$18,430 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
440 |
$24.68 |
$51,330 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
440 |
$16.83 |
$35,020 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
440 |
$14.77 |
$30,730 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
430 |
$46.41 |
$96,530 |
| Home health aides |
430 |
$9.98 |
$20,770 |
| Mechanical engineers |
430 |
$33.13 |
$68,900 |
| All other information and record clerks |
420 |
$16.44 |
$34,200 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
420 |
$11.98 |
$24,920 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
420 |
$26.36 |
$54,840 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
420 |
Not available |
$52,010 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
420 |
$11.86 |
$24,670 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
410 |
$7.97 |
$16,570 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
410 |
$96.52 |
$200,770 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
400 |
$14.23 |
$29,610 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
400 |
$8.93 |
$18,580 |
| Civil engineers |
390 |
$33.80 |
$70,290 |
| Recreation workers |
390 |
$13.92 |
$28,960 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
370 |
$19.24 |
$40,010 |
| Real estate sales agents |
370 |
$12.44 |
$25,880 |
| Biological technicians |
360 |
$14.79 |
$30,770 |
| Cost estimators |
360 |
$25.06 |
$52,130 |
| Management analysts |
360 |
$27.05 |
$56,250 |
| Parts salespersons |
360 |
$13.49 |
$28,050 |
| Sales managers |
360 |
$51.18 |
$106,450 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
350 |
$36.55 |
$76,020 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
350 |
$13.37 |
$27,800 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
350 |
$16.94 |
$35,220 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
350 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
350 |
$10.63 |
$22,100 |
| Advertising sales agents |
340 |
$19.31 |
$40,170 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
340 |
$23.22 |
$48,290 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
340 |
$14.01 |
$29,130 |
| Engineers, all other |
340 |
$38.44 |
$79,960 |
| Order clerks |
340 |
$12.97 |
$26,970 |
| Training and development specialists |
340 |
$22.20 |
$46,170 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
330 |
$14.08 |
$29,280 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
330 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Computer operators |
320 |
$18.37 |
$38,200 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
320 |
$27.25 |
$56,670 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
320 |
$20.28 |
$42,180 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
320 |
$14.23 |
$29,600 |
| Librarians |
320 |
$25.00 |
$52,000 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
320 |
$16.86 |
$35,070 |
| Respiratory therapists |
320 |
$22.18 |
$46,130 |
| Surgical technologists |
320 |
$16.96 |
$35,280 |
| Dental hygienists |
310 |
$26.24 |
$54,570 |
| Graphic designers |
310 |
$18.85 |
$39,210 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
310 |
$13.72 |
$28,540 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
310 |
$14.76 |
$30,700 |
| File clerks |
300 |
$11.55 |
$24,020 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
300 |
$17.19 |
$35,760 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
300 |
$15.34 |
$31,910 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
290 |
$15.91 |
$33,080 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
290 |
$24.68 |
$51,320 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
290 |
$14.47 |
$30,090 |
| Legal secretaries |
290 |
$17.37 |
$36,130 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
290 |
$37.51 |
$78,010 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
280 |
Not available |
$44,610 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
280 |
$9.39 |
$19,530 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
270 |
Not available |
$77,460 |
| Engineering managers |
270 |
$55.13 |
$114,670 |
| Marketing managers |
270 |
$47.27 |
$98,310 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
270 |
$14.90 |
$30,980 |
| Physical therapists |
270 |
$33.15 |
$68,950 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
260 |
$23.12 |
$48,100 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
260 |
$14.32 |
$29,790 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
260 |
$14.47 |
$30,100 |
| Mechanical drafters |
260 |
$19.74 |
$41,070 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
260 |
$19.25 |
$40,040 |
| Social and human service assistants |
260 |
$13.62 |
$28,330 |
| Veterinarians |
260 |
$42.36 |
$88,110 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
250 |
$15.90 |
$33,070 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
250 |
$19.05 |
$39,610 |
| Couriers and messengers |
250 |
$10.23 |
$21,280 |
| Instructional coordinators |
250 |
$31.29 |
$65,090 |
| Social and community service managers |
250 |
$27.14 |
$56,440 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
240 |
$16.41 |
$34,140 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
240 |
$13.71 |
$28,510 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers |
240 |
$18.48 |
$38,430 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
240 |
$17.20 |
$35,780 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
240 |
$19.37 |
$40,280 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
230 |
$20.08 |
$41,760 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
230 |
$21.52 |
$44,760 |
| Logisticians |
230 |
$26.49 |
$55,110 |
| Printing machine operators |
230 |
$16.36 |
$34,020 |
| Roofers |
230 |
$16.41 |
$34,130 |
| Anesthesiologists |
220 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
220 |
$27.36 |
$56,900 |
| Millwrights |
220 |
$27.72 |
$57,660 |
| Residential advisors |
220 |
$10.81 |
$22,490 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
210 |
$12.37 |
$25,730 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
210 |
$21.30 |
$44,300 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
210 |
$18.26 |
$37,980 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
210 |
$16.36 |
$34,020 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
210 |
$9.21 |
$19,160 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
210 |
$10.06 |
$20,920 |
| Bindery workers |
200 |
$16.19 |
$33,680 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
200 |
$9.73 |
$20,240 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
200 |
$16.18 |
$33,660 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
190 |
$14.25 |
$29,640 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
190 |
$14.42 |
$29,990 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
190 |
$16.70 |
$34,730 |
| Electrical engineers |
190 |
$39.97 |
$83,130 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
190 |
$18.11 |
$37,670 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
190 |
$26.83 |
$55,800 |
| Editors |
180 |
$22.44 |
$46,670 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
180 |
$14.17 |
$29,480 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
180 |
$31.30 |
$65,110 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
180 |
$13.78 |
$28,660 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
180 |
$15.67 |
$32,600 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
180 |
$16.80 |
$34,950 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
180 |
Not available |
$45,230 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
180 |
$21.51 |
$44,750 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
170 |
$16.48 |
$34,280 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
170 |
$13.82 |
$28,730 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
170 |
$15.65 |
$32,550 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
160 |
$20.94 |
$43,540 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
160 |
$18.91 |
$39,320 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
160 |
$36.29 |
$75,480 |
| Dentists, general |
160 |
$94.26 |
$196,050 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
160 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
160 |
$24.39 |
$50,720 |
| Library technicians |
160 |
$12.81 |
$26,640 |
| Physician assistants |
160 |
$34.69 |
$72,150 |
| Producers and directors |
160 |
$20.89 |
$43,440 |
| Purchasing managers |
160 |
$43.33 |
$90,130 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
160 |
Not available |
$46,550 |
| Tax preparers |
160 |
$15.65 |
$32,540 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
160 |
$20.21 |
$42,030 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
160 |
$37.34 |
$77,670 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
150 |
$18.30 |
$38,060 |
| Chemical engineers |
150 |
$41.66 |
$86,660 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
150 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Helpers--electricians |
150 |
$11.14 |
$23,170 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
150 |
$7.77 |
$16,170 |
| Market research analysts |
150 |
$29.01 |
$60,330 |
| Media and communication equipment workers, all other |
150 |
$20.34 |
$42,320 |
| Pharmacy aides |
150 |
$10.60 |
$22,050 |
| Photographers |
150 |
$16.91 |
$35,170 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
150 |
$26.89 |
$55,920 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
150 |
$17.26 |
$35,900 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
140 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
140 |
$19.60 |
$40,780 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
140 |
$20.57 |
$42,790 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
140 |
$10.87 |
$22,600 |
| Job printers |
140 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
140 |
Not available |
$48,050 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
140 |
$16.88 |
$35,100 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
140 |
$15.40 |
$32,040 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
140 |
$11.67 |
$24,280 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
130 |
$26.98 |
$56,130 |
| Biological scientists, all other |
130 |
$27.08 |
$56,330 |
| Broadcast technicians |
130 |
$16.97 |
$35,300 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
130 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Chemists |
130 |
$29.42 |
$61,190 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
130 |
$21.00 |
$43,690 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
130 |
$18.89 |
$39,290 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
130 |
$15.97 |
$33,210 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
130 |
$9.17 |
$19,070 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
130 |
$38.29 |
$79,650 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
130 |
Not available |
$66,340 |
| Procurement clerks |
130 |
$17.63 |
$36,680 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
130 |
$17.91 |
$37,260 |
| Travel agents |
130 |
$15.44 |
$32,120 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
120 |
$13.67 |
$28,430 |
| Floral designers |
120 |
$13.75 |
$28,600 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
120 |
$13.14 |
$27,340 |
| Materials engineers |
120 |
$35.31 |
$73,450 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
120 |
$10.66 |
$22,170 |
| Personal financial advisors |
120 |
$23.87 |
$49,640 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation |
120 |
$15.59 |
$32,430 |
| Public relations managers |
120 |
$36.28 |
$75,470 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
120 |
$23.11 |
$48,060 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
120 |
$10.99 |
$22,870 |
| Sheet metal workers |
120 |
$18.79 |
$39,090 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
110 |
$12.88 |
$26,790 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
110 |
$18.76 |
$39,030 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
110 |
$25.62 |
$53,300 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
110 |
$11.20 |
$23,300 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
110 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
110 |
$32.82 |
$68,280 |
| Lodging managers |
110 |
$22.55 |
$46,900 |
| Postal service clerks |
110 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
110 |
$9.76 |
$20,290 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
110 |
$28.57 |
$59,420 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
100 |
$8.57 |
$17,830 |
| Crane and tower operators |
100 |
$22.72 |
$47,260 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
100 |
$19.30 |
$40,150 |
| Home appliance repairers |
100 |
$13.57 |
$28,230 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
100 |
$10.98 |
$22,840 |
| Occupational therapists |
100 |
$30.46 |
$63,360 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
100 |
$13.08 |
$27,210 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
100 |
$13.65 |
$28,400 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
100 |
$15.78 |
$32,830 |
| Surveyors |
100 |
$25.90 |
$53,860 |
| Bakers |
90 |
$8.85 |
$18,410 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary |
90 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
90 |
$16.63 |
$34,590 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
90 |
$28.21 |
$58,680 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas |
90 |
$18.11 |
$37,680 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
90 |
$19.82 |
$41,230 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
90 |
$16.10 |
$33,490 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
90 |
$13.01 |
$27,060 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
90 |
$16.32 |
$33,950 |
| Mental health counselors |
90 |
$16.73 |
$34,790 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
90 |
$26.43 |
$54,980 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
90 |
$11.82 |
$24,580 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
90 |
$15.46 |
$32,150 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
80 |
$17.87 |
$37,160 |
| Bailiffs |
80 |
$9.11 |
$18,960 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
80 |
$24.63 |
$51,240 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$68,850 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
80 |
$18.62 |
$38,720 |
| Cooks, short order |
80 |
$9.03 |
$18,790 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
80 |
$16.77 |
$34,880 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
80 |
$18.20 |
$37,850 |
| Family and general practitioners |
80 |
$94.75 |
$197,080 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
80 |
$13.83 |
$28,760 |
| History teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$57,400 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
80 |
$19.09 |
$39,710 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
80 |
$16.17 |
$33,630 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
80 |
$11.61 |
$24,150 |
| Physical therapist aides |
80 |
$10.79 |
$22,430 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
80 |
$13.22 |
$27,500 |
| Writers and authors |
80 |
$19.08 |
$39,690 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists |
70 |
$21.45 |
$44,610 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
70 |
$27.53 |
$57,270 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
70 |
$25.09 |
$52,190 |
| Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers |
70 |
$22.87 |
$47,580 |
| Financial analysts |
70 |
$35.06 |
$72,920 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
70 |
$14.40 |
$29,960 |
| Interpreters and translators |
70 |
$18.02 |
$37,490 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
70 |
$19.27 |
$40,090 |
| New accounts clerks |
70 |
$14.27 |
$29,690 |
| Power plant operators |
70 |
$24.48 |
$50,910 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Sewing machine operators |
70 |
$12.08 |
$25,120 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other |
70 |
$28.41 |
$59,100 |
| Training and development managers |
70 |
$27.66 |
$57,540 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
70 |
$12.51 |
$26,010 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
60 |
$30.68 |
$63,810 |
| Budget analysts |
60 |
$30.34 |
$63,110 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Clergy |
60 |
$24.41 |
$50,780 |
| Education administrators, all other |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
60 |
$27.35 |
$56,890 |
| Environmental engineers |
60 |
$27.02 |
$56,190 |
| Health educators |
60 |
$14.99 |
$31,180 |
| Helpers--roofers |
60 |
$13.75 |
$28,610 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
60 |
$17.31 |
$36,000 |
| Internists, general |
60 |
$103.43 |
$215,130 |
| Law clerks |
60 |
$15.07 |
$31,340 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
60 |
$23.00 |
$47,840 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
60 |
$12.59 |
$26,190 |
| Telemarketers |
60 |
$11.57 |
$24,060 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
60 |
$12.91 |
$26,860 |
| Agricultural equipment operators |
50 |
$13.31 |
$27,680 |
| Anthropologists and archeologists |
50 |
$23.77 |
$49,440 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
50 |
$26.76 |
$55,660 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
50 |
$12.76 |
$26,550 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
50 |
$33.33 |
$69,330 |
| Funeral attendants |
50 |
$9.18 |
$19,100 |
| Funeral directors |
50 |
$21.62 |
$44,960 |
| Insurance underwriters |
50 |
$27.20 |
$56,580 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers |
50 |
$11.08 |
$23,050 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
50 |
$16.39 |
$34,090 |
| Natural sciences managers |
50 |
$41.31 |
$85,930 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
50 |
$27.95 |
$58,130 |
| Social workers, all other |
50 |
$26.53 |
$55,190 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
50 |
$27.80 |
$57,830 |
| Therapists, all other |
50 |
$36.65 |
$76,230 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
40 |
$16.67 |
$34,680 |
| Chiropractors |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Commercial pilots |
40 |
Not available |
$66,600 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
40 |
$31.62 |
$65,760 |
| Credit analysts |
40 |
$45.13 |
$93,870 |
| Crossing guards |
40 |
$9.57 |
$19,900 |
| Desktop publishers |
40 |
$14.75 |
$30,690 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
40 |
$14.73 |
$30,650 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay |
40 |
$29.77 |
$61,920 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
40 |
$11.16 |
$23,200 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
40 |
$38.50 |
$80,080 |
| Financial examiners |
40 |
$37.00 |
$76,950 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$14.34 |
$29,820 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
40 |
$10.22 |
$21,250 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
40 |
$11.45 |
$23,810 |
| Operations research analysts |
40 |
$26.52 |
$55,160 |
| Optometrists |
40 |
$65.43 |
$136,100 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
40 |
$13.90 |
$28,910 |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Respiratory therapy technicians |
40 |
$21.81 |
$45,370 |
| Surgeons |
40 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Tour guides and escorts |
40 |
$11.82 |
$24,580 |
| Urban and regional planners |
40 |
$25.68 |
$53,410 |
| Audiologists |
30 |
$33.23 |
$69,120 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
30 |
$8.02 |
$16,680 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
30 |
$18.62 |
$38,720 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
30 |
$13.39 |
$27,850 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
30 |
$10.91 |
$22,700 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary |
30 |
Not available |
$55,010 |
| Transportation workers, all other |
30 |
$12.97 |
$26,970 |
| Administrative services managers |
Not available |
$34.17 |
$71,080 |
| Animal trainers |
Not available |
$15.23 |
$31,680 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
Not available |
$13.86 |
$28,820 |
| Athletic trainers |
Not available |
Not available |
$42,830 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers |
Not available |
$15.38 |
$31,980 |
| Carpet installers |
Not available |
$11.67 |
$24,270 |
| Chemical technicians |
Not available |
$17.38 |
$36,160 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
Not available |
$12.06 |
$25,080 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
Not available |
$9.38 |
$19,520 |
| Dietetic technicians |
Not available |
$12.14 |
$25,240 |
| Drafters, all other |
Not available |
$23.75 |
$49,390 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
Not available |
$21.03 |
$43,750 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
Not available |
$14.17 |
$29,480 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
Not available |
$21.18 |
$44,060 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
Not available |
$13.30 |
$27,660 |
| Furniture finishers |
Not available |
$14.46 |
$30,080 |
| Glaziers |
Not available |
$13.81 |
$28,730 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
Not available |
$11.44 |
$23,800 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
Not available |
$19.85 |
$41,300 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall |
Not available |
$22.88 |
$47,590 |
| Interior designers |
Not available |
$20.49 |
$42,610 |
| Massage therapists |
Not available |
$17.72 |
$36,860 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
Not available |
$11.49 |
$23,900 |
| Materials scientists |
Not available |
$23.54 |
$48,950 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
Not available |
$13.38 |
$27,830 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
Not available |
$12.34 |
$25,680 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
Not available |
$100.47 |
$208,990 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
Not available |
$9.24 |
$19,230 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
Not available |
$13.73 |
$28,560 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
Not available |
$19.75 |
$41,070 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
Not available |
$10.82 |
$22,510 |
| Parking lot attendants |
Not available |
$8.82 |
$18,340 |
| Pest control workers |
Not available |
$14.43 |
$30,020 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other |
Not available |
$18.50 |
$38,480 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers |
Not available |
$14.91 |
$31,000 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$11.26 |
$23,430 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$9.51 |
$19,790 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
Not available |
$15.60 |
$32,440 |
| Technical writers |
Not available |
$23.72 |
$49,330 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$18.23 |
$37,920 |
